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Article

28 Apr 2003

Author:
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

Cameroon: New wave of harassment and arrests

Just two months after the release of half a dozen trade unionists following strong international protests, the Cameroon authorities have done the same thing again...In a letter to the government of Cameroon, ICFTU General Secretary Guy Ryder stressed that the ICFTU saw these new arrests as “clear evidence that the authorities are conniving with the management of Camrail [railway company] in their intensive harassment of trade unionists who are merely defending the interests of the workers they represent”.