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Cameroon: Lesbian 'Witches' Chained and Raped By Families
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 2 October 2018
During a dreary Sunday morning church service, 14-year-old Viviane - tired of wrestling with her sexual attraction to girls - resigned herself to an unhappy conclusion: she was… Read more »
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Cameroon: Gay Rights Groups Brave Abuse, Violence to Fight HIV
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 27 December 2016
HIV and homosexuality are no laughing matter in a country where being gay is illegal and LGBT activists face rising hostility and violence Read more »
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Cameroon: Homophobia in Cameroon - 'We Felt Like Prey Hiding From a Predator'
Key Correspondents, 17 May 2015
On the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, a gay man from Cameroon speaks out about how homophobia forced him to live a lie and flee his community. Read more »
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Cameroon: Junior - 'I Fled Cameroon Following Homophobic Persecution'
Key Correspondents, 10 December 2015
One year ago, in Cameroon, I was the victim of persecution and torture on the basis of my sexual orientation and eventually I fled my home country and sought asylum in the USA. Read more »
Lesbian 'Witches' Chained and Raped By Families in Cameroon
Almost 600 homophobic attacks and violations were reported in Cameroon last year, according to Humanity First Cameroon, an LGBT+ umbrella organisation, with one in five lesbians and one in 10 gay men reporting that they had been raped, writes the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
A young woman who was raped in 2016 on account of being a lesbian pictured in Douala, Cameroon on August 29, 2018.
A young woman who was raped in 2016 on account of being a lesbian pictured in Douala, Cameroon on August 29, 2018.
Michel Engama, head of CAMFAIDS, pictured in Yaounde, Cameroon on August 15, 2018. His predecessor, Eric Ohena Lembembe was found dead in 2013, with his neck broken and his face burned with an iron, according to Human Rights Watch.
