Anti-gay laws in Nigeria and Uganda provoke outrage in the US—but Cameroon has quietly been locking up LGBT people for years with little international notice.
The daily tally of prisoners in Yaoundé Central Prison, on the outskirts of Yaoundé, Cameroon, is on a chalkboard the size of a Ping-Pong (...)
Jean-Claude Roger Mbédé’s three-year prison term upheld by appeals court in Africa’s most repressive state for homosexuals
An appeals court in Cameroon has upheld a three-year sentence against a man found guilty of homosexual conduct for sending a text message to another man saying: “I’m very much (...)
The attack came during a gathering to mark the end of this year’s International Day Against Homophobia celebrations in the Cameroonian capital of Yaoundé.
The time — about 11 p.m., Saturday, May 19. Representatives of several LGBTI organizations march one by one to the podium to discuss what the (...)
afrol News, 21 February - International press freedom groups are outraged by the homosexuality “revelations” practiced by several Cameroonian newspapers. Robert Ménard, Secretary General of Reporters sans Frontières (RSF), compares these Cameroonian newspapers with the “hate media” of Rwanda and (...)
Letter to the Minister of Justice of Cameroon Regarding 11 Men Detained on Suspicion of Homosexual Activity
DECEMBER 1, 2005
S.E. Monsieur Amadou ALI Minister of Justice Cameroon
Honorable Minister:
We are writing to urge the immediate protection from abuse and release from jail of eleven (...)
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