Stony Brook Professor Released from Prison in Cameroon
Stony Brook University professor Patrice Nganang was released from prison in Cameroon by a court decision on December 27, 2017. Nganang, 47, teaches in Stony Brook University's Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature Department in New York. He was taken into custody by Cameroon authorities on December 7 when he tried to leave the country and was then charged with multiple offenses for a Facebook post he wrote that insulted Cameroonian president Paul Biya. The Cameroonian-