Fongum Gorji Dinka Explained

Fongum Gorji-Dinka
Occupation:Lawyer
Birth Date:June 22, 1930[1]
Nationality:Cameroonian
Fon of the Widikum

Fongum Gorji Dinka is a Cameroonian attorney, political activist, and Fon of the Widikum in northwestern Cameroon.[2] [3]

Biography

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, 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]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fon Gorji Dinka . mukanda.univ-lorraine.fr . January 9, 2020 .
  2. Web site: All you need to know about the origin of the name 'Ambazonia' . Mimi Mefo Info . October 2, 2019 . en-US . January 9, 2020 . November 27, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201127104334/https://mimimefoinfos.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-origin-of-the-name-ambazonia/ . live .
  3. Web site: Republic of Ambazonia . ambazonia.org . January 9, 2020.
  4. News: Cameroon's Anglophone crisis: The imminent brink of war . February 11, 2019 . Africanews . January 9, 2020 . dead . APO Group . en . February 25, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190225011529/http://www.africanews.com/2019/02/11/cameroons-anglophone-crisis-the-imminent-brink-of-war/ .
  5. News: President cracks down on, shuts Anglophone universities . Fatunde . Tunde . October 10, 2017 . University World News . January 9, 2020 . Cameroon . en . August 30, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200830004813/https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20171010121644957 . live .
  6. News: Cameroon continues its oppression of English speakers . Foretia . Denis . Washington Post . January 9, 2020 . en . May 24, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200524101314/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/03/21/cameroon-continues-its-oppression-of-english-speakers/ . live .
  7. Gorji-Dinka v. Cameroon . Comm. 1134/2002, U.N. Doc. A/60/40, Vol. II, at 194 (HRC 2005) . . March 17, 2005 . http://www.worldcourts.com/hrc/eng/decisions/2005.03.17_Gorji-Dinka_v_Cameroon.htm . January 9, 2020 . en.
  8. Web site: Cameroon's Anglophone War – Analysis . August 9, 2018 . Eurasia Review . en-US . January 9, 2020 . IRIN . March 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210301080915/https://www.eurasiareview.com/09082018-cameroons-anglophone-war-analysis/ . live .
  9. Web site: Gorji Dinka Releases Ambazonia Message . CameroonPostline . January 8, 2020 . May 21, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200521172049/https://cameroonpostline.com/gorji-dinka-releases-ambazonia-message/ . live .
  10. Book: The Anthropology of Africa: Challenges for the 21st Century . February 3, 2015 . Langaa RPCIG . 978-9956-792-79-5 . Nkwi . Paul Nchoji . 478 . en . January 18, 2020 . April 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220428173638/https://books.google.com/books?id=isCVBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA478 . live .
  11. Web site: President cracks down on, shuts Anglophone universities . University World News . January 18, 2020 . August 30, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200830004813/https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20171010121644957 . live .
  12. Dinka . Gorji . Appel Aux Forces Armees Camerounaises . fr . January 8, 2020 . Peuples Noirs Peuples Africains . December 21, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191221180831/http://mongobeti.arts.uwa.edu.au/issues/pnpa49/pnpa49_01.html . live .
  13. Web site: History . www.ambazonia.org . January 8, 2020 . April 14, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200414152819/https://www.ambazonia.org/en/about/republic-of-ambazonia/history . live .
  14. Web site: Cameroon's Anglophone War – Analysis . Eurasia Review . August 9, 2018 . en . January 10, 2020 . . March 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210301080915/https://www.eurasiareview.com/09082018-cameroons-anglophone-war-analysis/ . live .
  15. Web site: Gorji-Dinka v. Cameroon, Comm. 1134/2002, U.N. Doc. A/60/40, Vol. II, at 194 (HRC 2005). www.worldcourts.com. January 9, 2020. May 18, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210518082054/http://www.worldcourts.com/hrc/eng/decisions/2005.03.17_Gorji-Dinka_v_Cameroon.htm. live.

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