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Cameroon court jails gays for five years: lawyer

By AFP
Cameroon A court in Yaounde has sentenced three gay Cameroonian men to five years in prison, their lawyer says.  By MARIO TAMA AFPGetty ImagesFile
NOV 23, 2011 LISTEN
A court in Yaounde has sentenced three gay Cameroonian men to five years in prison, their lawyer says. By MARIO TAMA (AFP/Getty Images/File)

YAOUNDE (AFP) - A court in Yaounde has sentenced three gay Cameroonian men arrested in July to five years in prison, their lawyer said Wednesday.

The Ekounou court sentenced the three on Tuesday to five years imprisonment and a fine, the heaviest sentence provided by Cameroonian law, which bans homosexuality, Michel Togue told AFP.

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