This study by PROTEGE QV assesses the application of the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms principle on freedom of assembly and association on the internet in Cameroon. As part of the study, the organisation conducted an online survey and also had a broad consultation with key stakeholders during a workshop to explore the possibility of integrating the use of and access to the internet in Cameroon’s statutes with a particular focus on freedom of association and assembly. This report thus emphasises the urgent need for Cameroon to implement policies and legal frameworks that will promote human rights online in the current digital environment. Recommendations point to the steps that stakeholders can take that are compatible with an existing legal framework governing the exercise of association and assembly rights in the digital age. The study was supported by the AfDec Strategic Advocacy Fund.

 

Publisher:

Protege QV

 

Researchers:

Dr Lionel Amahata Kiabega, Serge Daho, Sylvie Siyam, Avis Momemi, Lionelle Tchingoua

Les restrictions à l’accès à l’internet – Communément appelés «Coupures d’Internet» – dans le nord-ouest et le sud-ouest du Cameroun sont maintenant à leur 14ème jour. Les restrictions imposées par le gouvernement du Cameroun, qui sont en vigueur depuis le 17 janvier 2017, visent spécifiquement les régions anglophones, suite aux manifestations contre la marginalisation des droits culturels et linguistiques des Camerounais anglophones par le gouvernement. APC note ces coupures avec une grave préoccupation