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Association for the Defence of Students’ Rights in Cameroon

Association pour la Défense des Droits des Etudiants au Cameroun (ADDEC)

Yannick Mbakop, Samuel Talla Giles, Stanislas Tokam, Herman Zebaze Takoubo, and Aimé Kameni Wetchadji are members of the Association for the Defence of Students’ Rights in Cameroon (Association pour la Défense des Droits des Etudiants au Cameroun - ADDEC) is a student association and union advocating for reforms in the Cameroonian academic system, academic freedom and participation of students in decision making.

In Cameroon, human rights defenders and journalists critical of the government are particularly targeted and often face harassment.