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| Region | Cameroon |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Start Date | Dec 21, 2010 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Article 83 of the Law on Cybersecurity and Cybercrime of 2010 in Cameroon carried penalties of up to two years imprisonment and a fine for any interactions between the same sex online for the purposes of sexual propositions. The penalties are also doubled if sexual intercourse is followed up on. Section 264 of the Penal Code (2016) criminalises the public utterance of any “immoral speech” and the drawing of the public’s attention to any “occasion of immorality”. In light of the criminalisation of same-sex intimacy, a legal scholar has suggested that a publicly uttered speech advocating “unnatural sexual indulgence” would be considered “immoral”. |
| Sources | https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_report_global_legislation_overview_update_December_2020.pdf (page 146) https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/CM%20-%20LEG%20-%20Law%20on%20Cybersecurity%20and%20Cybercrime%20(2010)%20-%20OR-OFF(fr).pdf |
Revision History (3)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Status is imprisonment as there is a 2010 cybercrime law that effectively gives you two years for online dating.
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| Value | State-enforced | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Start Date | 2016 | Dec 21, 2010 |
| Description | Section 264 of the Penal Code (2016) criminalises the public utterance of any “immoral speech” and the drawing of the public’s attention to any “occasion of immorality”. In light of the criminalisation of same-sex intimacy, a legal scholar has suggested that a publicly uttered speech advocating “unnatural sexual indulgence” would be considered “immoral”. | Article 83 of the Law on Cybersecurity and Cybercrime of 2010 in Cameroon carried penalties of up to two years imprisonment and a fine for any interactions between the same sex online for the purposes of sexual propositions. The penalties are also doubled if sexual intercourse is followed up on. Section 264 of the Penal Code (2016) criminalises the public utterance of any “immoral speech” and the drawing of the public’s attention to any “occasion of immorality”. In light of the criminalisation of same-sex intimacy, a legal scholar has suggested that a publicly uttered speech advocating “unnatural sexual indulgence” would be considered “immoral”. |
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| Sources | https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_report_global_legislation_overview_update_December_2020.pdf (page 146) | https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_report_global_legislation_overview_update_December_2020.pdf (page 146) https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/CM%20-%20LEG%20-%20Law%20on%20Cybersecurity%20and%20Cybercrime%20(2010)%20-%20OR-OFF(fr).pdf |
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| Value | No censorship | State-enforced |
| Start Date | (unknown) | 2016 |
| Description | In Cameroon, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. | Section 264 of the Penal Code (2016) criminalises the public utterance of any “immoral speech” and the drawing of the public’s attention to any “occasion of immorality”. In light of the criminalisation of same-sex intimacy, a legal scholar has suggested that a publicly uttered speech advocating “unnatural sexual indulgence” would be considered “immoral”. |
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| Sources | https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_report_global_legislation_overview_update_December_2020.pdf (page 146) | |
Reports (1)
- All information is correct, just adding sources "The country's Communication Council has banned the depiction of homosexuality on television: https://www.voanews.com/a/cameroon-communication-council-prohibits-lgbti-scenes-on-tv/7140421.html"