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1 | Cameroon: Essayist and Blogger Arrested and Charged with Robbery | Kamerona: Nosamborina Fa Voampanga Ho Mpangalatra Ilay Mpanoratra sady Mpamaha-Bolongana Enoh Meyomesse |
2 | Enoh Meyomesse, a Cameroonian writer and blogger [fr] was arrested on November 22, 2011, at Nsimalen airport in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on his way back from Singapore. | Enoh Meyomesse, mpanoratra Kameroney no sady mpamaham-bolongana no voasambotra tamin'ny 22 Novambra 2011, tao antseranam-piaramanidina Nsimalen ao Yaoundé, ao Kamerona, raha avy tany Singapore izy. |
3 | Charged with robbery by the military court of Bertoua, in the east of the country, he is now detained at Nkondengui prison in Yaoundé, where Amnesty International has documented severe over-crowding and life-threatening conditions. | Nampangain'ny fitsarana ady miaramila Bertoua, ao atsinanan'ny firenena, ho nangalatra izy ka notazomina tao amin'ny fonjan'i Nkondengui ao Yaoundé, izay efa feno hipoka araka ny fanadihadiana nataon'ny Amnesty International ka tsy voahaja intsony ny zon'ny voafonja ao. |
4 | Meyomesse's arrest has sparked many reactions among the Cameroonian online community. | Niteraka fihetseham-po marobe teo anivon'ny tontolon'ny bilaogy Kameroney ny fisamborana an'i Enoh Meyomesse. |
5 | Enoh Meyomesse and his alleged accomplices - Military Tribunal of Bertoua - From Patrica Nganang Public Facebook profile | Enoh Meyomesse sy ireo voarohirohy ho mpiray tsikombakomba taminy- Fitsarana Ady Miaramila Bertoua - Sary avy amin'i Patrica Nganang tao amin'ny Facebook |
6 | Cameroon, which reelected Paul Biya for the sixth time as president in October 2011, after a highly criticized election, was ranked 40th out of 53 African countries in terms of governance and human rights, according to the 2011 Mo Ibrahim Foundation Report. | Tamin'ny volana Octobra 2011, nifidy indray an'i Paul Biya faninenina ho filoha i Kamerona , taorian'ny fifidianana somary voatsikera be ihany, izy no nahazo ny laharana faha 40 amin'ireo firenena Afrikana 53 amin'ny resaka fitantanana sy zon'olombelona, araka ny fanadihadiana tamin'ny 2011 nataon'ny Fikambanana mpanao asa soa Mo Ibrahim. |
7 | A political plot against Enoh Meyomesse? | Paikady politika ho entina hanenjehana an'i Enoh Meyomesse? |
8 | This is what journalist Juliette Abandokwe argues in an article on her blog entitled “Cameroon: Political Plot against Enoh Meyomesse, dissident and inflexible thinker” [fr]. | Ity manaraka ity ny lahatsoratra nosoratan'ilay mpanao gazety Juliette Abandokwe tao amin'ny bilaoginy mitondra ny lohateny hoe “Kamerona: Paikady Politika Hoentina Hanenjehana an'i Enoh Meyomesse, sy ny mpisintaka ary ny manan-kevitra be loha“. |
9 | She writes: | Hoy izy nanoratra: |
10 | The illustrious critic of the terror machine of the Biya regime, is now the victim of a plot worthy of the darkest Stalinist years, he stands accused of “aggravated robbery and possession of weapons of combat.” | Ilay malaza amin'ny fitsikerana ny fitantanana mpampihorohoron'ny fitondrana, no niharan'ny paikady mitovy tanteraka tamin'ny fotoana ratsy indrindra tamin'ny vanim-potoana staliniana, voampanga ho nahavita “halatra bevava miampy fihazonana fitaovam-piadiana izy.” |
11 | It is with this charge, invented and orchestrated from scratch, that Meyomesse is presented to the public and the press as “highway robber”, with his three alleged accomplices in a climate of extreme humiliation. | Noho izany fiampangana noforonina sy efa noketrehina fatratra izany, naseho teo imasom-bahoaka sy ny haino aman-jery i Meyomesse fa “jiolahy avolenta”, miaraka amin'ireo lazaina fa mpiray tsikombakomba telo hafa, fanalam-baraka tanteraka no natao azy tamin'izany. |
12 | Joël Didier Engo continues on his blog [fr]: | Joël Didier Engo nanohy tao amin'ny bilaoginy hoe: |
13 | This would be the Christmas prank in Paul BIYA's Cameroon: “Enoh MEYOMESSE as the leader of a gang of gold robbers in eastern Cameroon…” This is insane even for a country accustomed to public campaigns of denunciation and lynching, orchestrated in high places, against all opponents of tyrants. | Io izany no ho mampihomehy ny ao Kamerona amin'ny noely ho an'i Paul BIYA: “Enoh MEYOMESSE no lohan'ny jiolahy mpangalatra volamena ao atsinanan'i Kamerona…” Mahamenatra tokoa izany, indrindra ho an'ny firenena zatra manao fiampangana ampahibemaso sy ny famonoana olona tsy notsaraina, nomanina avy any amin'ny mpitondra ambonimbony any mba hisamborana ireo tsy manaiky ny isian'ny jadona. |
14 | On Facebook, writer Patrice Nganang regularly posts pictures and news of his imprisoned colleague. | Tao amin'ny Facebook, mamoaka sary sy vaovao matetika mikasika ny fanagadrana ny mpiara miasa aminy ilay mpanoratra Patrice Nganang . |
15 | His personal profile is also becoming a forum of discussion for some Cameroonian netizens. | Nanjary niteraka adihevitra be teo amin'ny mpiserasera Kameroney ihany koa ny mombamomba manokana ity mpanoratra ity. |
16 | Amougou Herman for instance commented [fr]: | Amougou Herman ohatra naneho hevitra hoe: |
17 | I think what is happening today in politics in Cameroon is symptomatic of the basic problem that plagues many developing countries of always thinking that those who do not share our beliefs are our enemies. | Inoako fa ny zava-mitranga ankehitriny momba ny politika ao Kamerona, no tena olana mamely ny firenena andalam-pandrosoana maro mihevitra fa ireo izay tsy mitovy hevitra aminy dia fahavalony. |
18 | The problem becomes more serious when we face a corrupt judicial machinery that does not work. | Niharatsy ny olana rehefa anjakan'ny kolikoly ny fitantanan-draharaha ara-pitsarana tsy manao ny asany. |
19 | Enoh Meyomesse's testimony | Fijoroana vavolombelona nataon'i Enoh Meyomesse |
20 | Meyomesse has been able to meet Jean-Bosco Talla, a journalist from Cameroonian newspaper Germinal, who visited him in Nkondengui prison on December 31, 2011. | Afaka nihaona tamin'ny Jean-Bosco Talla i Meyomesse, mpanao gazety ao amin'ny gazety Germinal ao Kamerona, izay nitsidika azy tao amin'ny fonjan'i Nkondengui tamin'ny 31 Desambra 2011. |
21 | Meyomesse told the story of his arrest [fr]: | Meyomesse nitantara ny fandehan'ny fisamborana azy: |
22 | If I remember correctly, when I returned to Cameroon on November 22, 2011, I saw two people waving my photo in the lobby of the Nsimalen International Airport (…) I walked up to these people to find out what was happening and try to understand why they were waving my picture. | Raha tsaroako tsara, raha iny niverina hody aty Kamerona aho ny 22 Novambra 2011, nahita olona roa nilanja ny sariko aho tao amin'ny efitra lehiben'ny Seranam-piaramanidina iraisam-pirenena Nsimalen (…) Nanatona ireo olona ireo aho mba ahafantatra ny antony hilanjany ny sariko. |
23 | Suddenly, one of them informs me that I'm under arrest. | Tampoka teo, nilaza tamiko ny iray tamin'ireo fa samborina aho. |
24 | Only later did I learn that the person I talked to was Colonel Oumarou Ngalibou, commander of the gendarmerie in eastern Cameroon. | Taty aoriana vao fantatro fa ny Kolonely Oumarou Ngalibou io olona io, mpifehy ny zandarmaria ao atsinanan'i Kamerona. |
25 | I was then forcibly led to the Secretariat of State for Defence (Sed) in Yaoundé. | Noterena ho an'ny amin'ny sekreteram-panjakana misahana ny Fiarovana (Sed) ao Yaoundé aho. |
26 | It was during the interrogation, when investigators asked me to reveal our weapons cache, that I learned that I was accused of being the leader of a gang of robbers in collusion with foreign forces trying to foment a coup. (…) | Nandritra ny famotorana natao ahy, nanontaniana ny toerana fanafenana ny fitaovam-piadiana no fantatro fa nampangaina ho lehiben'ny jiolahy mpangalatra aho ary miray tsikombakomba amin'ny tafika vahiny mikonokonona fanonganam-panjakana. (…) |
27 | Meyomesse continues: | Meyomesse nanohy hoe: |
28 | On December 21, 2011, an officer came to ask us to prepare. | Tamin'ny 21 Desambra 2011, nisy zandary tonga nampiomana anay. |
29 | When we exited our cells, we were surprised to find ourselves in the midst of a crowd in the courtyard of the gendarmerie in Bertoua. | Raha nivoaka ny efitra nitazonana anay izahay dia gaga raha nahita ireo miaramila marobe manodidina anay tao an-tokontanin'ny zandarmaria ao Bertoua. |
30 | Everything was staged so that we would be introduced to the public as common criminals. | Fihetsika efa nomanina mba hampisehoana anay eo imason'ny vahoaka fa olon-doza mpanao heloka izahay. |
31 | It was said that almost all authorities in the town of Bertoua were present. | Nolazaina tamin'izany fa saiky tonga tao daholo ny manampahefana ao an-tanànan'i Bertoua. |
32 | Citizens, journalists, photographers were also there. | Mponina, mpanao gazety, mpaka sary samy tao avokoa. |
33 | Handcuffed, they gave each of us papers on which they had written down our name, age and the alleged reason for our arrest. | Nasiana rojovy ny tananay, nomen'izy ireo taratasy tsirairay avy izahay izay nasiany ny anaranay, ny taonanay ary ny antony nisamborana anay. |
34 | (…) It was after this spectacle we were transferred to Yaoundé. | (…) Nafindra tao Yaoundé izahay taorian'izany tranga izany. |
35 | On Thursday, December 22, 2011, we were appeared briefly before the military court which decided to detain us at the Central Prison of Kondengui. | Tamin'ny Alakamisy 22 Desambra 2011, niatrika fohy ny fitsarana ady miaramila izahay izay nanapa-kevitra hamindray anay hofonjaina vonjimaika any amin'ny Fonjaben'i Kondengui. |
36 | The Cameroonian Minister of Communication, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, commented [fr] on the affair during a press conference in December. | Naneho hevitra mikasika ny raharaha nandritra ny fihaonana tamin'ny mpanao gazety tamin'ny volana Desambra ny Minisitry ny Fifandraisana Kameroney, Issa Tchiroma Bakary. |
37 | According to the Cameroon Tribune, the minister claimed Enoh Meyomesse was named by alleged accomplices in an armed robbery at a mine in November: | Araka ny voalazan'ny gazety Kameroney, nanambara ny minisitra fa ny mpiray tsikombakomba tamin' i Enoh Meyomessey mihitsy no nilaza fa nandray anjara tamin'ny halatra mitam-piadiana tamin'ny toby fitrandrahana iray izy tamin'ny volana Novambra: |
38 | … “since this is an armed robbery, Enoh Meyomesse has been sent to a military court” | … “satria halatra mitam-piadiana no niampangana azy, nalefa teny amin'ny fitsarana ady miaramila i Enoh Meyomesse “ |
39 | A fundraising campaign has been launched by Internet Sans Frontières (Internet Without Borders) to assemble a team of international lawyers who will ensure that Enoh Meyomesse receives the legal defense he is entitled to. | Nisy ny fanentanana fanangonam-bola nataon'ny Aterineto Tsy Misy Sisintany (Internet Without Borders) mba hiantsona ireo mpisolovava manerantany hiaro an'i Enoh Meyomesse ahafahany mampiasa ny zony ho arovana. |