Military court adjourns case of Anglophone Detainees to 24th May 2017

The case pitting the state of Cameroon against Barrister Agbor Balla, Dr. Fontem Neba, Mancho Bibixy and 24 other Anglophones incarcerated in the Yaounde Central Prison Kondegui has been adjourned to the 24^th of May 2017.

Critics have termed this delay in justice as punishment in itself. Some say justice delayed is justice denied.

“This is indirect imprisonment. It has been months since these people were taken to Yaounde and up till now they haven’t been judged. I call this indirect imprisonment. They are punishing the detainees in an indirect way” says an angry critic in Bamenda.

Another critic says “These people were first of all arrested illegally and charged for not carrying ID cards, propagating false information, terrorism, vandalism and threatening people who are against the Anglophone crisis. Now they are being denied justice; because justice delayed is justice denied”

The defending council has demanded they be released on bail but their demands are still to yield positive results.