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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:56 AM Thursday

Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump's Secretive Deportation Program [View all]

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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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