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Cameroon men found guilty of being gay sentenced to prison terms

By Melanie Nathan, July 23, 2013. Two men have been found guilty and sentenced to time in prison for being gay. The court in Yaounde, Cameroon sentenced Joseph Omgba, one of the men accused of homosexuality, to two years in prison and a younger man was sentenced to one year probation. Both have been in […]

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U.S. State Department condemns murder of Gay activist in Cameroon

by Melanie Nathan, July 16, 2013. The U.S. State Department has issued a statement condemning the murder of Eric Ohena Lembembe. Lembembe’s friends discovered his body on Monday evening after being unable to reach him by telephone for two days, and went to his home. They found his front door padlocked on the outside, but […]

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Cameroon Gay Rights Activist Tortured and Murdered

By Human Rights Watch, July 16, 2013. 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 found dead at his home in Yaoundé on the evening of July 15. Lembembe, executive director of the Cameroonian Foundation for AIDS (CAMFAIDS), […]

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Court overturns 5-year sentence for gay sex in Cameroon

Court overturns 5-year sentence for gay sex in Cameroon Posted on January 7, 2013 by Colin Stewart at 76 Crimes Two young men in Cameroon were found not guilty today, overturning their previous sentence to five years in prison for homosexuality. Stephane N. Koche, project manager for PAEMH (Project for the Support and Assistance of Sexual […]

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The Cameroons Celebrates Gay Hate Day While the World Watches Silently

Imagine a world where there is such little outcry internationally, …I think it is time for the West to take a stronger stand and in doing so to open its borders to a whole new breed of  refugee.  By Melanie Nathan, August 21, 2012. Today is ‘Gay Hate Day’  in Cameroon, where homosexuality is criminalized […]

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