Living for love, dying because of hate: the rising tide of homophobia in Africa | Amnesty's global human rights blog

Living for love, dying because of hate: the rising tide of homophobia in Africa | Amnesty's global human rights blog

 Human rights activists around the world were shocked and saddened by the untimely death of Jean-Claude Roger Mbede in Cameroon last week. The Cameroonian authorities’ harsh treatment of LGBTI individuals like Jean-Claude, and his society’s callous indifference to their suffering – and even death – are indicative of a wider, and growing, problem in many African countries today.