NEW YORK, – The United Nations agency leading the response to HIV/AIDS has condemned the killing of an outspoken activist for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Cameroon, and called on the government to thoroughly investigate his death. Eric Ohena Lembembe was the executive director of the Cameroonian Foundation for…
Today, White House Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf issued the following statement on the murder of Cameroonian LGBT and AIDS activist Eric Ohena Lembembe: We deplore the brutal murder of Eric Ohena Lembembe, who was found tortured to death in his home in Yaoundé yesterday. We condemn this terrible act in the strongest terms and urge the Cameroonian authorities to thoroughly…
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Activist and journalist Eric Ohena Lembembe has been found dead at his home in Yaoundé. Lembembe, executive director of the Cameroonian Foundation for AIDS (CAMFAIDS), was an outspoken activist who defended the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people. According to Human Rights Watch, Lembembe’s friends discovered his body…
