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e-2063 (Cameroon)
E-petition
Initiated by Patrick Wanko Tchapdié from Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Original language of petition: French
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- Canada is committed to individual rights and freedoms;
- Given the increasing restrictions on human rights in Cameroon by President Biya’s government, now in power for more than three decades;
- Given the government’s violent policy of having the army and police open fire on civilians;
- Given the several years of deadly repression of the English-speaking populations, repeatedly condemned by organizations such as Amnesty International while the situation continues to deteriorate unabated;
- Given the tens of thousands of Cameroonian refugees in neighbouring countries and the hundreds of thousands of UN-recognized internally displaced persons due to the growing number of conflict zones;
- Given the worsening of already complex crises following the disputed presidential elections in October 2018;
- Given the massive and targeted extrajudicial arrest and imprisonment of peaceful, non-violent demonstrators;
- Given the exacerbating hate speech and calls for genocide even in private and public media by political figures, including ministers; and
- Given the immense cruelty that many people around the world may have suffered as a result of the inaction or wait-and-see approach taken by policymakers.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to take the appropriate action and act diligently to:
1) Condemn all human rights violations against civilian populations in Cameroon; and
2) Prevent any human catastrophe that may be perpetrated by the Cameroonian government.
- Open for signature
- February 21, 2019, at 3:03 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- March 23, 2019, at 3:03 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Tracey Ramsey
(Essex)
June 20, 2019 (Petition No. 421-04809) - Government response tabled
- August 21, 2019
