'Dozens of opposition activists arrested' in Cameroon

The privately owned Journal du Cameroun news site reports that 31 members of the opposition party which called today's nationwide protests were arrested in the morning.

Its report says that plainclothes policemen arrested the MRC/CRM activists outside the Yaoundé home of party leader Maurice Kamto at 02:00 local time (01:00 GMT), and an amateur video purportedly shows some of the activists being chased and assaulted.

A senior party official, Barrister Ndong Christopher, confirmed to the BBC that some of his colleagues were arrested, but did not know the total number.

Meanwhile, a researcher for Human Rights Watch has shared a photo of security forces deployed to a protest in the western town of Bafang:

#Cameroon #Bafang #West Security forces responding to the ongoing opposition-led demonstrations. The gvt has banned protests across the country using #Covid19 and the anti-terror law as pretext to quell dissent, https://t.co/AH2sIuZoH4 pic.twitter.com/3mKY5esjJA

— ilaria allegrozzi (@ilariallegro) September 22, 2020