Gladwyn d’Souzahttps://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/martinez_zogo_cameroon_press_freedom.php
#EliminatingWitness to #corruption: Biya’s allies #stiflefreespeech, including, one local #journalist told me, by manipulating ad placements; in recent years, #physicalthreats facing reporters have intensified, with the deaths of Zogo and Bébé following that of Samuel Wazizi, who died in custody.
#Assange, #Khashoggi, #BrunoPereira, #DomPhillips #RomanProtasevich #ShireenAbuAkleh #FredidRoman #ArshadSharif
A murdered journalist, the media mogul, and an epic reporting project in Cameroon
<p>In January, Martinez Zogo, the director of the Cameroonian radio station Amplitude FM, was found dead near Yaoundé, the capital. His body reportedly showed signs of torture: his foot was broken, several of his fingers had been cut off, and his tongue was deformed. A few weeks later, a suspect named Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga—whom Zogo […]</p>