MURDERERS OF GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN CAMEROON MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, SAYS UN RIGHTS OFFICE

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MURDERERS OF GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN CAMEROON MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE,
SAYS UN RIGHTS OFFICENew York, Jul 19 2013 11:00AMThe United Nations
human rights office today said it has requested authorities in
Cameroon to properly investigate and bring to justice those
responsible for the death of gay activist and journalist Eric
Lembembe.

"Our office in Cameroon has approached the National Commission on
Human Rights and Freedoms and requested that the Commission takes
necessary steps to ensure that the case is properly investigated by
the police so that Mr. Lembembe's murderers are brought to justice,"
the spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR), Rupert Colville,
<"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13563&LangID=E">told
journalists in Geneva.


Mr. Lembembe was reportedly found dead in his apartment in the capital
of Yaoundé on 15 July, soon after he wrote about attacks in the
country on organizations that support homosexuals. According to OHCHR,
his body reportedly showed evidence of physical mistreatment possibly
amounting to torture.

The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
<"http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2013/july/20130717psericlembembe/">decried
the killing yesterday, calling Mr. Lembembe, the Executive Director of
the Cameroonian Foundation for AIDS, "an important partner in the AIDS
response."

The UN agency also called on the Cameroonian Government to thoroughly
investigate the death.

"This case is taking place amid a general climate of fear amongst
Cameroonian human rights defenders," Mr. Colville said, adding that
some activists have received death threats by phone or email for
defending the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
people.

In June, Human Rights Watch and three local non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) launched a report on human rights violations
linked to arbitrary arrests and detentions on the grounds of
homosexuality in Cameroon.

On a visit to the country earlier this month, High Commissioner for
Human Rights Navi Pillay highlighted the need to ensure human rights
for all and to respect the principles of non-discrimination, including
for people belonging to sexual minorities.

Ms. Pillay had told journalists in Yaoundé that Cameroon has ratified
six key human rights treaties, giving it a strong framework to guide
the development and amendment of national laws and policies relating
to human rights, but needs to implement them.

The Universal Periodic Review conducted in May by the UN Human Rights
Council – which subjects each country's human rights record to a
State-led peer review – highlighted a number of concerns such as
violence against women, harassment of journalists, criminalization of
homosexuality, and the vulnerability of indigenous peoples.Jul 19 2013
11:00AM
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