Cameroon Police Probe Journalists Investigating Secret U.S. Migrant Deportations, Seize Equipment

Dakar — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Cameroonian police to drop a criminal trespass investigation into four journalists who were detained for five hours and had their equipment seized last week, three of whom were reporting for the Associated Press (AP) on the secret deportation of African migrants from the United States.

“Cameroonian authorities must stop harassing journalists for doing their jobs and respect the public’s right to be informed,” said CPJ Africa Director Angela…