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Tag Archives: Human Rights Watch
Our world today: Jail for love notes, but death threats are OK?
“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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Boris Dittrich, Cameroon, HRW, Human Rights Watch, IDAHO, IDAHOT, International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia, Jamaica, Kuwait, Malaysia, Russia, Uganda, Ukraine
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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
Two men arrested under Tunisian sodomy law
Two men were arrested on sodomy charges in Tunisia on March 31, the news website Tunisia Live reported. Staff at the Sheraton Tunis Hotel reportedly discovered the men having sex and called security forces, which led to the arrest. The … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East / North Africa, Trials / punishments
Tagged Human Rights Watch, Liberal Party, Mounir Baatour, Tunis, Tunisia
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African anti-gay backlash is a sign of LGBT progress?
“Gay Rights in Africa Move Slowly, Cautiously Forward,” states the headline of a Voice of America article. Believing that requires a leap of faith, since anti-LGBT legislation is under discussion or nearing approval in Uganda, Nigeria and Liberia, while Zimbabwe … Continue reading
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
Cameroon: Stop death threats to lawyers (video)
“So if you send text messages of love to someone in Cameroon, you get convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. “But if you send text messages that are filled with hate and filled with death threats, no action … Continue reading
Cameroon: Stop turning blind eye to death threats
Human Rights Watch issued this press release yesterday. Also see “Cameroon: Stop death threats to lawyers (video).“ Cameroon: Stop Turning Blind Eye to Death Threats: Intimidation of Lawyers in ‘Homosexuality’ Cases Compromises Right to Defense (Nairobi, February 13, 2013) – The … Continue reading
Seized by anti-gay mob; 11 weeks in Cameroon jail; no trial
A Cameroon man remains in prison awaiting trial on homosexuality charges because his family has not been able to raise money for bail. Cornelius Fonya has been incarcerated since Oct. 29, when he was arrested after a mob seized him, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Trials / punishments
Tagged Cameroon, Cornelius Fonya, Human Rights Watch, Limbe Cameroon, Walter Atoh
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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
Cameroon jail looms for Roger Mbede; death threats for lawyers
Roger Jean Claude Mbede is trying to come to grips with the grim prospect of being sent back to prison in Cameroon for being a homosexual. The appeal of his three-year prison sentence was denied yesterday. His attorney has 10 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice N'Kom, Cameroon, Human Rights Watch, Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, Mbede, Michel Togue, Paul Biya, Roger Mbede
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