Cameroon not safe for homosexuals, lesbians – Gay rights activists

BY CYNTHIA AKUM A frontline gay rights defender in Cameroon has disclosed that those practicing same sex relations have themselves to blame if arrested by security operatives. According to the gay rights defender, Barrister Alice Nkom, for the past years homosexuals and lesbians have seen themselves thrown behind bars and jailed, which, according to her, is wrong because homosexuality is a human right. “Those who find pleasure in the practice, their human rights must be respected,” she hinted. In November 2011, a Cameroonian court convicted two young men Jonas Kamie and Frank Ndome, who had been arrested for same sex…