Fongum Gorji Dinka
Fongum Gorji Dinka is a Cameroonian lawyer and political activist. He is a chief of the Widikum people in northwestern Cameroon.[2][3]
Fongum Gorji-Dinka | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 22, 1930[1] |
| Nationality | Cameroonian |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Title | Fon of the Widikum |
Biography
changeGorji Dinka was active in the Anglophone Crisis. He argued for more rights for Anglophone Cameroonians, against the Francophone government.[4][5][6] He was the first president of the Cameroon Bar Association. [4] He was the named party in the case Fongum Gorji Dinka v. Cameroon which was tried at the High Court of Justice and United Nations Human Rights Committee.[7] Gorji Dinka started using the name Ambazonia in 1984.[8][9]
Along with Bernard Fonlon and Carlson Anyangwe he wrote The New Social Order. This book said that the English-speaking regions of Cameroons had the right to secede from Cameroon.[10][11]
He was arrested in May 1985 for his protests against the government. He was in prison until February 1986.[12][13] After his release he escaped to Nigeria.[14]
In a 2005 judgment of the United Nations Human Rights, the tribunal said he should be compensated for human rights abuses to his person and for assurances of the enjoyment of his civil and political rights.[15]
Bibliography
change- Fongum, Gorji-Dinka (March 20, 1985). "The New Social Order" (PDF). Retyped Ambazonian Archives. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
References
change- ↑ "Fon Gorji Dinka". mukanda.univ-lorraine.fr. Retrieved January 9, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "All you need to know about the origin of the name 'Ambazonia'". Mimi Mefo Info. October 2, 2019. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ↑ "Republic of Ambazonia". ambazonia.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Cameroon's Anglophone crisis: The imminent brink of war". Africanews. APO Group. February 11, 2019. Archived from the original on February 25, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ↑ Fatunde, Tunde (October 10, 2017). "President cracks down on, shuts Anglophone universities". University World News. Cameroon. Archived from the original on August 30, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ↑ Foretia, Denis. "Cameroon continues its oppression of English speakers". Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 24, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ↑ Gorji-Dinka v. Cameroon, Comm. 1134/2002, U.N. Doc. A/60/40, Vol. II, at 194 (HRC 2005) (Human Rights Committee March 17, 2005).
- ↑ "Cameroon's Anglophone War – Analysis". Eurasia Review. IRIN. August 9, 2018. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ↑ "Gorji Dinka Releases Ambazonia Message". CameroonPostline. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ↑ Nkwi, Paul Nchoji, ed. (February 3, 2015). The Anthropology of Africa: Challenges for the 21st Century. Langaa RPCIG. p. 478. ISBN 978-9956-792-79-5. Archived from the original on April 28, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ↑ "President cracks down on, shuts Anglophone universities". University World News. Archived from the original on August 30, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ↑ Dinka, Gorji. "Appel Aux Forces Armees Camerounaises". Peuples Noirs Peuples Africains (in French). Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ↑ "History". www.ambazonia.org. Archived from the original on April 14, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Cameroon's Anglophone War – Analysis". Eurasia Review. Integrated Regional Information Networks. August 9, 2018. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ↑ "Gorji-Dinka v. Cameroon, Comm. 1134/2002, U.N. Doc. A/60/40, Vol. II, at 194 (HRC 2005)". www.worldcourts.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2020.