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Criminalizing identities

Joseph Achille Tiedjou

201062 pagesabout 1 hour
2010
first published
  • 2010Human Rights Watch · 62 pages · ENGISBN 9781564327048

This 62-page report details how the government uses article 347 bis of the Penal Code to deny basic rights to people perceived to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). The report describes arrests, beatings by the police, abuses in prison, and a homophobic atmosphere that encourages shunning and abuse in the community. The consequence is that people are not punished for a specific outlawed practice, but for a homosexual identity, the groups said.--Publisher description.

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