Additionally in the South-West, 33 theological college understudies were captured in Bachuo-Ntai. Catholic authorities said that the men were delivered the following day, yet no sign was made with respect to regardless of whether a payment was paid.
Five teachers were seized from an administration secondary school in Weh, in the North-West locale, on 19 January, and two understudies were harmed when seven nonconformist warriors raged a homeroom.
One of the seized educators addressed HRW. She perceived a portion of the warriors as her previous understudies. They explained to the educators the justification for why they were seized was on the grounds that they were not following a school blacklist, nor were they contributing monetarily to the battle.
They constrained us out at gunpoint, said the educator.
We needed to stroll for a whole day in the hedge until we arrived at their camp, she said, adding that an old educator and one more were depleted.
The warriors compromised them with death on the off chance that they didn't proceed, she added.
The understudies had overreacted and ran off when they raged the homeroom, and they attempted to capture an understudy who addressed HRW.
I opposed, so one of the contenders cut off a finger with a cleaver. I shouted in torment. He let me go. I went to the clinic where I went through a medical procedure, however my finger was at last severed," said the understudy.
The instructors were delivered on 24 January after a payoff was paid.
As indicated by witnesses, there were no security powers close to the school at the hour of the assault, despite the fact that there is an army installation two kilometers from the school. They said that the fighters and gendarmes there have no method for transportation, so experience issues watching the region.
Cameroon's local and global accomplices ought to increase approaches the Cameroonian government for responsibility, and better assurance of regular people, says HRW's Allegrozzi.
They ought to likewise force designated sanctions, for example, travel boycotts and resource freezes, on rebel pioneers who bear liability regarding committing mishandles," she adds.