Rights lobby calls for revocation of Cameroon’s anti-free speech decree

Cameroon's President Paul Biya.

Cameroon's President Paul Biya. He is the longest-serving president on the African continent.

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The Cameroon government has come under pressure from the opposition and rights groups to repeal an unpopular new decree, which they say unjustifiably censors free speech in the country. 

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday added its voice to the calls, saying that it is becoming increasingly difficult to speak freely in Cameroon.