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Tag Archives: Camfaids
Peaceful celebration in Cameroon a year after mob attack
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
Cameroon: Drop charges against 2 transgender youths
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
Cameroon LGBT groups learning to be businesslike
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
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Positive steps
Tagged Affirmative Action, Cameroon, Camfaids, Yaoundé
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Cameroon police re-arrest 2 gay men whom court freed
Two gay men, released from a Cameroon prison in January, have again been arrested. They have been held in police custody for the past two days, since shortly after they were attacked in a local marketplace on Sunday, March 24. … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Harassment, Trials / punishments
Tagged Cameroon, Camfaids, Franky Djome, Franky Ndome, Jonas Singa Kumie
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Report: Cameroon jails many LGBTs to settle scores
Most people charged with violating Cameroon’s law against homosexual activity are convicted based on little or no evidence, Human Rights Watch states in a report released today. The study was prepared in cooperation with Cameroonian LGBT-rights organizations Alternatives-Cameroun, the Association … Continue reading
$1,000 bribe overcomes anti-gay charges in Cameroon
Two young men charged with homosexuality-related crimes have been released from police custody in Cameroon after paying a bribe, according to human rights activists who worked on their behalf. This new, detailed account of the case of the men identified as … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Harassment
Tagged Alice N'Kom, Amnesty International, Cameroon, Camfaids, Michel Togue, Paul Arno, Yaoundé
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Pressure on Cameroon to halt human rights abuses
Activist groups are keeping up the pressure on President Paul Biya to halt Cameroon’s harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBTs). But so far he has made no response to their pleas. In October, Biya received a letter … Continue reading
In Cameroon, a few more days of freedom for Roger Mbede
NEWS UPDATE In Cameroon today, a decision on Roger Mbede’s appeal of his homosexuality conviction was delayed again. Mbede, also known as Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, was sentenced in 2011 to three years in prison, but was granted provisional release this … Continue reading
AIDS Day appeal to free gay prisoners in Cameroon
(This is an English translation of the French-language post, “Au Cameroun, un appel pour la santé et la liberté.”) The activist organization CAMFAIDS today made a Worlds AIDS Day appeal to the Cameroonian government: For the Ministry of Health to … Continue reading
New LGBTI groups join the struggle in Cameroon
Their goals are the same: Roll back HIV / AIDS within the LGBTI community. Promote the human rights of LGBTI people, along with their rights to sexual and reproductive health, Fight stigma and discrimination; and finally Denounce the many abuses, … Continue reading
