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Cameroon man sentenced to nine years in prison for same-sex relationship
LIMBE, Cameroon — A Cameroon man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for breaking that nation’s laws against homosexuality.
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Cameroon rally targets suspected gay bars amid rise in anti-LGBT tensions
DOUALA, Cameroon — More than 100 young men and women in Cameroon’s capital posted anti-gay signs on bars suspected of being gay-friendly during a rally organized amid mounting threats and acts of violence targeting the country’s sexual minorities.
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Cameroon detains colleagues of slain gay rights activist Eric Lembembe
YOUNDE, Cameroon — Police in Cameroon have refused to release two LGBT activists detained on Saturday as potential witnesses in the investigation of the murder of activist and journalist Eric Lembembe.
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Two men convicted of homosexuality under Cameroon’s anti-gay law
A court in Cameroon on Tuesday found two men guilty under the country’s harsh law banning gay sex, a lawyer said, continuing a string of recent convictions that has drawn international condemnation.
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Cameroon blasts reporting of gay rights activist’s murder
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Cameroon lashed out at the media on Friday for its reporting on the recent killing of a prominent gay activist and warned that future “provocative commentary” on the case would be illegal.
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Prominent gay rights activist tortured, killed in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Eric Ohena Lembembe, a prominent LGBT rights advocate and journalist was found dead at his home in Yaoundé, Cameroon on Monday evening. Lembembe was the executive director of the Cameroonian Foundation for AIDS (CAMFAIDS).
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Report: Cameroon most aggressive country in prosecuting suspected gays
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world, four human rights organizations said in a report released Thursday.
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Cameroon court upholds 3-year prison term for gay text message
An appeals court in the African nation of Cameroon on Monday upheld a three-year sentence against a man found guilty of homosexual conduct for sending a text message to another that contained a photo of himself holding a sign that said, “I’m very much in love with you.”