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Appeal Hearing Leads to Adjournment, New Court Date

It was thought that the case of Akwo Kevin, Itoe Elvis, and Momfor Jong David was going to be resolved yesterday as the wrongfully detained prisoners’ were scheduled to appear before the Buea Court of Appeal. Unfortunately, the three men…

GCI Trains Journalists on Writing Skills

Over 15 Journalists and media students from Buea attented the GCI Media Watch Project’s first workshop last week. The workshop can be said to have been well received. The workshop on August 28 at the function room at GCI headquarters…

NCHRF Reports on Prison Condition

IRIN News reported on the National Commission of Human Rights and Freedoms survey of prison conditions in Cameroon. The NCHRF found out that human rights conditions in the prisons are deplorable. GCI is pleased that other organisations are involved in…

Cameroon Communication Minister’s Ban on Sky One Radio is Arbitrary

Global Conscience Initiative calls on the Minister of Communication to review his decision and remove the ban on Sky One Radio Station in Yaounde, Cameroon. Communication’s Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary accuses the radio station of “pretending to solve social problems”…

GCI Appeals Ruling in Habeas Corpus Application

Global Conscience initiative today filed an appeal at the registry of the High Court in Buea challenging the ruling of the President of the Fako High Court setting aside a GCI application for the release of three suspects who have…

Judge Throws Out GCI Application for Release of Suspects

The High Court of Fako Division, Buea, July 27 threw out an application filed by Global Conscience Initiative (GCI) for the immediate release of three persons who have been in detention in the Buea Central Prison since August 20, 2008,…

GCI Buea Office Now Open!

Global Conscience Initiative now operates a new office in suite 9 of the Fako Ship Plaza Buea. The office opened up to the public last June and has been receiving lots of visitors eager to make a contribution to our…

Global Conscience Recieves First International Intern

Niamh Browne of Amnesty International Irish Section arrived Cameroon at 2.00 a.m. January 8, 2008, ahead of a four month field placement with the Global Conscience Initiative. GCI Protection Officer, Ntebo Ebenezer Awung, was on hand to pick her up…

Global Conscience Commemorates World Human Rights Day

Global Conscience Initiative organized a one-day workshop on December 10, 2007, to commemorate the 59th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. About thirty persons drawn from various backgrounds in Kumba assemble in the Global Conscience conference hall and…