In Cameroon, LGBT groups start working together — at last

  In Cameroon, LGBT associations are working together as never before, signing up to create a Human Rights Observatory that will act as a watchdog against violations of the rights of LGBT people and human rights defenders. Continue reading →

Cameroon: 290 march and pray for human rights

Last month, hundreds of Cameroonians marched in support of the country’s human rights defenders in a protest organized by Camfaids and its partners. Camfaids (the Cameroonian Foundation for Aids) combats HIV/Aids and works to achieve recognition of the importance of guaranteeing human rights for LGBTI people. The peaceful march by nearly 300 people was part … Continue reading →

Activists failed Roger Mbede; who killed him?

Reporter Robbie Corey-Boulet conducted an in-depth investigation into the death of Roger Mbede, a former Amnesty International prisoner of conscience who was imprisoned in 2011 in anti-gay Cameroon for amorous text messages, was released from prison in 2012 in poor health, and died last year under suspicious circumstances at his family’s home. These are excerpts … Continue reading →

Call for probe: Family let Mbede die to exorcise gayness?

Grieving friends and allies of gay rights icon Roger Mbede are calling for an investigation into his family’s role in his death on Jan. 10. After Mbede, 34, left a hospital in Yaoundé last month, he was reportedly denied access to health care and was confined by his family to one room in their home … Continue reading →

Roger Mbebe: Mort pour exorciser l’homosexualité?

Publié le 15 janvier 2014 Appel à une enquête : Sa famille a laissé Roger Mbede mourir pour exorciser l’homosexualité? Les amis en deuil et alliés de l’icône gai, Roger Mbede, réclament une enquête sur le rôle de sa famille dans son mort, le 10 janvier. Après que Mbede, 34, a quitté l’hôpital à Yaoundé … Continue reading →