UK Court Suspends Cameroonian Gay Man's Deportation
The High Court in London has granted an injunction suspending the deportation of a Cameroonian gay man who says he will be persecuted if he is sent back home. Thirteen people have already been arrested in the country since March 2011 under a law criminalizing "sexual relations with a person of the same sex", according to Amnesty International.
How balance is the justice system in Cameroon?
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Cameroon:
Gays Illegally Arrested and Detained
RNW Africa, 4 May 2012
For the past decade, policemen and judges have relied on the Cameroonian penal code to arrest suspected homosexuals. However, the apprehensions are often made on pure speculation.… Read more »
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Cameroon:
LGBT Rights Workshop Shut Down
HRW, 5 April 2012
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 »
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Cameroon:
Govt Urged to Overhaul Laws Criminalizing Gay Relationships
AI London, 5 March 2012
Laws criminalizing consensual same-sex relationships must be repealed by the Cameroonian government, Amnesty International said as it called for the release of those currently in… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Court Jails Gays for Five Years - Lawyer
RNW Africa, 23 November 2011
A court in Yaounde has sentenced three gay Cameroonian men arrested in July to five years in prison, their lawyer said Wednesday. Read more »
