No freedom in Cameroon.Apparently, acquittal doesn't equal freedom for gays in Cameroon. After having sat in jail on sodomy sodomy Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the charges since May 2005, nine Cameroonian men were acquitted April 21, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is an international organisation addressing human rights violations against lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV/AIDS. . But instead of releasing them, the prosecutor's office has kept them in custody while a retrial retrial n. a new trial granted upon the motion of the losing party, based on obvious error, bias or newly-discovered evidence. (See: newly-discovered evidence) was being planned. "You arrest people unfairly, violate their rights for almost a year, and then refuse to release them--this constitutes an abuse of power," said Duga Titanji, an attorney for the men, who were arrested for frequenting a gay nightclub. "With no new arrest warrant being served, this is now a blatant case of arbitrary detention," Titanji said. |
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