Serbia Urged to Stop Selling Arms to Cameroon

Amnesty International told BIRN that Cameroon has used Serbian-made weapons in a pattern of "systematic violations" of human rights, and has called on Serbia to suspend arms export to the African state.

"Given the credible evidence of a Zastava M21 being used by Cameroonian soldiers to carry out the horrific extrajudicial executions of two women and two young children, Serbia - a major supplier of small arms to Cameroon - should suspend further supplies," Patrick Wilcken, an arms-control researcher at Amnesty International, told BIRN.

"This is not the first time Amnesty International has documented human rights abuses by Cameroonian forces using Serbian small arms. Rather, it reflects a pattern of systematic violations," Wilcken added.

Serbian Arms Exports to Cameroon

2011: 0

2012: 0

2013:

50 Heavy machine guns

2014:

17,810 light machine guns

1,628 Heavy machine guns

500 handheld under-barrel and mounted granade launchers

6,197 others

2015:

20 rifles and carbines

8,500 assault rifles

210 Heavy machine guns

400 hand-held under barrel and mounted grenade launchers

30 others

2016:

80 Mortar 81mm/120mm

6 Rifles and carbines

160 Heavy machine guns

2017:

4,000 Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems

Source: UN/Arms Trade Treaty

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