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Rights groups urge Cameroon to drop charges against transgender youths
May 19, 2013 by Endia Vereen
Five human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch (HRW), sent a letter letter Cameroon authorities on Friday to drop the charges against two transgender youths rather than undergoing an appeal to the Cameroon Supreme Court. The defendants, who identify as women, were arrested in July.... [more]
Rights groups demand end to Cameroon homosexual persecution
September 26, 2011 by Alexandra Malatesta
Five human rights groups sent a letter Monday to Cameroon President Paul Biya, urging him to end persecution against gays and lesbians and repeal laws that criminalize homosexual conduct. The groups, Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights.... [more]
Nigeria ceded disputed peninsula to Cameroon [this day at law]
August 14, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On August 14, 2008, Nigeria officially turned over the entirety of the disputed Bakassi peninsula to neighboring Cameroon in compliance with a 2002 ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The ICJ ruling was based on a colonial agreement between the UK and Germany and established that.... [more]
Rights groups urge Cameroon to decriminalize same-sex acts
August 20, 2010 by Ann Riley
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Alternatives-Cameroun on Thursday urged the government of Cameroon to decriminalize consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex. Under Article 347 of the Cameroon Penal Code, same-sex acts are subject to a punishment of six months to five years in prison..... [more]
Supreme Court rules traditional test governs stay of deportation requests
April 22, 2009 by Jaclyn Belczyk
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 7-2 in Nken v. Holder, retitled from Nken v. Mukasey, that an alien's stay of deportation request pending consideration of his petition for review is governed by the traditional test for stays, not by congressional revisions to the Immigration and Nationa....... [more]
US shield law's qualified privileges would aid journalists both at home and abroad [comment]
April 10, 2009 by Andrew Wood
Frank Smyth: There is nothing that repressive regimes like more than pointing the finger at someone else. Nearly four years ago, after journalists including Judith Miller then of The New York Times were jailed for refusing to reveal sources in response to federal subpoenas, senior government....... [more]
Rights group accuses Cameroon government of human rights abuses
January 30, 2009 by Christian Ehret
The Cameroon government has participated in and encouraged unlawful executions, torture, and other human rights violations of political dissenters, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released Thursday. The report alleges that such violations have been taking place for more than 10.... [more]
Cameroon human rights report [AI] [document]
January 29, 2009 by Ingrid Burke
Cameroon: Impunity Underpins Persistent Abuse, Amnesty International, January 29, 2009. Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....... [more]
UN annual treaty event results in signing of multiple international agreements
October 2, 2008 by Andrew Gilmore
The annual UN Treaty Event, celebrated yearly to promote universal participation in international treaties and agreements, concluded Wednesday after a number of states signed and ratified various treaties and conventions. This year's event, entitled Treaty Event 2008: Towards Universal Pa....... [more]
Nigeria cedes disputed peninsula to Cameroon following ICJ ruling
August 14, 2008 by Mike Rosen-Molina
Nigeria officially turned over the entirety of the disputed Bakassi peninsula to neighboring Cameroon on Thursday, in compliance with a 2002 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling. Basing its ruling on an old colonial agreement between England and Germany, the ICJ had ruled that the.... [more]
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