Pagnoule v Cameroon (Communication 39 of 1990) [1995] ACHPR 4 (22 March 1995) | Unlawful detention | Esheria

Pagnoule v Cameroon (Communication 39 of 1990) [1995] ACHPR 4 (22 March 1995)

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Undated Communication No. 39/90 AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS ANNETTE PAGNOULE v. CAMEROON DECISION Citation: Pagnoule v. Cameroon, Comm. 39/90, 8th ACHPR AAR Annex VI (1994–1995) Publications: IHRDA, Compilation of Decisions on Communications of the African Commission On Human and Peoples’ Rights Extracted from the Commission’s Activity Reports 1994-2001, at 61 (2002); Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, at 384 (Malcolm D. Evans & Rachel Murray eds., 2001); (2000) AHRLR 55 (ACHPR 1995) COMPLAINT [1] This communication was submitted by Anette Pagnoule of Amnesty International and concerns one Abdoulaye Mazou, a Cameroonian national who continues to be held in prison, despite completing, in April 1989, a five-year prison term. DECISION [2] The Commission decides to close the file because the victim has been released and the issue satisfactorily resolved.