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Cameroon authorities urged to drop charges against transgender youths

[JURIST] Five human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website], urged [text] Cameroon authorities on Friday to drop the charges against two transgender youths rather than undergoing an appeal to the Cameroon Supreme Court [official website]. The defendants, who identify as women, were arrested [press release] in July 2011 and prosecuted on charges of homosexual conduct. Police who saw them dressed in women's clothing and stopped their vehicle, claiming the people in the car were groping each other........]

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