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Cameroon anglophone separatist leader gets life sentence

Cameroon anglophone separatist leader gets life sentence

A military court in Cameroon on Tuesday handed a life sentence to the head of the country’s anglophone separatist movement, Julius Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, and nine of his followers, lawyers said.The 10 were convicted of charges including “terrorism and secession”, the state’s lawyer, Martin Luther Achet, told AFP.

The sentence was confirmed by a lawyer for the separatists, Joseph Fru, who condemned what he called a “parody of justice”.

The defendants refused to recognise the right of the military tribunal in Yaounde to try them.

Their lawyers have yet to say whether they will file an appeal.

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