Gay "Prisoner of Conscience" Dies in Cameroon

[oxymoron]

In this July 2012 photo, Roger Jean-Claude Mbede poses for a picture in the home of a friend where he had sought refuge, in Yaounde, Cameroon. Mbede, a gay man who was jailed for sending a text message to another man saying 'I'm very much in love with you,' and who was later declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, died on Friday after his family removed him from the hospital where he had been seeking treatment for a hernia, lawyer Alice Nkom said. 'His family said he was a curse for them and that we should let him die,' she said. (AP Photo/Anne Mireille Nzouankeu

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/gay-prisoner-conscience-dies-cameroon

RIP, Mr. Mbede. I am sorry that you had to suffer so much for your love.

[William769]

1. RIP, Mr. Mbede.

May your passing help others in the future.

[mitchtv]

2. poor soul

abandoned by his family even

[oxymoron]

4. Yeah, this story really hit me in the face this morning.

So very sad.

[shenmue]

3. So sorry