Cameroon

July 12, 2016

Ban Forced Anal Exams Around World

Forced anal examinations on men and transgender women accused of consensual same-sex conduct have been reported in at least eight countries in the last five years. No one, in 2016, should be subjected to torturous and degrading examinations that are based on invalidated theories from 150 years ago.

LGBT Rights

July 12, 2016 News Release

Ban Forced Anal Exams Around World
Refugee Rights

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

Videos

March 21, 2013 Video

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

Cameroon: Stop Threats to Lawyers

News

November 29, 2013 News Release

World AIDS Day: HIV Groups Honored
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

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

October 18, 2016

Fleeing ISIS; Blogging in Vietnam; Snatched by China: HRW Daily Brief

Australia's "open-air prisons" for refugees; deadly retaliation in Turkmenistan; Democratic Republic of Congo moving closer to the precipice; climate change threatening food production; #FreeThem campaign for Uzbek journalist Muhammad Bekjanov; air-strikes on Aleppo suspended.

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