U.S.
Department of State Human Rights Report 1998
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government
generally does not restrict it in practice. Religious groups must
be approved and registered with the Ministry of Territorial Administration
in order to function legally; there are no reports that the Government
refused to register any Christian denomination. Christian churches
of various denominations operate freely throughout the country. Muslim
centers also operate freely throughout the country.
During the 1997 presidential election campaign, government representatives
verbally attacked the Catholic Church for being overly supportive
of the political opposition through its forthright criticism of corruption
and mismanagement in government. On Sunday, March 15, security forces
interrogated Ofon Ombaku Nyambi, pastor of a Presbyterian church in
Santa, in the Northwest province, concerning a sermon Nyambi had preached
earlier the same day. In his sermon, Nyambi reportedly blamed the
Biya administration for the poverty that had led to the February looting
of a Yaounde fuel depot that then exploded, killing about 200 persons.
Source: Country Reports
on Human Rights Practices for 1998, U.S. Department of State.
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