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LGBT rights in Cameroon

Index LGBT rights in Cameroon

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Cameroon face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. [1]

24 relations: Air France, Alice Nkom, Amnesty International, Cameroon, Central African CFA franc, Grégoire Owona, Human rights in Cameroon, Human Rights Watch, Immigration, Issa Tchiroma, Jean Pierre Amougou Belinga, Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, Joël Gustave Nana Ngongang, Kondengui Central Prison, LGBT, LGBT rights in Africa, Men who have sex with men, Nine.com.au, Prisoner of conscience, The Advocate, The Guardian, UK Border Agency, United States Department of State, Yaoundé.

Air France

Air France (formally Société Air France, S.A.), stylized as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France.

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Alice Nkom

Alice Nkom (c. 1945-) is a Cameroonian lawyer, well known for her advocacy towards decriminalization of homosexuality in Cameroon.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights.

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Cameroon

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Central African CFA franc

The Central African CFA franc (French: franc CFA or simply franc, ISO 4217 code: XAF) is the currency of six independent states in central Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

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Grégoire Owona

Grégoire Owona (born 1950"Owona Grégoire", Cameroun: Les Hommes de Pouvoir, number 7,, 17 September 2002.) is a Cameroonian politician who has served in the government of Cameroon as Minister of Labor and Social Security since December 2011.

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Human rights in Cameroon

Human rights in Cameroon are addressed in the constitution.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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Immigration

Immigration is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker.

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Issa Tchiroma

Issa Tchiroma Bakary is a Cameroonian politician who served in the government of Cameroon as Minister of Transport from 1992 to 1996 and has been Minister of Communication since 2009.

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Jean Pierre Amougou Belinga

Jean Pierre Amougou Belinga is a Cameroonian and CEO of the newspaper L'Anecdote.

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Jean-Claude Roger Mbede

Jean-Claude Roger Mbede was a Cameroonian man who was sentenced to three years' imprisonment on charges of homosexuality and attempted homosexuality.

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Joël Gustave Nana Ngongang

Joël Gustave Nana Ngongang (1982-2015), frequently known as Joel Nana, was a leading African LGBT human rights advocate and HIV/AIDS activist.

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Kondengui Central Prison

Kondengui Central Prison is a maximum security prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

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LGBT

LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.

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LGBT rights in Africa

With the exception of South Africa, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Africa are very limited in comparison to many other areas of the world.

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Men who have sex with men

Men who have sex with men (MSM), also known as males who have sex with males, are male persons who engage in sexual activity with members of the same sex, regardless of how they identify themselves; many such men do not sexually identify as gay, homosexual or bisexual.

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Nine.com.au

Nine.com.au (formerly Ninemsn) is an Australian website owned by Mi9, a subsidiary of Nine Entertainment Co., in partnership with Microsoft.

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Prisoner of conscience

Prisoner of conscience (POC) is a term coined by Peter Benenson in a 28 May 1961 article ("The Forgotten Prisoners") for the London Observer newspaper.

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The Advocate

The Advocate is an American LGBT-interest magazine, printed bi-monthly and available by subscription.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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UK Border Agency

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) was the border control agency of the Government of the United Kingdom and part of the Home Office that was superseded by UK Visas and Immigration, UK Border Force and Immigration Enforcement in April 2013.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department that advises the President and represents the country in international affairs and foreign policy issues.

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Yaoundé

Yaoundé (Jaunde) is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of approximately 2.5 million, the second largest city in the country after the port city Douala.

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Ediage Valerie Ekwedde, Gay rights in Cameroon, Gay rights in Cameroun, Homosexuality in Cameroon, LGBT history in Cameroon.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Cameroon

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