The unrest is unfolding in the Northwest and Southwest Regions, home to most of Cameroon’s English-speaking minority, which account for about a fifth of a population of 22 million.
In a 37-page report, Amnesty said it had listed unlawful killings, destruction of private property, arbitrary arrests and torture by the security forces in two restive regions of the West African country.
Cameroon government claimed Amnesty international report is crude lies while it said security forces had committed in killing, arresting and property destruction.
Amnesty said it had conducted interviews with more than 150 victims of, or eyewitnesses to, violence committed either by the security forces or by separatists.
Years of resentment at perceived discrimination at the hands of the country’s French-speaking majority culminated in protests in October and November 2016, which escalated in the face of a government refusal to make concessions.
Although the report accusing government forces of abuses, it also said separatists had killed “at least” 44 members of the security forces, and also targeted ordinary people, including traditional chiefs, whom they suspected to be informants.
