Southwest regions) and the imminent risks of further loss of life as a result of the presence
of armed soldiers in every corner of the Southern Cameroons, to issue Provisional
Measures:
(i)
requiring the government of la Republique du Cameroun to pull out its heavy
military presence and close down its numerous military outposts strewn all over the
territory of the former UN Trust Territory of the Southern Cameroons.
(ii) requiring the government of la Republique du Cameroun to end forthwith its
kidnapping,
intimidation,
the daily threatening
of citizens of the Southern
Cameroons with abduction, imprisonment and death, and the carrying out of any
other acts in terrorem.
(iii) la Republique du Cameroun to immediately restor~ internet services in the Southern
Cameroons; and to make such other interim orders as the Commission may consider
appropriate.
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44.
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The Complainants also call on the Commission:
to trarr~fer
this matter
to the African Court
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on Human and Peoples' Rights (the COul'!);' under Rule 118(3) of the Commission's Rules
of Procedure.
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Procedure
45.
The Secretariat received the Complaint on 20 February 2017 and acknowledged receipt on
23 February 2017, informing the Complainant that the Complaint will be tabled before the
Commission for S:9l}~ideratioh at its. ,21 Extra-Ordinary 'Session holding in Banjul-The
Gambia from 23 F~lJrtlGtty - 4 March 2017.
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46.
The Commission was seized with the matter, at its 21 Extra-Ordinary Session holding in
Banjul-The Gamb,i,a from 23 February - 4 M~rch 2017, during which provisional measures
were equally appr'bved.
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47.
The Respondent State was informed of the Seizure decision, by the Secretariat, through a
Note yerbal addressed to the J:x1il}istryof External Relations of the Republic of Cameroon
in June 2017.
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48.
On August
submissions
49.
In March 2018, the Secretariat received the State's submission
by Note Verbal referenced 0758 DIP1./D8/SDASEJjSAM.
2017, the Secretariat, through its Registry, received the Complainant's
on Admissibility. The latter were transferred to the Respondent State.
on preliminary
50.
51.
In February
Complainant
2020, Mr. Kum
to the Secretariat.
Bezeng
submitted
a request
for
observations