Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Programme

Journalists arrested in Cameroon while reporting on Trump’s secretive deportation programme

The five people detained on Feb 17 have been freed. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Journalists say an AP reporter and three other journalists were detained in Cameroon while probing a secretive US program that deports migrants to Cameroon

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Journalists Arrested Amid Reporting on U.S. Deportees to Cameroon

CameroonOnline.ORG | Recent developments have drawn attention to the state of press freedom in Cameroon following reports of journalist arrests linked to coverage of deportees arriving from the United States. According to a report published on February 18, 2026, by The New York Times, several journalists were detained while attempting to report on individuals deported … The post Journalists Arrested Amid Reporting on U.S. Deportees to Cameroon a…

Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Covering Secretive U.S. Deportations

An Associated Press reporter was beaten and held with three other journalists and a lawyer, two detainees said, while at a center for migrants secretively deported from the United States.

Yaounde: Journalists, Lawyers Beaten for Interviewing Trump’s Deportees

By Hans Ngala A journalist was severely beaten by police and later collapsed as a result of the beatings CNA has learned. His only crime was attempting to interview some of the immigrants deported by Donald Trump to Cameroon under a shady deal.“Allegedly one journalist suffered severe injuries from