Cameroon: Free Men Charged Under ‘Sodomy’ Law

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Three men returning from a bar last month in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, were detained by police because two of them appeared feminine. The three were jailed on July 25, 2011, for one week and were tortured and otherwise abused by police during this time, according to a Cameroonian civil society group that has been working on their behalf.

(Johannesburg) – Three men returning from a bar last month in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, were detained by police because two of them appeared feminine, Association pour la Défense de l’Homosexualité (ADEFHO) and Human Rights Watch said today.

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