Cameroon not safe for homosexuals, lesbians, gay rights activists

BY CELINE LUM 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 Akom, for the past years homosexuals and lesbians have seen themselves 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 said. Criminalising homosexuality, she said is bad law, thus repugnant to natural justice equity and good conscience. The gay rights defender disclosed that in July 2013, a prominent…