A Letter

Senator Debbie Stabenow
731 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC  20510-2204

Dear Senator Stabenow,

I serve the Pine Island Presbyterian Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan.  We are a small multi-cultural congregation with five immigrant families from the English speaking region of Cameroon.  They are legally documented and well established in our community.  I am writing to bring the violence in Anglophone Region of Cameroon to your attention.  One of their family members was recently abducted, tortured and murdered. The homes and schools of their extended family have been destroyed forcing them to flee into the bush.  It appears that the earlier genocide in Rwanda is repeating itself now in Cameroon.   Washington Post Article    Please bring these atrocities to the attention of our State Department and the Ambassador to the United Nations.  A United Nations peacekeeping force appears to be warranted with U.S. backing. 

Thank you for your assistance and attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Rev. Dr. John M. Best
Pastor

Comments

  1. Young NewmanMarch 28, 2019 at 5:37 PM

    Thank you for the concern and prayers for this situation in modern times. we hope the powers that be may listen and help. God bless you.

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