Cameroonian lawyer and human rights advocate, Alice Nkom, is launching a poignant appeal through a "Friday in Black," a symbolic initiative to honor the memory of those she considers victims of persecution and violence in Cameroon.
In a message released on her Meta page this Friday, she invites citizens to dress in black as a sign of solidarity and protest. This call aims to highlight the crucial importance of justice and respect for human rights, values for which she has been fighting for decades.
The lawyer pays tribute to those who died in circumstances she attributes to repression and exile. She emotionally evokes those who "fell because of persecution," those who perished "on the roads" of exile, and those who succumbed "in hospitals." Her message particularly resonates with the tragic fate of migrants who disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea, which she describes as a "cemetery," a symbol of the broken hopes of those seeking a better life.
An emblematic figure in the defense of human rights in Cameroon, Alice Nkom fully embraces her commitment. "In life, everyone chooses their side. Mine is that of justice and human rights. That of peace in justice. Not the reverse," she affirms with conviction. Her call for "Friday in Black" is an act of remembrance and a cry for justice, in a country where human rights violations remain a worrying reality.
