General News of Monday, 10 October 2016Source: 76.crime.comMass arrests at gay bar in CameroonA BarPolice raided a popular gay bar in Yaoundé on October 9th, morning, surrounding the site with police vehicles and making arrests en masse. About 30 minutes earlier, police blocked the entrance to Mistral and would not allow anyone to leave. Police then ordered people to leave the bar and checked for identification cards at the exit. Outside, with or without ID cards, all the bar patrons were ordered onto police trucks.In a country where gay men are stigmatized, with a law against homosexual activity, people feared that being rounded up at a gay bar would have troubling consequences for their personal lives and their relationships with family members. As if it were a commando operation, armed police searched inside the bar for people hiding there.

Source: CameroonWeb October 10, 2016 17:09 UTC