Under siege, LGBT rights center closes in Cameroon
Confronted with physical assaults and death threats, the Cameroonian LGBTI advocacy group Camfaids has temporarily closed its headquarters,…
‘Your Children Will Die if You Don’t Stop’
Cameroon attorneys Michel Togué and Alice Nkom this week received the Geuzenpenning Award for their work defending LGBTI…
Cameroon police detain accused gay man for 9 days
By Erin Royal Brokovitch Hervé, a 25-year-old Cameroonian man facing homosexuality charges, was set free on bail on…
LGBTI activists challenge Cameroon police harassment
By Erin Royal Brokovitch Since April 4, the Cameroonian anti-Aids pro-LGBTI rights organization Humanity First has been under…
Cameroon: Prison sentence ends for man denounced as gay
A Cameroon man, age 29, has been released from prison, putting an end to incarceration that began when…
Pleas for justice and health in gay-bashing Cameroon
A team of African and American activists traveled last month to homophobic Cameroon to plead for tolerance, justice…
A visit to prisoners held on ‘suspicion of homosexuality’
In The Nation, journalist Andy Kopsa reports on her trip last month to Cameroon with an American and…
Brave defenders of LGBT Africans need support
Courageous attorneys who defend victimized LGBT people in Africa deserve our support and our blessings, the Rev. Canon…
Homophobia victim Roger Mbede dies in Cameroon
Roger Jean Claude Mbede, 34, the Cameroonian man who was sentenced to three years in prison for sending…
More mob violence in Cameroon; anti-gay attacks continue
Activists in Cameroon have reported two new mob attacks against LGBT people in the country’s capital of Yaoundé.…