Amnesty International on the Atrocious Execution of Women/Children & the Prevailing Situation in Ambazonia

Barely a month after its damming report on the human rights atrocities of the terrorist regime of La Republique du Cameroun (LRC) in Ambazonia, International Human Rights Organization, Amnesty International has again hit hard on the colonial regime following the emergence of a gruesome video depicting the extra judicial execution of two women and two children by the terrorist forces of the regime in the Boko Haram striken North of LRC.

In a press statement issued earlier today July 12, 2018 titled; Cameroon: Credible Evidence that Army Personnel Responsible for Shocking Extrajudicial Executions Caught on Video , the human right body stated that investigation by its experts has gathered credible evidence that it was LRC terrorist soldiers depicted in a video carrying out the horrific extrajudicial executions of two women and two young children.

While welcoming the pretentious decision of the regime to carry out an investigation to ascertain what actually happened, Amnesty International however regrets the fact that the diabolic regime through the Ministry of Communication earlier dismissed video footage of the executions as “fake news” and so cast doubts as to the seriousness of any investigation.

According to the human rights body, extensive analysis of the weapons, dialogue and uniforms that feature in the footage, paired with digital verification techniques and testimonies taken from the ground, all further corroborate that the genocidal perpetrators are actually terrorist soldiers of LRC.

“The Cameroonian authorities’ initial claim that this shocking video is fake simply doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. We can provide credible evidence to the contrary. Given the gravity of these horrific acts – the cold blooded and calculated slaughter of women and young children – these hasty and dismissive denials cast serious doubt over whether any investigation will be genuine,” noted Samira Daoud, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s West Africa office.

“It is imperative that a proper, impartial investigation is undertaken and those responsible for these abhorrent acts are brought to justice.”

“The evidence we have provided forms a firm basis for strongly suggesting that the individuals committing these atrocities are members of Cameroon’s armed forces. Some individuals are clearly identifiable and cannot be allowed to get away with such a heinous act with impunity,” said Samira Daoud.

“While the crimes under international law, including war crimes, and human rights violations committed by Boko Haram in Cameroon are despicable, absolutely nothing can justify the crimes being committed by some members of the armed forces.”

Amnesty International has therefore called for a heavy hand of the law on those suspected of criminal responsibility for these crimes under international law. This should include military superiors who knew or should have known that subordinates were committing such genocidal acts.

But BaretaNews is asking how possible is the above, when it concerns the diabolic and bloody regime of Paul Biya. This is a regime whose terrorist soldiers have repeatedly been involved in many atrocities and have gone punishment free. No promised investigation has ever been completed, and so expecting another investigation to be done on the present case and concluded for punishment to be meted out on perpetrators is a very biggest joke.

The atrocious killing of those women and children in the widely circulated video show just a fore taste of what Ambazonians go through every day in the hand of the Biya terrorists fighting the aimless war in Ambazonia. Looking at that video and where the killings were done, it would be completely bad faith if the International Community still cannot believe the cries of genocide by Ambazonians all through these two and a half years.

The time for the world to stop talking and act is now. The blood thirsty regime cannot be allowed to continuously feed on the blood of the innocent while the world silently watches.

James Agbor

BaretaNews Political Analyst