Human Rights Watch 17 May 2013 The Cameroonian authorities should drop the charges against two transgender youth rather than appealing their case to the Supreme Court, five human rights organizations said today. Jonas K. and Franky D. are being prosecuted on what the appeals court has already ruled were trumped-up charges of homosexual conduct, the [...]
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Cameroon: rights abuses in ‘homosexuality’ prosecutions
Human Rights Watch 21 March 2013 Download the report Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world, four human rights organizations said in a report released today. The organizations – Alternatives-Cameroun, Association for the Defense of Gays and Lesbians (ADEFHO), the Cameroonian Foundation for AIDS (CAMFAIDS), and [...]
Cameroon gay rights lawyer seeks US refuge
France 24 via AFP 17 February 2013 A Cameroonian lawyer who has received death threats for defending gays and lesbians in a country where homosexuality is outlawed has sought refuge with his family in the United States. In his home country, homosexuality is associated with “sorcery and black magic,” said Yaounde lawyer Michel Togue, amid [...]
Cameroon: stop turning blind eye to death threats
Human Rights Watch 13 February 2013 The government of Cameroon should immediately take action against a series of death threats made over the last four months to two lawyers who represent clients accused of homosexual conduct, Human Rights Watch said today in an open letter to President Paul Biya. Alice Nkom and Michel Togué, Cameroonian [...]
Republic of Cameroon: make human rights a reality
Amnesty International 24 January 2013 For several decades, Amnesty International has been gathering information about allegations of human rights violations carried out, ordered or condoned by Cameroonian government and security officials. This report documents abuses such as the restriction of freedoms of expression and association; persecution of people accused of same-sex relationships; harassment of members [...]
Cameroon: city panicked by wave of suspected ritual killings
Tapang Ivo Tanku, Special for CNN 22 January 2013 Michele Mbala Mvogo, a 17-year-old high school student, left home to go to school one morning, and she never came back. On Friday, police found Michele’s corpse with four other bodies dumped outside a kindergarten school. Fighting back tears, Deborah Ngoh Tonye described what was left [...]
Cameroon jails ‘gay’ man for texting ‘I’m in love with you’ to male friend
Associated Press via The Guardian 17 December 2012 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 [...]
Cameroon: UN concerned over reports of arrests of suspected gay and lesbian people
Refworld 16th November 2012 The United Nations human rights office today expressed its concern over reports of people in Cameroon being harassed, intimidated, arrested and imprisoned because they were suspected of being lesbian or gay – and called for an end to such practices. Article 347 of the current penal code in the country criminalizes ‘sexual relations [...]
Cameroon: 2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
RefWorld United States Department of State 24th May 2012 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Cameroon is a republic dominated by a strong presidency. The country has a multiparty system of government, but the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) has remained in power since it was created in 1985. It has unfettered control of all government branches. The [...]
Cameroon: Amnesty International annual report 2012
Amnesty International Annual Report 2012 Published 24 May 2012 The government continued to restrict the activities of political opponents and journalists. People suspected of same-sex relations were detained and some sentenced to lengthy prison terms. The government reduced some prison sentences and commuted death sentences, but did not reveal how many. Background President Biya was [...]
