Gay Cameroon Man Texts Love Note, Gets Three Years in Prison
Not such a tolerant place
This story will move only those who have a heart.
The remainder—well, perhaps they man the judicial system in Cameroon.
Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, 32, wanted to express his love by text. He sent this: "I am very much in love with you."
The only problem is that Mbede lives in Cameroon. There, as the Associated Press reports, homosexual conduct is illegal. And Mbede sent the text to another man.
The police arrested him on suspicion of homosexuality. His phone, to them, confirmed it.
So he was sent to jail for three years in 2011.
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