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Article 347-1 has been shattering gay lives for 10 years

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The Cameroonian law transforms intimate choices into criminal offenses. Flag of Cameroon COMMENTARY Ten years after its re-adoption and re-numbering in 2016, Article 347-1 of Cameroon’s Penal Code continues to shatter the trajectories of  human lives and condemns the LGBTI community to systemic marginalization. By criminalizing same-sex sexual relations, it has created a lasting divide between national legislation and universal …

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