Police in Cameroon banned documentaries on the conditions under which bananas are produced in the country.
The documentary critical of the Franco - American Society Plantations du Haut Penja (PHP), the largest banana production in Cameroon.
"The government prevents the free expression, " said
creator of the documentary, Frank Biel.
The film denounces the conditions on the plantations, where workers work 14 hours a day and charge 35 euros per month, less than the minimum wage, which is 43 euros a month.
Also refers to the risks arising to the health of workers from pesticides, and deplores the confiscation mikroidioktision, which are given to a holding company.
"Those who refused to surrender their lands were imprisoned, " says producer.
Meanwhile, last week, police arrested the Cameroon players other documentaries, denounced land seizures by the company Socucam, the main sugar in the country.
JEUNE AFRIQUE
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