Cameroon
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Sentenced in Cameroon for Being Gay
16 Jan 2008- Yaounde, Cameroon -Three men
convicted of homosexuality a crime in Cameroon were sentenced to six
months' hard labor, their lawyer said Wednesday...more
Administrative
recognition for a Cameroonian Gay
12 Mar 2007-
Cameroon- In January 2005, I wrote a story about the travails of an
atypical Cameroonian asylum seeker. He was atypical because, he was/is
gay...more
Cameroon Court Frees Gay Man After 2 Years In Prison Without Trial
02 Mar 2007-
Yaounde- A gay man held for two years in a dank Cameroon prison without
ever having a trial has been released...more
UN condemns anti-gay laws of
Cameroon
11 Oct 2006-
Cameroon- In a groundbreaking legal opinion, a UN agency today declared
that the detention of 11 men in Cameroon on the basis of their presumed
sexual orientation constitutes...more
Justice Subverted as Seven Men Convicted on Sodomy
Charges
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June 2006 – Cameroon- The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights
Commission (IGLHRC) has learned that seven of the nine men who have been
on trial for homosexuality...more
Cameroon men
still locked up
03 May 2006- The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights
Commission said Wednesday that it has learned the Cameroonian government
has refused to release nine men jailed on charges of homosexuality...more
Cameroon
releases nine men jailed for being gay
21 April 2006- Yaounde Nine men imprisoned for a year on
suspicion of being gay were freed Friday by a judge in Yaounde, the
capital, after ruling the government had offered no proof any of the men
had committed a crime...more
Cameroon: A Second Journalist Sentenced in Case of "Homosexual Lists"
29 Mar 2006- On 24 March 2006, a Yaoundé first instance court
handed down a double sentence to Ayisi Biloa, the publication director
for the Yaoundé-based "Nouvelle Afrique", for six months'
imprisonment...more
Homophobic Witch Hunt At Cameroon Schools
20
Mar 2006-
Yaounde- The hunt for gays in the small central African nation of
Cameroon has reached colleges and universities...more
Groups press Cameroon over gay detainees
10 Mar 2006- International human rights activists have
intensified pressure on the West African nation of Cameroon to release
eight men and a 17-year-old boy who've been detained for nearly a year
on charges of practicing homosexuality...more
Jail term for Cameroon gay libel
03 Mar 2006-
A Cameroon newspaper editor has been sentenced to four months in jail
and ordered to pay a fine for defaming a minister by saying he was
gay...more
Court Poised to Watch Video
Evidence On Homosexuality
27 Feb 2006- The Yaounde Magistrate Court may watch a
videocassette on the heinous act of homosexuality when the case in which
two journalists were charged for defamation gathers momentum...more
Cameroon jails two men for gay sex
27 Feb 2006- A COURT in Cameroon jailed two men for a year today
after they confessed to having gay sex despite a ban on homosexuality in
the central African country...more
French pop star latest target of African outing campaign
09 Feb 2006- A French pop star is the latest victim of a campaign
against all things gay by the Cameroon media...more
Gay Witch Hunt
Row In Cameroon
06 Feb 2006- A newspaper in
Cameroon has accused more than 50 prominent figures of homosexuality, in
a crusade that has rocked the country's political ands business
elites...more
Media Excesses
: A Case for Ethics
01 Feb 2006- Communication
Minister sounds alarm bells against unethical practice following
publications on homosexuality...more
IGLRHC Calls on Minister of Justice to Release 11 Men Unfairly
Detained in Jail
02 Dec 2005-
The
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) delivered
a letter yesterday to the Minister of Justice of the West African nation
of Cameroon urging him to release 11 men detained for the last seven
months...more |
