 Amnesty International reported concerns about violence by security forces.In 2009, around 100 civilians were killed during demonstrations

In April 2010, Germain Cyrille Ngota Ngota, the editor of the "Cameroun Express", died in custody at Kondengui Central Prison.He had been jailed pending trial in February 2010 along with the editors of two other newspapers, for the alleged "joint forgery" of the signature of a presidential official.