Cameroon homosexuality trial condemned

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Source: The Guardian

Two men are due to stand trial in Cameroon on charges of homosexuality, prompting criticism from human rights campaigners of the country's discriminatory laws.

Amnesty International demanded the immediate release of the pair, a 19-year-old known only as Jonas, and a 20-year-old known as Francky, who were arrested last month in a car outside a nightclub in the capital, Yaounde.

They were charged under section 347a of the Cameroonian penal code, which criminalises same-sex sexual acts. They are now being held at Yaounde's Kondengui central prison. If convicted, they face up to five years behind bars.

Homophobia is widespread in Cameroon, with gay men frequently subjected to legal prosecution. In March this year, Jean-Claude Roger Mbede was jailed for three years for homosexuality after apparently falling victim to entrapment by the security forces.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/17/cameroon-homosexuality-trial-condemned

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Hmm, I think that Marcus and Michele Bachmann might want to move there.

[tblue]

1. Give them asylum here!

If they don't want them, they are welcome here in California. Tired of these neanderthal backwards social legislations.

[SoapBox]

2. The Haters of the world, have found their dream target...homosexuals.

...commies are gone...no more "Reds under the beds" crap...The Haters were in a panic over WHO were they gonna hate?

Ah...the homos.

[bluestateguy]

3. A reminder that not all third world nations are so cuddly and peaceloving

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[jeremyfive]

4. Discussed This With My Travel Agent. . .

Discussed this with my travel agent. . .

. . . to make sure Cameroon is on my "NEVER EVER, NO MATTER WHAT!" list of places to visit.

By this article and similar accounts, I am sure they are still boiling missionaries in a pot there. Barbarians.

[nodehopper]

5. racism is a great response to homophobia