• Cameroon: Court Upholds Unjust ‘Homosexuality’ Conviction
    Dec 18, 2012
    A Cameroonian appeals court decision on December 17, 2012, upholding a criminal conviction for homosexuality demonstrates that basic human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people are under assault in Cameroon. The court upheld the conviction and three-year prison sentence for Roger Jean-Claude Mbede, a university student charged with homosexuality, and ordered his arrest.
  • Cameroon: Investigate Threats Against Rights Lawyers
    Oct 24, 2012
    Authorities in Cameroon should promptly investigate threats against two prominent lawyers who are representing clients accused of homosexuality. The government should publicly denounce the threats against the defense lawyers and ensure that they receive necessary protection.
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  • Cameroon: Court Upholds Unjust ‘Homosexuality’ Conviction
    Dec 18, 2012
    A Cameroonian appeals court decision on December 17, 2012, upholding a criminal conviction for homosexuality demonstrates that basic human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people are under assault in Cameroon. The court upheld the conviction and three-year prison sentence for Roger Jean-Claude Mbede, a university student charged with homosexuality, and ordered his arrest.
  • Cameroon: Investigate Threats Against Rights Lawyers
    Oct 24, 2012
    Authorities in Cameroon should promptly investigate threats against two prominent lawyers who are representing clients accused of homosexuality. The government should publicly denounce the threats against the defense lawyers and ensure that they receive necessary protection.
  • Cameroon: LGBT Rights Workshop Shut Down
    Apr 4, 2012
    Cameroonian authorities on March 27, 2012, illegally shut down a human rights workshop in Yaoundé that was to include discussion of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and arrested one of the workshop organizers. The action violated rights to freedom of assembly and expression under both Cameroonian and international law.
  • Cameroon: Letter to the Minister of Justice Regarding Article 354
    Dec 22, 2011
  • Cameroon: Stop Criminalizing Same-sex Conduct
    Sep 30, 2011
    In the last six months, at least ten individuals in Yaoundé and Douala have been arrested under Article 347(a) of the Cameroonian Penal Code. This Article criminalises “sexual relations with a person of the same sex”.
  • Cameroon: Free Men Charged Under ‘Sodomy’ Law
    Aug 17, 2011

    Three men returning from a bar last month in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, were detained by police because two of them appeared feminine. The three were jailed on July 25, 2011, for one week and were tortured and otherwise abused by police during this time, according to a Cameroonian civil society group that has been working on their behalf.

  • Cameroon: ‘Sodomy’ Law Violates Basic Rights
    May 17, 2011
    The March arrest, conviction, and sentencing of Roger Jean-Claude Mbede to three years in prison for being homosexual is a gross violation of Mbede’s rights to freedom of expression and equality guaranteed by the Cameroonian constitution, Alternatives-Cameroun, Association pour la Defense de l’Homosexualitè (ADEFHO), and Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Cameroon’s top leaders.
  • Appeal to Cameroon's Top Leaders to Overturn Conviction of Roger Jean-Claude Mbede
    May 17, 2011
  • China: Arrests, Disappearances Require International Response
    Mar 31, 2011
    The European Union, the United States, and other governments should call for the United Nations Human Rights Council to review the deteriorating human rights situation in China.
  • Cameroon: Same-Sex Relations Bring Attacks, Arrests
    Nov 4, 2010
    Cameroonians are attacked by police, politicians, the media, and even their own communities if they are suspected of having sexual relations with a person of the same sex.
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