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Tag Archives: Paul Biya
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
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
In Cameroon, anti-gay voices grow louder
In Cameroon, the topic of homosexuality is no longer taboo. Both in Yaoundé and Douala, on the street, in taxis, restaurants, bars, offices and markets, on the radio and on television, it is difficult to spend a day or even … Continue reading
Catholic lawyers push Cameroon to keep anti-gay law
A group of Roman Catholic lawyers in Cameroon gathered last weekend to call for continued enforcement of the country’s law against homosexual acts, which can be punished by prison sentences of up to five years. Africa Review reported: The Association … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan)
Tagged Cameroon, Douala, Francois Hollande, Paul Biya, Samuel Kleda
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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
Cameroon leader claims progress, but leaves LGBTs in jail
Cameroon’s long-time leader, President Paul Biya, says people in his country are changing their minds about homosexuality. But Biya has shown no signs of leadership on the issue and has done nothing to help the 19 people currently in prison … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan)
Tagged Biya, Cameroon, Franky Djome, Franky Ndome, Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, Jonas Singa Kumie, Paul Biya, Roger Mbede, United Nations
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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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Pressure grows on Cameroon to drop anti-gay law
Cameroon faces growing international pressure to end its repression of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The pressure is coming from the United States, the European Union, and from international human rights organizations. The United States ambassador to Cameroon, Robert … Continue reading
