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mahatmakanejeeves

(68,928 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:56 AM 3 hrs ago

Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump's Secretive Deportation Program

Reposted by Mike Masnick
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Joshua J. Friedman
‪@joshuajfriedman.com‬

"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)

Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program
www.nytimes.com
6:10 PM · Feb 18, 2026

"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)

Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) 2026-02-18T23:10:37.020Z
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Scrivener7

(59,014 posts)
3. Cameroon. Damn.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:00 AM
1 hr ago

I've said here before that a family friend was picked up by ICE a few days ago. Young sweet kid, 20, college student, really promising future. He was a DACA kid, but that's gone now.

His parents and friends are devastated, and all you can do is wonder, "What is happening to him now?"

The best we can hope at this point is that he goes to his country of origin where there are relations he's never met, but still they're there. God forbid he gets sent to one of these countries with only the clothes on his back where he knows no one.

My sister pointed out that he may never see his family again. They can't get out and he can't get in.

It's devastating.

KS Toronado

(23,488 posts)
4. He'll get reunited with his family in this country when we own the White House
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:08 AM
1 hr ago

Granted that is still years away.

Scrivener7

(59,014 posts)
5. I hope so. But I can't stop thinking about it. He's a young, strong boy, and I have a hard
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:16 AM
1 hr ago

time thinking about what is happening to him.

But what about the old people who were dragged away without medications they depend on?

What if you're a young pretty girl in the hands of ICE, many of whom are criminals and domestic abusers?

I shudder to think about what is going on in the concentration camps on a daily basis.

How many of them won't make it till we're back in power?

Multichromatic

(90 posts)
12. I hope that if we have our own Nuremberg Trials these Fascist are thrown under the prison.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:18 AM
34 min ago

I feel like this will end up being like the atrocities the Nazis committed. When concentration camps are opened up the world will be shocked. Everyone will ask how did America let this happen.

I pray that I'm wrong.

MadameButterfly

(3,913 posts)
6. Normally you could count on the US government to rescue American reporters
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:25 AM
1 hr ago

from foreign police brutality. This time, it's likely the police are operating on Trump's behalf. How do we raise enough publicity to make it worth it for our government to bring these guys home?

Imagine the courage it takes to do what they are doing. Without them, we are clueless as to what is going on.

And kudos to the reporting that is getting this story out.

MadameButterfly

(3,913 posts)
11. Will the Associated Press raise hell?
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:55 AM
57 min ago

And the journalists families, of course. Trump sycophants won't help, but maybe their are the necessary 3 who don't want journalists to rot in a foreign prison?

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