Tag Archives: Cameroon

Peaceful celebration in Cameroon a year after mob attack

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

Three associations in Cameroon’s capital city organized a week’s activities to commemorate this year’s International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO). Unlike last year, the activities were not disrupted by anti-gay violence. La version française: “Yaoundé célèbre IDAHO 2013 avec faste et … Continue reading →

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Our world today: Jail for love notes, but death threats are OK?

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

“You can end up behind bars for sending a message of love, but the authorities look the other way when someone threatens to kill children.” Boris O. Dittrich, the advocacy director for the LGBT rights program at Human Rights Watch, … Continue reading →

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Cameroon: Drop charges against 2 transgender youths

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

A press release signed by Alternatives-Cameroun, ADEFHO, CAMFAIDS, Human Rights Watch, and ILGA: Cameroon: Drop Charges Against 2 Transgender Youth Prosecution Based Solely on Bias, Not Evidence (Yaoundé, May 17, 2013) – The Cameroonian authorities should drop the charges against … Continue reading →

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Gays in Cameroon, beware this blackmailer

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

Denounced for two years in gay activist groups’ press releases, Albert Edward Ekobo Samba, who passes himself off as a gay man on the Internet, continues to trap gay men with the help of accomplices posing as police. Here’s what … Continue reading →

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21 in prison for being gay, 16 more awaiting trial

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

(This is the latest update of a page that is often revised — again and again — as new information is received.) Worldwide, at least 21 people are currently in prison for violating laws that punish those who are born … Continue reading →

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Cameroon ‘not ready’ to end LGBT persecution

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Cameroon’s harsh treatment of LGBT people came in for criticism this week from 15 countries during the international human rights analysis known as the Universal Periodic Review. At the UPR session yesterday in Switzerland, Foreign Minister Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo did … Continue reading →

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Hope for a big win for LGBT rights in Cameroon

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Embattled LGBT people in Cameroon might soon win a major victory, veteran human rights attorney Alice Nkom said in a recent interview. Nkom sees that as a potential outcome of a prosecutor’s challenge to the January ruling that released Jonas … Continue reading →

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Cameroon LGBT groups learning to be businesslike

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Governance, paperwork, management techniques, human resources, financial conflicts of interest — those are some of the training modules discussed in workshops held Jan. 22 to 25 for nine representatives of three community-based organizations serving the community of men who have … Continue reading →

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Two gay men freed into ‘living hell’ in Cameroon

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

After three days in police custody in Cameroon, two gay men were released yesterday, but their daily life remains a nightmare. “I’m upset and depressed. Because of what has happened to us [an attack by a gay-bashing crowd, death threats, … Continue reading →

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LGBTs in Cameroon: Attacked, arrested, freed again

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

Police in Cameroon have released two gay men whom they had held in custody for three days starting shortly after the men were attacked by a gay-bashing crowd on March 24. Cameroonian journalist Eric Lembembe interviewed the two men, Jonas … Continue reading →

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