Tag: Defenders Without Borders
Cameroon lawyers plan free legal aid for LGBTQI and HIV+ clients
By Ghislain J. Nkontchou
Eleven Cameroonian lawyers have formed a new organization, the Commission of Lawyers for the Assistance of Key and Vulnera [...]
Cameroon: Freed after 18 months, gay men say ‘thank you’ to supporters
Generous donors have brought about the early release of nine Cameroonian prisoners who were convicted of homosexuality. Two more are scheduled for rel [...]
Gay engineer flees to Europe, repulsed by Cameroonian homophobia
Rejected by his homophobic mother and his homophobic employer, a 30-year-old Cameroonian man fled to Europe this fall.
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Cameroon: LGBTI activists denounce sexual abuse of teenage boy
LGBTI rights activists in Cameroon have denounced the sexual abuse of a teenage boy by a man he turned to for advice about art and music.
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Cameroon human rights activists focus on Covid-19
The challenges posed by Covid-19 were the focus of Cameroon's sixth annual Human Rights Defenders Day, held each year on July 15.
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Cameroon prepares for annual Human Rights Defender Day
Human rights activists in Cameroon set aside each July 15 as Human Rights Defender Day, a time to protest the violence and other violations they face [...]
Cameroon: Four gay men arrested, beaten in Kekem
Police in the western region of Cameroon arrested four men on Tuesday who were beaten until they acknowledged that they were gay.
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LGBTI in Cameroon: 50 arrested on Covid-19 charges
Police arrested 50 LGBTI people who gathered on May 17 in Bafoussam, western Cameroon, to learn about Covid-19 and to celebrate progress in internatio [...]
Cameroon: Parents evict young lesbian, but she’s not alone
So far, the new year has been a time of difficult revelations for Lina, a 20-year-old lesbian living with her family in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
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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.
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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 [...]
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