Cameroon gay rights lawyer warns of rise in homophobia (Guardian) 
Alice Nkom, who has had death threats from other lawyers, says situation is getting worse with illegal imprisonments and torture
Alice Nkom is a Cameroonian lawyer with an imposing presence, but her country's minister of justice is less impressed; he wants her struck off the professional register. Advocates in Cameroon have said she should be killed.
Defending men or women accused of homosexuality, is not a popular cause in central Africa. Threats arrive by email and telephone. The situation, Nkom warns, is becoming more dangerous.
The Cameroon government has introduced a bill to the national assembly that would give formal, political backing to section 347 of the country's penal code that criminalises consensual sex between adults of the same gender.
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