Cameroon

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

Pope's visit to Cameroon raises questions about gay and lesbian ...
19 March 2009

On his first trip to Africa, Pope Benedict XVI is asked reiterate his commitment to ending the criminalization of same-sex sexual relations.

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Cameroon: Pope should reiterate commitment to ending the ...
18 March 2009

Amnesty International today urged Pope Benedict XVI to express the importance of eradicating discrimination based on sexual orientation, as he visits Cameroon on ...

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Cameroon: Impunity underpins persistent abuse
29 January 2009

For more than 10 years, Amnesty International has received reports of human rights violations that were ordered, condoned or perpetrated by the Cameroonian authorities ...

Report       AFR 17/001/2009

Dissent violently repressed in Cameroon | Amnesty International
29 January 2009

Cameroon's government has routinely used killings and torture torepress political dissent, according to a new Amnesty Internationalreport.

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Cameroon: A catalogue of human rights abuses | Amnesty ...
29 January 2009

Amnesty International today released a report on the alarming human rights situation in Cameroon, accusing the government of gross violations spanning more than ...

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Suggested recommendations to the 16 States in the fourth round of ...
1 December 2008

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of various states about ending torture, arbitrary arrests, the death penalty, for ...

Document       IOR 41/046/2008

Equatorial Guinea: Enforced disappearance/ incommunicado detention ...
21 October 2008

The whereabouts of former Equatorial Guinea army colonel Cipriano Nguema Mba have been unknown since he was illegally arrested in Cameroon. He is at risk of enforced ...

Urgent Action       AFR 24/013/2008

The Wire, September 2008. Vol 38, No. 8
1 September 2008

1) Escaping prisoners killed in cold blood in Cameroon 2) Denying the undeniable: enforced disappearances in Pakistan 3) Fears of forced returns to Eritrea 4) Arrest ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/008/2008

Cameroon: Prison Break: Amnesty International condemns use of ...
3 July 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 17/004/2008 (Public). 3 July 2008. Cameroon. Prison Break: Amnesty International ...

Document       AFR 17/004/2008

Chad: Further Information on Incommunicado detention/Fear of ...
5 March 2008

Ngarlejy Yorongar, parliamentarian and leader of the Front d’Action pour le Renouveau has resurfaced in Cameroon. He has said he was held in a detention facility ...

Urgent Action       AFR 20/004/2008