human rights defender

Tsi Conrad

© RAS

Urgent support needed

(AI translated) Need financial support for her lawyer

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

Current Status

In prison (sentenced)

HRD's bio and work

(AI translated) Tsi Conrad is a filmmaker and photographer from the English-speaking Northwest Region of Cameroon

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 in prison for "terrorism, secession, hostility against the state, contempt of civil authority, rebellion, and dissemination of false news, particularly through electronic means" and fined 268 million CFA francs (US$479,850).

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa

Location of detention - City/Town

Yaoundé Cameroun

Location of detention - Facility

Kodengui Cameroun


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 judicial division of the Supreme Court, which was to hear his appeal, but the panel unilaterally decided to strike the case from the court's docket and send it back for review.

Any other relevant documents

(AI translated) English

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