05.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"'Gay' man's deportation halted"

Deportation from the UK of a man who says he will be persecuted in Cameroon because he is gay has been halted after he refused to board a plane; jail sentences for homosexuality in Cameroon range from 6 months to 5 years [ID 215840]

20.04.2012 - Source:Child Rights Information Network 

"Cameroun: Lois nationales."

Brief overview on national legal provisions on children's rights [ID 214883]

17.04.2012 - Source:Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 

"Cameroon: The Social Democratic Front (Front social démocrate, SDF), including its current status, its organization and structure, its membership card and the treatment of its members by the state authorities [CMR104018.FE]"

Query response on opposition party Social Democratic Front (Front social démocrate, SDF) [ID 215695]

13.04.2012 - Source:Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 

"Cameroon: Corruption of journalists; the falsification of newspaper articles for the purpose of refugee claims [CMR103998.FE]"

Query response on corruption of journalists and falsification of newspaper articles for refugee claims [ID 215694]

05.04.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Cameroon: LGBT Rights Workshop Shut Down"

Yaoundé: Authorities shut down a human rights workshop that was to include discussion of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people; one of the workshop organisers was arrested [ID 213208]

22.03.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Baka Pygmies Seek an Identity and Education" , Author: Inter Press Service

Article on the Baka Pygmies and the process of obtaining a birth certificate [ID 212512]

08.03.2012 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Cameroun: Non-lieu en faveur des syndicalistes MM. Jean-Marc Bikoko, Maurice Angelo Phouet Foe, Théodore Mbassi Ondoa, Joseph Ze, Eric Nla’a, Nkili Effoa et Claude Charles Felein [CAM 001 / 1110 / OBS 135.3]"

Dismissal of the case against 7 trade unionists; they had been arrested in November 2010 [ID 211792]

05.03.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Cameroon urged to overhaul laws criminalizing gay relationships"

Since March 2011, 13 people have been arrested for allegedly practising homosexuality; most have been targeted on the grounds of their perceived sexual orientation [ID 211430]

03.2012 - Source:Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Germany) 

"Todesstrafe in ausgewählten Ländern"

Report on the death penalty in selected countries [ID 214627]

21.02.2012 - Source:Committee to Protect Journalists 

"Attacks on the Press 2011"

Annual report on press freedom in 2011 [ID 213743]

09.02.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Nigerians flee to Cameroon to escape Islamist violence" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Many Nigerians have fled to neighbouring Cameroon to escape violence claimed by the Islamist sect Boko Haram and revenge attacks by Christians [ID 209939]

07.02.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Cameroon's Economy Suffers as Boko Haram Infiltrates Country" , Author: InterPress Third World News Agency

Temporary closure of Nigeria's border with Cameroon's northern region has had a negative economic impact; threat of the Boko Haram's infiltration of Cameroon has put security, political and traditional authorities on the alert [ID 210100]

25.01.2012 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"High cost of child trafficking"

Article on trafficking of children and forced child labour in Central Africa [ID 209148]

24.01.2012 - Source:Refugee Documentation Centre, Legal Aid Board 

"Information on the level of police corruption in Cameroon [Q14883]"

Query response on police corruption [ID 209564]

23.01.2012 - Source:UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 

"Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant; Draft concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Cameroon [E/C.12/CMR/CO/2-3]"

Concluding observations of the Committee on the state report on implementation of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (country profile; legislative, administrative, judicial and other measures adopted to give effect to the provisions of the Covenant) [ID 212578]

01.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Die Situation von Homosexuellen in Kamerun"

Summary report on situation of homosexuals (arrest and imprisonment, legal framework, homophobia in society) [ID 216139]

2012 - Source:Freedom House 

"Insult Laws: Insulting to Press Freedom; A Guide to Evolution of Insult Laws in 2010" , Author: World Press Freedom Committee; Freedom House

Joint report by the World Press Freedom Committee and Freedom House on the evolution of insult laws in 2010 [ID 214039]

01.12.2011 - Source:Guardian 

"Male sex workers in Cameroon face social stigma and poor access to care"

Male sex workers have been left out of HIV and Aids prevention and control programmes and face discrimination in gaining access to healthcare [ID 206563]

12.2011 - Source:International Treatment Preparedness Coalition 

"Missing the Target 9: The Long Walk: Ensuring comprehensive care for women and families to end vertical transmission of HIV"

Report on comprehensive care for women and families and on the vertical transmission of HIV [ID 216466]

29.11.2011 - Source:UN High Commissioner for Refugees 

"Organisation et fonctionnement des organes de gestion du statut des réfugiés au Cameroun. Décret No. 20Il /389 du 28 novembre 2011"

Implementation Decree for the Refugee Law of 27 July 2005 [ID 208583]

29.11.2011 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Central African Republic (the): Border reopens between Cameroon and Central Africa" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Garoua-Boulai: According to a Central African military source, the border between Cameroon and the Central African Republic, closed after a military clash in November 2011, has reopened [ID 206515]

24.11.2011 - Source:BBC News 

"Cameroon jails men over gay sex"

3 men sentenced to 5 years in prison for homosexual acts, which are illegal in the country [ID 206129]

24.11.2011 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Cameroon urged to release men jailed for alleged homosexuality"

Yaounde: 2 men have been sentenced to 5 years in prison for homosexual acts; a third man was sentenced without being present after jumping bail [ID 206227]

10.10.2011 - Source:BBC News 

"Cameroon election: SDF accuse Paul Biya's CPDM of fraud"

Main opposition party Social Democratic Front (SDF) accuses the ruling party of fraud in presidential elections on 9 October; some people had been caught voting more than once while others complained that they were unable to vote according to the SDF [ID 203309]

04.10.2011 - Source:Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe 

"Kamerun: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Mamfe"

Query response on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Cameroon [ID 203166]