Cameroon

December 15, 2014

Escape From a Nightmare

Refugees who fled from brutal violence in the CAR can look across a river border and see the men who still want them dead. Will they ever be able to return home?

Refugees

December 15, 2014 Commentary

Escape From a Nightmare

Peter Bouckaert
Director, Emergencies

Published In: Foreign Policy
LGBT Rights

A year ago, on July 15, 2013, I received devastating news: my friend and collaborator, gay rights activist Eric Ohena Lembembe, had been found dead in his home in Yaounde.

July 15, 2014 Dispatches

Dispatches: Eric Ohena Lembembe’s Unfinished Legacy

Neela Ghoshal
Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
Health

(Toronto) – On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2013, Human Rights Watch and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network will honor Alternatives-Cameroun and the Grandmothers Advocacy Network (GRAN) with the 2013 Award for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights.

November 29, 2013 News Release

World AIDS Day: HIV Groups Honored

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March 21, 2013 Video

Cameroon: Abuses in 'Homosexuality' Prosecutions
February 14, 2013 Video

Cameroon: Stop Threats to Lawyers

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September 25, 2013 News Release

Cameroon: Official Blames Activist for His Own Murder
September 20, 2013 Statements

UN Human Rights Council: Adoption of the Outcome of the UPR of Cameroon
September 12, 2013 Dispatches

Dispatch: Does Cameroon Support Violence Against LGBTI People?

Neela Ghoshal
Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
September 12, 2013 Letter

Cameroon: Letter to the Government Regarding 2013 UPR Recommendations
July 17, 2013 Commentary

Processing the Murder of Eric Ohena Lembembe

Neela Ghoshal
Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program

Published In: The Daily Beast
July 16, 2013 News Release

Cameroon: LGBTI Rights Activist Found Dead, Tortured
July 1, 2013 News Release

Cameroon: Spate of Attacks on Rights Defenders
May 17, 2013 News Release

Cameroon: Drop Charges Against 2 Transgender Youth
May 17, 2013 Letter

Cameroon: Letter to the Prosecutor General of the Central Appeals Court
April 18, 2013 Statements

Universal Periodic Review: Joint HRW submission on Cameroon with Affirmative Action, Alternatives Cameroun, ADEFHO, Camfaids, Evolve, Humanity First, IGLHRC
April 9, 2013 Commentary

Waiting for Minds to Change in Cameroon

Neela Ghoshal
Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program

Published In: Rue89
March 21, 2013 News Release

Cameroon: Rights Abuses in ‘Homosexuality’ Prosecutions

March 21, 2013

Guilty by Association

Human Rights Violations in the Enforcement of Cameroon’s Anti-Homosexuality Law
November 4, 2010

Criminalizing Identities

Rights Abuses in Cameroon based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
December 1, 2003

Policy Paralysis

A Call for Action on HIV/AIDS-Related Human Rights Abuses Against Women and Girls in Africa

Daily Brief

June 20, 2016

World Refugee Day; Turkish border guards shoot asylum seekers dead; EU refugee policy & Turkey; refugees helping to nab war criminals; refugee team at Olympics; investigating civilians killed in Aleppo, Syria; sexual violence in Sudan; and the "deadliest year ever" for environmental activists.

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