Cameroonian 9 refused release
on April 28, 2006
Category: LGBTI, Human Rights
The latest on the Cameroonian 9 who should have been released on Monday is that the prosecutor has oppossed the release of the men and is refusing to sign their release. She has now sent them back before the Judge and the case will be heard again on Tuesday May 2nd. According to one of their lawyers, Alice Nkom the prosecutor should have obeyed the first order to release the men and then if she wished file for a new arrest and retried them if needed.
In another related story, Cary Younge writes in the the Guardian that coming out in Jamaica can be fatal (thanks Obi for the story).
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1. Black Looks
November 29th, 2006 at 10:51 am
[…] In Mozambique the media are apparently supporting the idea of an improved human rights for sexual minorities in the country and the government has “promised to look into the situation”. Further north in Burkina Faso the homosexuality is being publically discussed for the first time in the media and the debate continues in the Cameroon. […]