human rights defender

Tsi Conrad

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Urgent support needed

(AI Translated) Financial support for legal assistance

HRD's year of birth

1987

HRD's Gender

Man

Type of HRD

  • Journalist/Blogger

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Civil and political rights

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

HRD's bio and work

(AI Translated) Tsi Conrad is an activist, filmmaker and photographer from the Anglophone Northwest region of Cameroon.

Current Status

In prison (sentenced)

Detained since

Dec 8, 2016

Charge(s)

  • Other
  • Spreading fake news
  • Subversion
  • Terrorism

Sentence

(AI Translated) On May 25, 2018, he was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for "terrorism, secession, hostility against the State, contempt of civil authority, rebellion, and dissemination of false news, particularly by electronic means," and fined 268 million CFA francs (approximately US$479,850).

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa

Location of detention - City/Town

(AI Translated) Yaoundé

Location of detention - Facility

(AI Translated) Kodengui Prison


Alternative mailing address

RAS

Allegations / reports of ill-treatment

(AI translated) Mistreatment in Detention

Recent case update / evolution

(AI Translated) In July 2024, Tsi Conrad was summoned to attend a joint session of the Supreme Court's judicial division, which was to consider his appeal, but the panel unilaterally decided to remove the case from the court's docket and send it for reconsideration.

Any other relevant documents

(AI translated) English

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