Protest
Origins of the Anglophone crisis, 2016-2017
Peaceful protests calling for federalism escalated after a government crackdown.
What happened
Peaceful protests by lawyers' and teachers' unions began in October 2016, initially calling for federalism restoration; a government crackdown killed at least nine people by February 2017.[1]
Sources for this page
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Claim: The current phase of Cameroon's Anglophone crisis began in October 2016 with peaceful demonstrations by lawyers' and teachers' trade unions in the country's two English-speaking regions, protesting grievances including the imposition of French in schools and courts, and initially calling for a restoration of federalism rather than independence; the government responded with the imprisonment of protest leaders and a security crackdown, with at least nine people killed in clashes between October 2016 and February 2017.
- Timeline: Cameroon & the "Anglophone Crisis" (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)) link, 2016 origins and crackdown section. Advocacy organisation perspective Source record