Cameroon First Daughter Calls for Decriminalization of Same-Sex Conduct

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A photo from the series “Visibilité Trans: De l'ombre à la lumière (Trans Visibility: From Shadow to Light” by Femmes Debout, Cameroun. © 2023 Femmes Debout On July 9, in an interview with a French newspaper about her relationship with another woman, Brenda Biya, 27, daughter of Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, called for the decriminalization of consensual same-sex conduct in her country.Biya’s coming out is courageous since Cameroon’s penal code punishes same-sex conduct with up to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of up to 200,000 CFA francs (US$330).…

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