Cameroon

September 27, 2017

Cameroon: Mass Forced Return of Nigerian Refugees

Cameroon’s military has carried out a mass forced return of 100,000 Nigerian asylum seekers in an effort to stem the spread of Boko Haram. Cameroonian soldiers have tortured, assaulted, and sexually exploited Nigerian asylum seekers in remote border areas.

Refugee Rights

September 27, 2017 News Release

Cameroon: Mass Forced Return of Nigerian Refugees
LGBT Rights

March 13, 2017 Commentary

‘Your Children Will Die if You Don’t Stop’

Boris Dittrich
Advocacy Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program

Published In: Joop
LGBT Rights

July 12, 2016 News Release

Ban Forced Anal Exams Around World

Videos Watch More

March 21, 2013 Video

Cameroon: Abuses in 'Homosexuality' Prosecutions
February 14, 2013 Video

Cameroon: Stop Threats to Lawyers

Reports More Reports

September 27, 2017

“They Forced Us Onto Trucks Like Animals”

Cameroon’s Mass Forced Return and Abuse of Nigerian Refugees
March 21, 2013

Guilty by Association

Human Rights Violations in the Enforcement of Cameroon’s Anti-Homosexuality Law
November 4, 2010

Criminalizing Identities

Rights Abuses in Cameroon based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

News

December 15, 2014 Commentary

Escape From a Nightmare

Peter Bouckaert
Director, Emergencies

Published In: Foreign Policy
July 15, 2014 Dispatches

Dispatches: Eric Ohena Lembembe’s Unfinished Legacy

Neela Ghoshal
Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
November 29, 2013 News Release

World AIDS Day: HIV Groups Honored
September 25, 2013 News Release

Cameroon: Official Blames Activist for His Own Murder
September 20, 2013 Statement

UN Human Rights Council: Adoption of the Outcome of the UPR of Cameroon
September 12, 2013 Dispatches

Dispatch: Does Cameroon Support Violence Against LGBTI People?

Neela Ghoshal
Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
September 12, 2013 Letter

Cameroon: Letter to the Government Regarding 2013 UPR Recommendations
July 17, 2013 Commentary

Processing the Murder of Eric Ohena Lembembe

Neela Ghoshal
Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program

Published In: The Daily Beast
July 16, 2013 News Release

Cameroon: LGBTI Rights Activist Found Dead, Tortured
July 1, 2013 News Release

Cameroon: Spate of Attacks on Rights Defenders
May 17, 2013 News Release

Cameroon: Drop Charges Against 2 Transgender Youth
May 17, 2013 Letter

Cameroon: Letter to the Prosecutor General of the Central Appeals Court

Daily Brief

October 20, 2017

Pollution kills millions of people each year; Sexual violence in Kenya; Iraqi civilians killed in fighting; Migrants abused in Libya; Criminal sanctions for Polish protesters; Human rights in Pakistan; Refugees on Manus Island face mental health issues; Will Britain challenge Turkey on torture?; UN urges China to release activists.