Three men in Cameroon have been sentenced to five years in prison for homosexual acts, which are illegal in the central African nation.
Two of the accused were in court in the capital, Yaounde, but a third man was sentenced in absentia as he had jumped bail.
Police said the men were arrested for having oral sex in a car.
"It's a shocking and unacceptable decision," Cameroonian lawyer and gay rights defender Alice Nkom told AFP.
"It is not worthy of a country that speaks of human rights," she said.
The BBC's Randy Joe Sa'ah in Yaounde says homophobia is widespread in Cameroon, as in most African countries. Full story...
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Two of the accused were in court in the capital, Yaounde, but a third man was sentenced in absentia as he had jumped bail.
Police said the men were arrested for having oral sex in a car.
"It's a shocking and unacceptable decision," Cameroonian lawyer and gay rights defender Alice Nkom told AFP.
"It is not worthy of a country that speaks of human rights," she said.
The BBC's Randy Joe Sa'ah in Yaounde says homophobia is widespread in Cameroon, as in most African countries. Full story...
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