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Rights groups urge Cameroon to decriminalize same-sex acts
Posted: August 20th, 2010, 9:41am MSD
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[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Alternatives-Cameroun [advocacy websites] on Thursday urged the government of Cameroon [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to decriminalize consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex [press release]. Under Article 347 of the Cameroon Penal Code [DHS backgrounder], same-sex acts are subject to a punishment of six months to five years in prison. The groups called on the Cameroon government to implement the July recommendations [report, DOC] of the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) [official website]. After a periodic review [press release] of Cameroon's implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights...