YAOUNDE- CAMEROON : A NEW CASE OF ARREST AND DETENTION FOR HOMOSEXUALITY

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August 29th 2011
Information note

The collective constituted of the associations SID'ADO (the youth against AIDS), ADEFHO (Association for the defence of homosexuals) and COFENHO (collective of families with homosexual children), informs the national and international community of a new case of arrest for homosexuality in Cameroon, brought to its attention last weekend.

About the facts :
Later in August 10, 2011, the named OMGBWA Joseph Magloire (34 years old), NTAMACK Nicolas (18 years old), TIOMELA LONTSI Emma (17 years old) and NTSAMA Séraphin Sylvain (34 years) were arrested at the home of the first by the gendarmes of the Brigade of research of the Lake (Yaoundé). After more than two weeks of custody, they have been brought before an investigating judge on August 26, 2011.
For now, the collective has very little information on the exact circumstances of their arrest as our staff supervisor of PAEMH (Assistance and mentoring for minority gay project) for Central region having failed to discuss even a few minutes with the defendants in the Prosecutor's Office, at the Court of Justice of Yaounde, administrative Centre, was unable to collect more detailed information.
However, the collective remains strongly mobilize in Yaoundé, including through Me Alice NKÖM, President of ADEFHO and the supervisor of PAEMH for the central region, to meet and discuss with the four young men and then obtain the judicial authorities in charge of the statement, a copy of their records, to have a better understanding of the circumstances surrounding this new case of arrest for homosexuality.

The collective




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