Lawyers WIthout Borders

How to reopen LGBTI safe house in Cameroon

admin76crimes / November 26, 2019

The LGBTI advocacy group Camfaids has secured funds to reopen its safe house in Cameroon even though Camfaids…

admin76crimes / May 12, 2018

Police in Cameroon arrested 25 alleged homosexuals last night at a gay-friendly bar and a gay cinema in…

admin76crimes / October 8, 2014

Seven LGBT people who were arrested Oct. 1 on homosexuality-related charges have been released in Cameroon. All had…

admin76crimes / October 6, 2014

By Erin Royal Brokovitch The LGBTI community in Yaoundé responded quickly last week to the news that it…

admin76crimes / April 26, 2014

After six months in prison on homosexuality charges, two gay men in Cameroon gained their freedom by paying…

admin76crimes / January 15, 2014

Grieving friends and allies of gay rights icon Roger Mbede are calling for an investigation into his family’s…

Colin Stewart / January 7, 2013

Two young men in Cameroon were found not guilty today, overturning their previous sentence to five years in…

Colin Stewart / September 21, 2012

Lawyers for two men seeking to overturn their five-year prison sentences for homosexuality appeared on behalf of their…

With support from Lawyers Without Borders, two young Cameroonian men appeared in court in Yaoundé on July 20,…