Guilty by association
Subtitle: human rights violations in the enforcement of Cameroon's anti-homosexuality law
By: [by Neela Ghoshal]
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9781564329981
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Gays; Legal status, laws; Homosexuality; Law and legislation; Abuse of; Homophobia; Human rights
Other titles: Cameroon :
Description: "The 55-page report presents 10 case studies of arrests and prosecutions under article 347 bis of Cameroon's penal code, which punishes "sexual relations between persons of the same sex" with up to five years in prison. The report found that most people charged with homosexuality are convicted based on little or no evidence. The report includes numerous cases in which the law against homosexual conduct was used for settling scores, showing how the law is easily subject to abuse. Dozens of Cameroonians do jail time solely because they are suspected of being gay or lesbian, the groups found"--Publisher's website.
Notes: "March 2013"--Table of contents page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available via the Human Rights Watch Web site.
Table of contents: title: Methodology; title: I. Recommendations; title: II. Background; title: III. Case studies; title: IV. Torture and ill-treatment; title: V. Other common due process violations; title: VI. Beyond "guilty or not guilty": impacts of cases on the defendants; title: VII. Threats to defense lawyers; title: VIII. Conclusion; title: Acknowledgements; title: Appendix. Ministry of Justice statistics on homosexuality arrests.