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# Update: Women jailed in Cameroon for ‘attempted homosexuality’
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/update-women-jailed-in-cameroon-for-attempted-homosexuality/
- Published: 2021-05-14T15:16:04.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-14T15:16:04.000Z
- Description: Cameroon residents Njeuken Loic and Mouthe Roland have been jailed for five years.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Africa, Human Rights Watch, LGBTQ, Trans

![](https://www.gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/africa_cameroon_transgenderwomenimprisoned.jpg)

The two women after being sentenced to prison

Following their arrest on **[February 8](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cameroon-lgbt-trial/transgender-women-facing-homosexuality-charges-in-cameroon-denied-bail-idUSKBN2BG2ZM?rpc=401&&ref=scenemag.co.uk),** **Njeuken Loic,** a local social media influencer otherwise known as Shakiro, and **Mouthe Roland** have been jailed for five years for what authorities described as *“attempted homosexuality”*. According to the *[Human Rights Watch](https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/05/12/cameroon-transgender-women-given-five-years-prison?ref=scenemag.co.uk)* (HRW), the two women, both of whom identify as trans, were arrested for wearing women’s clothing in public while at a restaurant together.

Prosecutors charged them with attempted homosexual conduct and public indecency, and they were officially sentenced to jail on **May 11\. Alice Nkom**, a lawyer representing the two women condemned the decision to jail the pair, saying: *“It’s a political sentence sending a clear, chilling message: ‘We don’t want LGBTQ+ people here in Cameroon.’ We ought to fight this and we will.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cameroon-mldred-600-400.jpg)

Loic is well known for her large social media following

The HRW said Loic and Roland *“are the latest victims of a system plagued by absolute disregard for the due process rights of people targeted based on sexual orientation or gender identity”,* adding: *“Cameroon should repeal its anti-homosexuality laws and stop interfering in Cameroonians’ private lives.”*