July 16

• Cameroon: Authorities Urged to Investigate Death of Rights Activist [press release]

  Cameroonian authorities should immediately conduct an effective and thorough investigation into the torture and killing of Eric Ohena Lembembe, an activist and journalist who was... Read more »

July 01

• Cameroon: Spate of Attacks On Rights Defenders - Authorities Should Investigate, Condemn, Prosecute Assaults [press release]

  The Cameroonian government should rigorously investigate, denounce, and prosecute suspicious break-ins at three human rights defenders' offices in June, six Cameroonian and... Read more »

May 17

• Cameroon: Letter to the Prosecutor General of the Central Appeals Court [document]

  M. Jean-Claude Robert FOE Read more »

• Cameroon: Prosecution of Transgender Youth Based On Bias, Not Evidence [press release]

  The Cameroonian authorities should drop the charges against two transgender youth rather than appealing their case to the Supreme Court, four human rights organizations said today. Read more »

April 18

• Cameroon: Govt Called on To Stop 'Targeting' Homosexuals [press release]

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April 09

• Cameroon: Waiting for Minds to Change in Cameroon [opinion]

  "There's no reason to despair," Cameroonian president Paul Biya told journalists in January 2013. They had questioned him, at a Paris news conference, on Cameroon's startling level... Read more »

March 21

• Cameroon: Rights Abuses in 'homosexuality' Prosecutions - Record Arrests for Same-Sex Intimacy - Rule of Law Violations [press release]

  Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world, four human rights organizations said in a report released today.... Read more »

February 28

• Cameroon: Three Years in Prison for Love [press release]

  "This will be bloody." So reads a text message received by a Cameroonian lawyer in October 2012. "Tell your accomplice that nowhere in this country will [his children] have peace." Read more »

February 12

• Cameroon: Stop Turning Blind Eye to Death Threats - Intimidation of Lawyers in 'Homosexuality' Cases Compromises Right to Defense [press release]

  The government of Cameroon should immediately take action against a series of death threats made over the last four months to two lawyers who represent clients accused of... Read more »

February 11

• Cameroon: Letter to Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon - Letter Concerning Death Threats Received By Two Cameroonian Human Rights Lawyers [document]

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December 18, 2012

• Cameroon: Court Upholds 'Homosexuality' Conviction

  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... Read more »

October 24, 2012

• Cameroon: Investigate Threats Against Rights Lawyers - Condemn Attack On Right to Counsel in Homosexuality Cases [press release]

  Authorities in Cameroon should promptly investigate threats against two prominent lawyers who are representing clients accused of homosexuality, Human Rights Watch said. The... Read more »

April 05, 2012

• Cameroon: LGBT Rights Workshop Shut Down [press release]

  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... Read more »

December 22, 2011

• Cameroon: Letter to the Minister of Justice Regarding Article 354 [document]

  Hon. Minister of Justice Laurent Esso Read more »

September 30, 2011

• Cameroon: Open Letter to the President on Criminalizing Same-Sex Sexual Conduct [document]

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August 17, 2011

• Cameroon: Three Men Charged Under Sodomy Law [press release]

  Three men returning from a bar last month in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, were detained by police because two of them appeared feminine, Association pour la... Read more »