Amnesty says it has documented more than 100 cases of detention and torture by security forces across numerous sitesCameroon’s security forces have been accused in an Amnesty International report of torturing hundreds of people in secret chambers. Dozens of testimonies, as well as satellite imagery, photographs and videos add up to a pattern of terrible violence against people accused of supporting the Islamist group Boko Haram, which Amnesty says amounts to war crimes. More than 100 cases of detention and torture were documented at more than 20 sites, including military bases and a school. “We have repeatedly and unequivocally condemned the atrocities and war crimes committed by Boko Haram in Cameroon,” he said. The Nigerian military has been accused of similar abuses as Cameroon’s security forces, including the torturing to death of 8,000 people.

Source: The Guardian July 20, 2017 00:00 UTC