MR PRIME MINISTER, SIR, THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF GENOCIDE AND NOT DIALOGUE

Dr Dion Ngute was the agent representing LRC at the hearing of the case brought on behalf of the Southern Cameroons by Dr Gwang Gumne and others in the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Judgement in the case was rendered in Banjul, the Gambia during the 45th Ordinary Session that held from 13 – 27 May 2009.

In the Judgment that was subsequently endorsed by the General Assembly of African leaders during the AU conference in Sirtre in Libya, the African Commission unequivocally called for dialogue to resolve the crisis and offered its services to facilitate the dialogue. It gave LRC 180 days to comply with its Judgment. It is on the records of the African Commission that LRC asked for an extension of time to comply with the Judgment.

Mr Prime Minister, true to itself, LRC did not comply with that Judgment and did not respect the decision relating to dialogue facilitated by the African Commission, even after the expiration of the extended timeline it sought and obtained. What a reckless display of bad faith! .
In its characteristic exercise of impunity, LRC intensified its systemic and widespread violations of the protections afforded Southern Cameroons in international law. These violations have been ongoing since an unprecedented conspiracy facilitated the breach of the UN Charter and UN Resolutions paving the way to the annexation and colonisation of Southern Cameroons by the LRC. The escalation of the violations has led to genocide, also called the mother of crimes on the watch of a slow to act civilized world. This is unacceptable.

The Government of Cameroon considers these atrocity crimes as its legitimate exercise of impunity with arrogant alacrity. Its civilian and military commanders have in publicly available and well documented statements taken responsibility for these crimes. They have consistently praised the professionalism of its military for conducting a war of genocide in which more than 200 civilian settlements have been torched with shocking charred remains of vulnerable children, women, the old and the sick left in the debris. The Prime Minister Dr Dione Ngute himself on this so-called dialogue with the dead, praised the professionalism of these soldiers. During his visit there perpetrated egregious violations even in the neighbourhood of Bambili which he visited. There, they massacred in a cold blood, a mother and her baby. Mr Prime Minister, this is genocide and not dialogue. I did not hear you order the arrest and prosecution of the criminal soldiers who massacred that mother and her baby. The massacre of that woman and her child a few metres from where you visited indeed symbolizes the fate of hundreds of thousands of Southern Cameroonians for no reasons other than that they are Southern Cameroonians. That again sir, is genocide.

I began this piece by making a reference to the Judgment of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights which LRC accepted and asked for time to comply with but reneged on. LRC in contempt instead intensified its 58 year old campaign of intimidation, humiliation, dehumanisation, indignity and death. As the representative of LRC during the entire proceedings and judgment, you were and are better placed to advise your government to the hard reality that international legality may be slow but effective. When Justice catches up with the arrogant exercise of impunity and criminality, its impact may devastate the soul of conscienceless predators of human life. Differently, stated, a time comes when the victims of atrocious crimes are given a voice from their unmarked lonely graves to seek justice on their own behalf. That time sir, will come, sooner or later, here or in the hereafter. This truth sir, is sacrosanct.

Therefore, sir, I beg to ask. How do you feel conveying the concomitant message of conditional dialogue and genocide from your President to his victims? Does the said message not greatly contradict the dialogue decided by a respectable continental justice mechanism the African Commission which was endorsed by continental leaders? Was it not obvious from the Judgment of the African Commission that an international facilitator would be required to oversee the dialogue? And was it not for this reason that it offered to play that role? In your so-called ongoing dialogue, sir, I did not hear you regret the massacres, the genocide, the crimes against humanity, the war crimes etc. Why? I did not hear you talk about a transitional justice mechanism to prosecute civilian and military commanders responsible for these atrocity crimes in the Southern Cameroons.

I did not see you feel the pain and suffering of millions of civilian victims of the atrocity crimes. Rather, I heard the evocation and rendition of the typical and resentful CPDM sycophantic war cries and slogans praising the god-president for his promise of mercy for those who lay down arms. Laying down arms to facilitate the atrocity crimes sir? Those you alleged laid down arms, have the locations from which they allegedly defected been spared the visit of your angels of death and the mayhem they bring to the civilian population? Have they sir? I bey to ask.

There is a common and recurring position taken by the international community on this war that was declared by LRC. That position is that there should be an inclusive dialogue with no pre-conditions, to tackle to the root causes of this conflict. From where then did you come about with the exclusion of the so-called secession or separation? Is this pre-condition not a distraction and an attempt to obviate the mandatory root causes of the conflict? Are the root causes not the umbilically linked violations that eviscerated the Southern Cameroons right to external self determination under the UN Charter guaranteed by UN Resolutions which LRC opposed and opted for annexation and colonial rule?

The right to resolve this conflict through an internationally organised dialogue in which negotiations will hold sway was obtained through a legal process before a Continental legal mechanism and endorsed by African Leaders. The international community has overwhelmingly taken the same position with renewed vigour. That position is therefore, not subject to a unilateral modification by LRC. That sir, is an unacceptable diktat. This unacceptable diktat tantamount once more to a disregard for the international rule of law on the basis on which international legality, peace and security are founded.

Mr Prime Minister, sir, as you pursue this futile adventure to insult the memory of victims, permit me to remind you that the informal meeting of the UNSC on this crisis on 13 May 2019, apart, the celebration on the 23 May 2019 at the UN of the 70 th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions which LRC is a state party, should be a shock reminder to LRC that the spirit of that multilateral treaty and many others is alive. That LRC place on the radar of the Geneva Conventions will soon be guaranteed, not for the right reasons, but for its atrocity crimes in the Southern Cameroons against civilians who are protected by the convention.

The anniversary ceremony of the 23 May 2019 of the Geneva Conventions 1949 and the ten anniversary of the UN Resolutions for the protection of civilians in armed conflicts should be an opportunity for LRC to seriously consider, calling off this genocidal war and withdraw its soldiers for peace to prevail. It’s military misadventure and atrocity crimes have failed and will continue to fail to tame the spirit of Southern Cameroons freedom seekers who are inspired and emboldened by the justice of their cause, international legality and the pursuit of legitimate self defence.

History sir, provides you and the government you serve another opportunity to listen to the voice of humanity and the international community and get to the negotiating table while there is time. Stop the callous slaughter and the genocide now. Your present tour is a celebration of genocide and not dialogue

Chief Barrister Charles Taku

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  1. NO GENOCIDE IN SW AND NW REGIONS OF CAMEROON

    According to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Adopted by Resolution 260 (III) A of the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948), GENOCIDE (Article 2) means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
    a) Killing members of the group;
    b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
    c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
    d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
    e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
    This definition has been adopted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Article 6 (Genocide) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

    GENOCIDE: The deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group (Dictionary of Contemporary English and Merriam-Webster). Based on these definitions, there is NO GENOCIDE OCCURRING IN THE NORTH WEST (NW) AND SOUTH WEST (SW) REGIONS OF CAMEROON. It’s worth noting that Anglophone Cameroonians or other Cameroonians living in the NW and SW Regions of Cameroon ARE NOT A NATIONAL, ETHNICAL, RACIAL OR RELIGIOUS GROUP.

    a. Killing members of the group: Members of a group (national, ethnical, racial or religious) are NOT WANTONLY or DELIBERATELY KILLED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CAMEROON. The Cameroon Defence and Security Forces, and Law Enforcement are SURGICALLY, METHODICALLY, and PROFESSIONALLY NEUTRALIZING or KILLING AMBAZOMBIE TERRORISTS. Non-terrorist Anglophone Cameroonians or other Cameroonians living in the NW and SW Regions of Cameroon are not being targeted. However, rogue elements within the Forces sometimes brutalise innocent people. I have excoriated and continue to excoriate such brutalism (cruelty and savageness). On the other hand, the MODUS OPERANDI of ambazombie terrorists is to kill other Anglophone Cameroonians and other Cameroonians living in the NW and SW Regions.

    b. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group: The Cameroon Defence and Security Forces, and Law Enforcement do not cause serious bodily or mental harm to Anglophone Cameroonians and other Cameroonians living in the NW and SW Regions of Cameroon. The Cameroon Defence and Security Forces, and Law Enforcement are surgically, methodically, and professionally neutralizing or killing AMBAZOMBIE TERRORISTS. On the other hand, the MODUS OPERANDI of AMBAZOMBIE TERRORISTS is causing serious bodily or mental harm to other Anglophone Cameroonians and other Cameroonians living in the NW and SW Regions of Cameroon they term BLACKLEGS. They also cause serious bodily or mental harm to those they kidnap for hefty ransoms, especially if the ransom is not forthcoming.

    c. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part: The Government of Cameroon is not deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to kill Anglophone Cameroonians and other Cameroonians living in the NW and SW Regions of Cameroon. On the other hand, AMBAZOMBIE TERRORISTS have been BURNING HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, CARS, AND BUILDINGS; CARRYING OUT LOCKDOWNS AND GHOST TOWNS TO STARVE PEOPLE TO DEATH; PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM GOING TO HOSPITAL DURING LOCKDOWNS AND GHOST TOWNS AND THUS, CAUSING MANY DEATHS; PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM WORKING AND EARNING AN INCOME TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR THEIR FAMILIES; PREVENTING THE PLANTING AND HARVESTING OF CROPS AND STEALING COWS OR CATTLE FROM THE MBOROROS; DESTROYING ROADS; ETC.

    d. The Government of Cameroon is not imposing measures on Anglophone Cameroonians and other Cameroonians living in the NW and SW Regions of Cameroon in a bid to stop people having babies. Men are NOT BEING CASTRATED like PIGS and women are NOT BEING FORCEFULLY STERILIZED. People continue to have babies, even MARRIED AMBAZOMBIE TERRORISTS are SHAGGING THEIR WIVES and MAKING BABIES. Unmarried ambazombie terrorists have been KIDNAPPING WOMEN AND USING THEM AS SEX SLAVES, RAPING and IMPREGNATING them.

    e. The Government of Cameroon is not forcibly removing children from the NW and SW Regions of Cameroon.

    Thus, there is NO GENOCIDAL REGIME IN CAMEROON AND THERE IS NO GENOCIDE OCCURRING IN THE NW AND SW REIONS OF CAMEROOM.

    “As a former Minister of Defence myself, I recognize the difficulties and dilemmas faced by soldiers confronted with extremely violent armed groups moving in and out of civilian areas, committing atrocities as they go” (Ms Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, May 6, 2019).

    It’s absolutely regrettable that Mr Charles Taku DOESN’T KNOW THE DEFINITION OR MEANING OF GENOCIDE AS IT APPLIES TO INTERNATIONAL LAW (Geneva Convention, ICC the Rome Statute, etc.). Equally, this LIGHTWEIGHT so-called lawyer DOES NOT KNOW THE MEANING OF MASSACRE.

    TO MASSACRE is TO DELIBERATELY and VIOLENTLY KILL a LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. The killing of a mother and her child in Bambili, though highly regrettable, is NOT A MASSACRE!!! My prayers and thoughts are with the bereaved family. I offer my condolences!!! If I am not mistaken, the military did admit the deaths and said they were INADVERTENT CASUALTIES.

    1. Jonnie, STOP browsing articles and throwing comments like the wind flipping papers around. Be realistic. I have did put a set of questions to you on the article about US Congress. Like bad medication you jump to other articles, just to prove you have time to be a bug?

      1. Papa Action:

        The RAISON D’ÊTRE of my POSTINGS is to present the OTHER SIDE OF AN ARGUMENT OR ISSUE so as to enable readers make their OWN JUDGEMENTS. Thus, I am not OBLIGED or OBLIGATED to answer your questions.

        I STAND for ONE AND INDIVISIBLE CAMEROON. And within this UNITED CAMEROON, we could have say:
        1) FEDERALISM like in Canada,
        2) DEVOLUTION like in the UK (Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland),
        3) ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS in China (Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao),
        4) DECENTRALISATION OR AUTONOMOUS REGIONS (Spain, Belgium, France, etc.), etc.

        Our brothers and sisters who have taken up arms against the State were lied to, that the UN has granted “ambazonia” independence and that they were being recruited into the ambazonian army. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=578349472652860&id=265096591107551&__tn__=%2As%2As-R.

  2. The despot, thug and fool of French Cameroun is ready to talk to separatists, terrorists in Ambazonia. Did the chicken just developed teeth?

  3. 266/03 KEVIN MGWANGA GUNME et al / CAMEROON

    On 10 January 2003, Dr. Kevin Mgwanga Gunme and thirteen others (i.e. 14 Complainants) brought a case (or communication) on THEIR BEHALF and on BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN CAMEROON* against the REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON, a State Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. At its 33rd Ordinary Session held from 15-29 May 2003 in Niamey, Niger, the African Commission considered the communication (case) and decided to be seized of the matter. “Decided to be seized of the matter” means the African Commission decided that it will hear or consider the communication (case) because it was within its jurisdiction. Judgement in the case was rendered in Banjul, the Gambia during the 45th Ordinary Session that held from 13-27 May 2009. http://www.achpr.org/communications/decision/266.03/ . I am sure Mr Charles Taku got the name “Dr. Kevin Mgwanga Gunme” WRONG because he wrote Dr. Gwang Gumne. He is the ARCHETYPE of a THIRD-RATE LAWYER in Cameroon. An excellent lawyer always has an eye for detail.

    Mr Charles Taku writes and I quote “… the African Commission unequivocally called for dialogue to resolve the crisis and offered its services to facilitate the dialogue. It gave LRC 180 days to comply with its Judgment”. As you can see below, 215 (4), the African Commission REQUESTED THE PARTIES (Dr Gunme and others, and the Government of Cameroon) to report on the implementation of the aforesaid recommendations within 180 days of the adoption of the decision by the AU Assembly. A so-called lawyer PEDDLING HALF-TRUTHS, what a SHAME!!! Did Dr Gunme et al (Dr Gunme and others) comply with the judgement within 180 days? NO!!! NO!!! NO!!! WHY? Let Mr Taku tell us.

    RECOMMENDATIONS. The AFRICAN COMMISSION recommended, inter alia (among other things), the following:

    215 (2). To the Complainants, and SCNC and SCAPO in particular,
    a. To TRANSFORM INTO POLITICAL PARTIES,
    b. To ABANDON SECESSIONISM and ENGAGE in CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOQUE with the Respondent State on the Constitutional issues and grievances.

    215 (3). The African Commission places its good offices at the disposal of the parties to mediate an amicable solution and to ensure the effective implementation of the above recommendations.

    215 (4). The African Commission requests the Parties to report on the implementation of the aforesaid recommendations within 180 days of the adoption of this decision by the AU Assembly.

    Did SCNC and SCAPO transform into POLITICAL PARTIES? NO!!1 NO!!! NO!!! They have instead TRANSFORMED or METAMORPHOSED INTO ARMED SEPARATIST GROUPS; ARMED TERRORIST GROUPS; BEHEADERS; KIDNAPPERS FOR HEFTY (KING’S) RANSOMS; EDUCATION HATERS LIKE BOKO HARAM AND the TALIBAN; SHAMBOLIC DEATH CULTS; HIGHWAY ARMED ROBBERS; ETC.

    Did Dr Gunme et al, and SCNC and SCAPO ABANDON SECESSIONISM? NAY!!! NAY!!! NAY!!! Instead, they FRAUDULENTLY DECLARED PHONEY “INDEPENDENCE” on October 1, 2017. And since then, have been using the ambazombie armed terrorists to PERPETRATE MIND-BENDING HORRID ATROCITIES on other Anglophone Cameroonians – BEHEADINGS; INFLICTING PAIN, SUFFERING AND HUMILIATION on other Anglophone Cameroonians; TORTURING and TORMENTING PEOPLE TO DEATH; CHOPPING UP THEIR VICTIMS LIKE “ERU” (Gnetum africanum); CHOPPING OFF YOUNG WOMEN’S BREASTS FOR SEXUAL PLEASURE; CHOPPING OFF THE HANDS AND FINGERS OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND POOR CDC LABOURERS; MAIMING PEOPLE; RAPING MOTHERS, OLD WOMEN, AND GIRLS; KIDNAPPING FOR HEFTY (KING’S) RANSOMS; ARMED ROBBERIES; CONFISCATING AND STEALING MOBILE PHONES; STEALING COWS FROM THE MBOROROS; STEALING MONEY FROM PEOPLE; BURNING HOSPITALS AND PATIENTS; DESTROYING ROADS; etc.

    Did Dr Gunme et al, and SCNC and SCAPO ENGAGE in CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOQUE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF CAMEROON? NO!!! NO!!! NO!!! Why? Let Mr Taku tell us.

    * According to the African Commission, the use of the term “Southern Cameroon” in this communication is NOT INTENDED TO CONFER ANY LEGAL STATUS OR RECOGNITION. The words “Southern Cameroon” describe the territory of the Respondent State where violations are alleged to have occurred. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the terms, “Southern Cameroonians”, “Anglophones”, or “Francophones” describe the people said to occupy the two parts of the Republic of Cameroon, which were prior to 1st January 1961 either English or French administered UN Trust territories, respectively.

  4. SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU CHARLES TAKU 99 SESNSE NWEH MUNDANI TSE TSE FLY SURVIVOR.THE GREATEST MISTAKE THE WHITE MAN DID AND MAFUA NDEM CHIARA WAS TO DISCOVER FONTEM AND PUT CLOTHES ON YOUR BACKS, GIVE YOU ELECTRICITY AND CLEAR YOUR “MBING” FOREST.THEY BROUGHT MEDICATION FOR YOUR SLEEPING SICKNESS AND PLUCKED YOU FROM THE TREES WHERE YOU LIVED AND FUCKED WITH BIG BLAXCK HORSES THAT DANGLED BETWEEN YOUR LEGS AS THE WHITE MAN FOUND WHEN HE CAME IN.YOU ARE NOT ENGLISH BUT BANTU.YOU ARE ANGLO FUCKS BECAUSE YOU HAVE FUCKED UP THE WHITE M,AN’S CULTURE CLAIMING TO BE ENGLISH.THE DELUSIONAL MISGUIDED AMBAS ARE PURE SUB-HUMANS DOING WHAT BLACKS ARE KNOWN FOR:DYSFUCNTION!!!there IS NO GENOCIDE IN CAMEROON WHICH IS THE CARCO OF THE GOOD WHITE MAN.FUCK YOU AND YOUR GENOCIDE PIECE OF SHIT.SHUMBU.NA MBA!NA mBING

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