REDHAC condemns the arrest of M. Aboubakar Sidiki

The President of the network of Central African Human Rights Defenders (REDHAC) has reacted to the arrest of the President of the political party known as 'Mouvement Patriotique du Salut Camerounais' (MPSC).

Mr Aboubakar Sidiki was arrested at his office in Douala by masked plain-clothed policemen on Saturday, August 09, 2014 in Douala, during a press briefing given in the premises of the NGO.

"You know that human right is like oxygen for everybody, we face all kinds of problems with human rights abuses at all times. That is why we seek to make our modest contribution to defend those who are victims of abuse. This in turn leave us as the privileged target of the actors of these abuses. For this reason we require an organization to protect us at any point in time”.

In effect, we have taken Monday, August 11, 2014, the case of the abduction of Mr. Aboubakar Sidiki MPSC who was arrested in Douala, in his office located at the Bonadibong crossroads off and REDHAC has made urgent action about.

According to a narration from Arabo Djika, who was present at the scene, "the men arrived aboard three vehicles registered in the central region and directly entered into his office and seized the president. I cannot say to which unit they belonged, but all I noticed was that they were heavily armed".

They took away his mobile phone and his computer, after their departure, another vehicle came and emptied his vehicle. At this time the final destination of the president of the MPSC is still unknown, however, based on information drawn, Mr. Aboubakar Sidiki was arraigned by a specialty service of State security who were suspected to belong to a group which organised the destabilization of Cameroon from the Central African territory.