Cameroon: Stop the Deportation of Ebana Dieudonne

Ebana Dieudonne, a national of Cameroon, is currently detained in Tinsley House Removal/Detention Centre in the United Kingdom, where he has been since 10th December. Prior to Tinsley House, he was held in Harmondsworth detention centre since 7th November. Ebana is in a state of extreme distress and fears that if he is returned to Cameroon, he will be arrested upon arrival and imprisoned or killed. He has good grounds for these fears. Ebana has had a gay relationship with his employer, a high level politician, for over two years. In Cameroon, homosexuality is illegal. Section 347 of the Penal Code criminalises sexual contacts with members of the same sex with a penalty of up to 5 years' imprisonment.