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Cameroon urged to overhaul laws criminalizing gay relationships ...
5 March 2012

Jean-Claude Roger Mbede and 12 other people in Cameroon have been arrested since March 2011 for allegedly practising homosexuality.

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Letter Writing Marathon 2011: Final report
1 March 2012

In 2011, 14 cases of individuals at risk were selected to feature in the Letter Writing Marathon. The aim of "Write for Rights" is to bring about change in the ...

Report       ACT 30/038/2012

Cameroon urged to release men jailed for alleged homosexuality ...
24 November 2011

A Cameroonian court has sentenced three men to five years in prison for alleged homosexuality.

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Cameroon: Jean-Claude Roger Mbede: Letter Writing Marathon: Write ...
10 November 2011

Demand the immediate and unconditional release of Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, who is serving a three-year prison sentence in Cameroon, solely because of his real or ...

Document       AFR 17/005/2011

Wire, October/November 2011. Vol. 41, issue 05
1 October 2011

1) The Agenda 2) Up Front: Amnesty archives support case against Haiti's former dictator 3) No help from Europe 4) Police in the Dominican Republic: they kill, ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/005/2011

Amnesty International | Cameroon: End 'discriminatory' anti-gay ...
26 September 2011

The Cameroonian authorities must end the persecution of gays and lesbians and repeal laws that criminalize consensual same-sex relations, five human rights organizations ...

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Cameroonian man jailed for homosexuality
3 June 2011

Jean-Claude Roger Mbede has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for homosexuality, a criminal offence under Section 347a of the Cameroonian Penal Code. He is ...

Urgent Action       AFR 17/003/2011

Cameroon: Further information: Cameroonian writer released ...
6 May 2011

Cameroonian writer Bertrand Zepherin Teyou was released on 29 April. He had been imprisoned since November 2010 after writing a book about the President's wife.

Urgent Action       AFR 17/002/2011

Cameroon: Dire prison conditions threaten writer's health ...
12 April 2011

Harsh prison conditions have exacerbated the health problems of a Cameroonian writer jailed for offending the President's wife.

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