Cameroon: Trans leader in hiding after transphobic attack
A leader of Cameroon’s transgender community is recuperating from a transphobic attack that almost killed her. From the…
Cameroon death threats: 2 gay lovers outed by each other
A lovers’ quarrel last month led to death threats, a knife attack, a closeted pastor losing his job,…
Cameroon: Threat of eviction for being a homosexual
A press release (modestly edited below) from Douala-based Alternatives-Cameroon, which fights against Aids and for recognition of the…
Support for imperiled LGBTI activists in Cameroon
The Cameroonian LGBTI rights group Camfaids today vowed its support for the threatened LGBTI activists of Humanity First…
Plea to to Pope: Restrain Cameroon’s gay-bashing Catholics
In Cameroon, a recent resurgence of anti-LGBTI rhetoric from the Catholic Church has come in for criticism from…
LGBTI activists mourn human rights veteran Joel Nana
Veteran African human rights activist Joël Gustave Nana Ngongang, widely known as Joel Nana, 33, died Oct. 15…
Cameroon: 290 march and pray for human rights
Last month, hundreds of Cameroonians marched in support of the country’s human rights defenders in a protest organized…
Activists demand new probe of Eric Lembembe murder
A year after the murder of journalist/activist Eric Lembembe in Cameroon, human rights activists in Cameroon and abroad…
After attacks, LGBTI defenders in Cameroon seek safety
Cameroonian authorities should end their ‘absurd and despicable’ silence, then act to protect local human rights organizations and…
Arsonists, burglars attack LGBT advocates in Cameroon
Human Rights Watch issued this press release today: Cameroon: Spate of Attacks on Rights Defenders Authorities Should Investigate,…