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Enforcement
In May 2005, 11 men were arrested at a nightclub on suspicion of sodomy, and the government threatened to conduct medical examinations to "prove" their homosexual activity. As of February 2006, nearly all were still being detained, with trials scheduled in March 2006.

The Advocate estimates that in 2011, at least a dozen men were arrested under Section 347. One of these, Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, was arrested by security forces for sending SMS messages to male acquaintance and sentenced to three years' imprisonment at Kondengui Central Prison. The sentence was protested by international human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, the latter of which named him a prisoner of conscience. On 24 November 2011, three young men were sentenced to five years' imprisonment for having oral sex in a parked car.

In November 2011, a Cameroonian court convicted two young men who had been arrested for homosexuality outside a nightclub based solely on their appearance and behavior to five years' imprisonment. The presiding judge stated that the way they spoke and their having worn women's clothing and ordered a cream-based liquor was sufficient evidence for homosexuality. An appeals court later overturned the verdict.

In February 2021, two Cameroonian transgender women spent 5 months in prison after being arrested on February 8 for "wearing women's clothing in a restaurant" in the country's largest city, Douala. The two women were later convicted of "attempted homosexuality, public indecency, and failing to carry identification." A judge ordered the pair, named Shakiro and Patricia, to be released "until a court could hear their appeals." The women have five-year sentences for these crimes. Douala's main prison is described as "hell" by prisoners accused of homosexuality.