Tag: Cameroon
Cameroon: Burglary and threatened eviction of suspected lesbian
The apartment of a lesbian rights activist in Cameroon was burglarized last month after a disgruntled neighbor accused her of being too masculine. Her [...]
Cameroon’s Unity human rights watchdog project expands
Cameroon's LGBTI rights watchdog group is adding an advocacy office and getting a new logo.
From the African Human Rights Media Network
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Cameroon: Police probe victims of homophobic assault
Participants in a health rights training session in Yaoundé, Cameroon, were violently assaulted late last month by anti-LGBT assailants. Police respon [...]
We freed 3 gay men from prison
Gay rights activists and donors have freed the last three prisoners serving sentences for homosexuality in northern Cameroon.
From the Africa [...]
Cameroon: Death of LGBTI activist Lambert Lamba
With the death of activist Marc Lambert Lamba, Cameroon lost a pioneer in the fight against anti-LGBTI violence.
From the African Human Right [...]
Donors, activists free gay man from Cameroon prison
With help from generous donors, an imprisoned gay man was set free last week in Cameroon, ending his three-year sentence for homosexuality.
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Cameroon: Trans leader in hiding after transphobic attack
A leader of Cameroon's transgender community is recuperating from a transphobic attack that almost killed her.
From the African Human Right [...]
Cameroonian TV channel promotes homophobia
Cameroonians like Vision 4 very much in Yaounde, where it is hailed as a new promising television media. And yet this channel has nasty and shocking w [...]
Cameroon man evicts sister over fear that she’s a lesbian
Lesbophobia breaks apart a family in Cameroon; a sister is left homeless.
From the African Human Rights Media Network
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Cameroon: Assaults, rape, death threats over lesbian affair
In April, when a Cameroonian man learned that his common-law wife was attracted to women, he assaulted her, raped her lover and threatened to kill th [...]