Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the African Union to suspend Cameroon from the body over an alleged torture of 47 activists.
In a letter by SERAP, it called on the African Union Chairperson and President of Rwanda Paul Kagame to pressurise Cameroon to halt the assault and human rights abuse.
“Despite the massive violations of citizens’ human rights, and the continued absence of accountability in Cameroon, the AU has largely remained on the side-lines,” SERAP noted in the letter.
“Failure to act in the face of the gross and systematic violations by the authorities would seriously undermine the credibility of the AU and the legitimacy of its Constitutive Act, including its commitment to fight impunity as expressed in Articles 4(h) and (o) of the Act.
“The AU Constitutive Act identifies respect for human rights, and the rule of law as universal values and requires all member states to promote and adhere to them.”
It added that, “The AU should publicly condemn ongoing torture and ill-treatment of the 47 political activists facing persecution and abuses by authorities and call for their immediate and unconditional release.”
