A top official of Cameroon’s opposition CRM party has said that a number of anti-government demonstrators have been targeted by security forces in the biggest city, Douala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Peaceful protesters have been shot at, arrested, brutalised and tear-gassed,” said Barrister Christopher Ndong, the first vice-president of the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A journalist working for private-owned newspaper La Nouvelle Expression was among those arrested in the capital, Yaound\u00e9. Unverified reports suggest that dozens of CRM activists were arrested there on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The police have not responded to the BBC’s request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anti-government demonstrators have taken to the streets in several towns and cities, including Douala, Yaounde, Bafang, and Baham – the hometown of CRM leader Maurice Kamto, in the west of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They have been calling for an end to the Anglophone crisis and a reform of the electoral code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Kamto has suggested if the two issues are not addressed, the protests will continue until President Paul Biya is forced from power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Biya has been in power since 1982. He was re-elected in 2018 in an election that Mr Kamto claimed he won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Government spokesman Rene Emmanuel Sadi has criticised the opposition leader, saying that the protests were the weapon of a politician who cannot win an election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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