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
Tag Archives: Limbe
Raid targeted disorder, not gays, Cameroon police say
By Erin Royal Brokovitch Last weekend’s police raid at the Mistral bar in Yaoundé, Cameroon, ended with the release of everyone who had been arrested. Police said it was not an anti-gay operation, although the violence of the late-night Oct. 9 raid had seemed to suggest that it was, especially because Cameroon is a country … Continue reading
Cameroon lawyer beaten up for defending gay man
A group of assailants ambushed attorney Walter Atoh last month outside a Cameroon hotel where he stayed for safety after receiving messages threatening him with death if he did not stop seeking the release of a man imprisoned for homosexuality. Atoh has resolved to continue the legal defense of the prisoner and hopes that LGBTI … Continue reading
Cameroon goal: Reopen vandalized LGBT rights office
A fund-raising appeal is under way to help an LGBT-friendly organization in Cameroon recover from an attack by anti-gay vandals who destroyed the group’s office in December. The organization is CAMEF (the Cameroon Association for Empowerment Outreach Programs), which fights for human rights and against AIDS among LGBT people and sex workers in Limbe in … Continue reading
Bribed by dad, Cameroon police drop charges
Police in Limbe, Cameroon, have released a young LGBT person who was beaten and arrested Feb. 1 on homosexuality charges by a horny police officer who was shocked to discover that this intended sex partner was transgender instead of biologically female. The officer severely beat Nicholas, commonly known as Nicoline, before making the arrest, LGBT rights … Continue reading
Cameroon sex worker jailed for not being a girl
On Saturday, a police officer in Cameroon seeking sex with a sex worker was so shocked to find that his intended partner was transgender instead of biologically female that he beat him severely, arrested him, and charged him with homosexuality. Defenders of the human rights of LGBT sex workers in Limbe in coastal Cameroon said … Continue reading
Cameroon police arrest man seized by anti-gay mob
Police in the Cameroonian coastal city of Limbe on Oct. 29 arrested a man on homosexuality charges after a mob seized him and delivered him to the police station. Cornelius Fonya pleaded not guilty to the charges in a hearing on Nov. 7. His request for release on bail was denied. A hearing in his … Continue reading
