Fongum Gorji-Dinka | |
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Born | [1] | June 22, 1930
Nationality | Cameroonian |
Education | |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Title | Fon of the Widikum |
Fongum Gorji Dinka is a Cameroonian attorney, political activist, and Fon of the Widikum in northwestern Cameroon. [2] [3]
Gorji Dinka was active in the Anglophone Crisis and advocated for more rights for Anglophone Cameroonians, against the Francophone government. [4] [5] [6] He was the first president of the Cameroon Bar Association, [4] and is also the named party of the Fongum Gorji Dinka v. Cameroon which was tried at the High Court of Justice and United Nations Human Rights Committee. [7] Gorji Dinka also coined the place name Ambazonia, which he first used in 1984. [8] [9]
Along with Bernard Fonlon and Carlson Anyangwe he authored The New Social Order, which claimed 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 and was detained until February 1986. [12] [13] After his release, he escaped to Nigeria. [14]
In a 2005 judgment of the United Nations Human Rights ICCPR, the tribunal ruled in favor of compensation for Fon Gorji-Dinka for human rights abuses to his person and for assurances of the enjoyment of his civil and political rights. [15]
Fongum Gorji-Dinka | |
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Born | [1] | June 22, 1930
Nationality | Cameroonian |
Education | |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Title | Fon of the Widikum |
Fongum Gorji Dinka is a Cameroonian attorney, political activist, and Fon of the Widikum in northwestern Cameroon. [2] [3]
Gorji Dinka was active in the Anglophone Crisis and advocated for more rights for Anglophone Cameroonians, against the Francophone government. [4] [5] [6] He was the first president of the Cameroon Bar Association, [4] and is also the named party of the Fongum Gorji Dinka v. Cameroon which was tried at the High Court of Justice and United Nations Human Rights Committee. [7] Gorji Dinka also coined the place name Ambazonia, which he first used in 1984. [8] [9]
Along with Bernard Fonlon and Carlson Anyangwe he authored The New Social Order, which claimed 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 and was detained until February 1986. [12] [13] After his release, he escaped to Nigeria. [14]
In a 2005 judgment of the United Nations Human Rights ICCPR, the tribunal ruled in favor of compensation for Fon Gorji-Dinka for human rights abuses to his person and for assurances of the enjoyment of his civil and political rights. [15]