The State Department's 2023 report on Cameroon records that although the law sets no specific penalty for operating without official registration, the government may suspend the activities of an unregistered religious group; unregistered groups are tolerated under a policy of administrative tolerance so long as they keep public order, but cannot open a bank account in their own name, and newer, mostly independent evangelical churches faced tighter practical restrictions than older, established denominations.
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Citation
AuthorUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
PublisherUS Department of State
URLhttps://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/cameroon/
Source TypeGovernment report
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The United States' own State Department annual country report on religious freedom, the strongest available form for a fact about the government's regulatory power to suspend unregistered religious groups, hence the top tier. Connections
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This source names Cameroon directly: "The State Department's 2023 report on Cameroon records that although the law sets no specific penalty for operating without official registration, the government may suspend the activities of an..."
Source US Department of State, 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom: CameroonUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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