Cameroon: Enoh Meyomesse’s open letter to President Biya
To the President of the Republic: A few years ago, during a year-end speech to Cameroon, you reflected on justice in Cameroon and denounced corruption. Countless citizens applauded, delighted to...
View ArticleCameroon: Enoh Meyomesse demands justice
Nearly two years have passed since imprisoned poet Enoh Meyomesse’s lawyers first succeeded in having his case referred to a civil court for appeal in April 2013. His hearings have now been postponed...
View ArticleCameroon: Enoh Meyomesse hearing postponed to 30 March
On Thursday 19 March 2015, in accordance with statements made by Judge Gilbert Chilick and the president of the military criminal chamber of the Centre’s Court of Appeal, my trial was finally due to...
View ArticleCameroon: Enoh Meyomesse released from prison
On 27 April 2015, writer and activist Enoh Meyomesse was finally released from Kondengui Prison in Yaoundé, after almost three and a half years. He has since sent the following message to PEN: je n’ai...
View ArticleEnglish PEN and Ledbury Poetry Festival join forces to support persecuted...
Every year, hundreds of writers and other literary professionals around the world are imprisoned, prosecuted, persecuted, attacked, threatened, forced into exile or even murdered as a result of their...
View ArticleCameroon: Enoh Meyomesse thanks PEN
This week, PEN colleagues from around the world are in Quebec for the 81st PEN International Congress. Today, an email from the writer Enoh Meyomesse, the focus of a major English PEN campaign, was...
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