Cameroon

Homeless transgender woman Yas
Cameroon: Homeless trans woman illustrates what U.S. cutbacks have done
A U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operates out of a Seattle airport in August 2025. (Lindsey Wasson photo courtesy of AP)
U.S. deports lesbian asylum-seeker to Cameroon, where homosexuality is illegal
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Cameroon: Article 347-1 has been shattering gay lives for 10 years
Participants pose for a photo at the Legal Cafe that's a regular monthly event.
Cameroon Legal Café empowers participants to know their rights
A year later: End of US PEPFAR leaves Cameroon HIV programs in critical condition
L’extérieur de la prison centrale de Yaoundé. (Photo par Andy Kopsa )
Cameroon: 5 men nearing end of prison sentence for homosexuality
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Queer Cameroonians speak out about desire to become parents
Veteran LGBTI rights attorney Alice Nkom remains locked in a legal dispute with Cameroonian authorities who accuse her of “financing terrorism” — a charge she vehemently denies, declaring that her principled stand is in defense of the rule of law in Cameroon.
2025 LGBTQ rights update: African activists resist growing repression
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In Cameroon, a trans woman cries out for dignity and survival
"AI is fueling new forms digital violence and being weaponized against women and girls everywhere," says the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women. (Illustration courtesy of UNWomen)
Social media a dangerous new human rights battleground in Cameroon
Word cloud showing the names (pseudonyms) of the 56 prisoners for whom Project Not Alone has won early release.
Readers’ donations have freed a total of 56 victims of African homophobia
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Ten LGBTI youth arrested in Cameroon, released for small ransom
We freed four Muslim men imprisoned when their imam called them gay
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Generous readers helped free two imprisoned LGBTQ truck drivers
LGBT people imprisoned amid post-election unrest in Cameroon
Entrance of the Central Prison in the Kondengui section of Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Cameroon police arrest and imprison 5 men for suspected homosexuality