The reasons for the strike include:

1- Being part of a nation-wide protest against attempts by the Minister of Higher Education to raise fees at state universities by 100%.

2-To request for the university of Buea to build toilets within the school so one can ease themselves in the campus if they have to. Since the opening of
the university some 12years ago there have been no functioning toilets in the campus.

3-To request for water points in the campus so that one could have a drink of water if one is thirsty without having to buy from a shop. Strangely the
shops in campus are owned by senior officials in the administration, the same people to decide on the construction of water points.

4-To request the replacement of our vice-chancellor, as our present vice-chancellor has repeatedly voilated our rights as students by banning the
students' union and setting up such an autocratic administrative structure that has left students angry and frustrated for lack of the possibility to
express their rights as students elsewhere do.

The above points and others which for lack of space cannot be included here were reasons for our strike. Unfortunately the Registrar of the university
who has been part of this oppressive administration called the police to disrupt our strike. In the event two students were shot death just because we
wanted to march to the governor to lodge our complains.

Close to 20 days since the murder in cold blood of our mates, the government and the school administration are doing every thing to down play the painful
loss of our mates. The government has not made any apologies for the incidents. All they have done is set-up a commission of inquiry. Experience
has shown that Commisions of inquires in this country have always ended-up covering-up for the government than throwing light on the issues for which
they were formed. Besides there is a clear legal provision that prohibits forces from using life bullets in an attempt to restore order. But all of
that is totally being ignored while the murderers of our mates allowed to roam in freedom.

On the side of the university, the Vice-chancellor thinks so low about us that even with the death of our mates in this incident she has refused to hold
any negotiations with us on the issues that led to the strike in the first place. Rather she sent a communique over national radio calling for all the
students to come back to school that classes will start and that we all will have to sign an undertaking of good conduct before we resume classes kind of
trying to some how make us responsible for the unfortunate incident.

We already have news that in the last administrative meeting of the May 4th 2005 She practically held us responsible for the incidents. And as was the
case in 1995 we know she is looking for the student leaders so as to hold them personally responsible for everything and then dismiss them from the
university.

In these circumstances, we believe the only way to get some justice is for us to plead for solidarity from all freedom and justice loving peoples and
governments around the world to send messages on this issue to the president of Cameroon, Mr.Paul Biya to use his high office and intervene in this
matter . Here as attachment is an example of how such a message could read.

While looking to hearing from you, Accept

Our deepest Regards.
Ambazonia Students Association(ASA)
University of Buea

you can fax your letter for the Cameroon President care any of the Cameroon embassies closest to you.
e.g. Embassy of Cameroon in London: Fax: +(44) 207 792 9353
embassy of Cameroon Switzerland: Fax:+41 (0)31 352 47 36
Embassy of Cameroon Paris : Fax No :-01.46.51.24.52

Please do not forget to copy us so we can inform our fellow students of how much foreign support we are getting. Which is very necessary for us at the
moment as a moral boaster. our fax contact for security reason in the US is
ASA c/o ALIP US Branch
fax: 001952-922-9393

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