- 19 Dec 2004, 05:16
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Gay asylum-seeker driven to suicide
Gay.com UK
Friday 17 December, 2004 13:01 | More from this date | Today's headlines
An Iranian fearing deportation immolated himself, and this is only one of many cases, according to Outrage! where the Home Office is sending gays back to face arrest, jail torture, rape and even murder.
"Gay asylum-seekers who have been beaten up, arrested, jailed, tortured, raped and threatened with death are being deported back to their countries of origin on the orders of the Home Office," according to Peter Tatchell of the gay human rights group OutRage!
He went on to say that: "We (Outrage!) are helping gay refugees who have been queer-bashed, imprisoned, tortured and raped. The Home Secretary refuses to give them asylum. He is sending them back. It is an outrageous violation of Britain's responsibility under international human rights law.
"Despite evidence of severe homophobic persecution, Immigration Appeal Tribunals are dismissing many applications by genuine gay refugees. The adjudicators say gay people will not be at risk of victimisation in violently homophobic countries like Jamaica, Iran, Algeria and Zimbabwe if they hide their identity, avoid effeminate mannerisms, and either never have sex or have sex with extreme discretion."
In the latest incident a 29 year old gay Iranian was ordered by the Home Office to be deported back to Iran, despite the fact that he was at risk of public execution by stoning or beheading under the fundamentalist regime's savage anti-gay laws.
An inquest in October in Manchester heard how Shiri walked into the offices of Refugee Action last year, doused himself in petrol and burned himself alive in preference to being deported back to Iran.
"Israfil Shiri fled Iran when the authorities there discovered he was gay. Fearing arrest and execution, he fled to Britain in 2001 and claimed asylum." said Tatchell.
"At his asylum hearing, the adjudicator turned down his application, citing 'lack of evidence.' Unable to find a lawyer willing to represent him, or toproduce expert evidence on the persecution of gay people in Iran, he also lost his appeal."
Outrage! go on to say that Shiri is one of fourteen gay asylum seekers who have committed suicide in the last hree years, rather than return to their coutry of origin.
Moj komentar:
Iako je UK napravila vece pomake u smislu ravnopravnijeg tretiranja svojih gej/lez/bi gradjana, imigracione sluzbe izgleda jos uvek smrde na homofobiju i heteroseksizam, bolje receno licemerje i hipokriziju. Ponovo cu navesti onaj deo gde se najvise ocituje ta licemernost; vidite ovu presudu:"The adjudicators say gay people will not be at risk of victimisation in violently homophobic countries like Jamaica, Iran, Algeria and Zimbabwe if they hide their identity, avoid effeminate mannerisms, and either never have sex or have sex with extreme discretion."
Usrana je ta imigracijska sluzba sa ovako licemernim adjudicators-ima!
Gay.com UK
Friday 17 December, 2004 13:01 | More from this date | Today's headlines
An Iranian fearing deportation immolated himself, and this is only one of many cases, according to Outrage! where the Home Office is sending gays back to face arrest, jail torture, rape and even murder.
"Gay asylum-seekers who have been beaten up, arrested, jailed, tortured, raped and threatened with death are being deported back to their countries of origin on the orders of the Home Office," according to Peter Tatchell of the gay human rights group OutRage!
He went on to say that: "We (Outrage!) are helping gay refugees who have been queer-bashed, imprisoned, tortured and raped. The Home Secretary refuses to give them asylum. He is sending them back. It is an outrageous violation of Britain's responsibility under international human rights law.
"Despite evidence of severe homophobic persecution, Immigration Appeal Tribunals are dismissing many applications by genuine gay refugees. The adjudicators say gay people will not be at risk of victimisation in violently homophobic countries like Jamaica, Iran, Algeria and Zimbabwe if they hide their identity, avoid effeminate mannerisms, and either never have sex or have sex with extreme discretion."
In the latest incident a 29 year old gay Iranian was ordered by the Home Office to be deported back to Iran, despite the fact that he was at risk of public execution by stoning or beheading under the fundamentalist regime's savage anti-gay laws.
An inquest in October in Manchester heard how Shiri walked into the offices of Refugee Action last year, doused himself in petrol and burned himself alive in preference to being deported back to Iran.
"Israfil Shiri fled Iran when the authorities there discovered he was gay. Fearing arrest and execution, he fled to Britain in 2001 and claimed asylum." said Tatchell.
"At his asylum hearing, the adjudicator turned down his application, citing 'lack of evidence.' Unable to find a lawyer willing to represent him, or toproduce expert evidence on the persecution of gay people in Iran, he also lost his appeal."
Outrage! go on to say that Shiri is one of fourteen gay asylum seekers who have committed suicide in the last hree years, rather than return to their coutry of origin.
Moj komentar:
Iako je UK napravila vece pomake u smislu ravnopravnijeg tretiranja svojih gej/lez/bi gradjana, imigracione sluzbe izgleda jos uvek smrde na homofobiju i heteroseksizam, bolje receno licemerje i hipokriziju. Ponovo cu navesti onaj deo gde se najvise ocituje ta licemernost; vidite ovu presudu:"The adjudicators say gay people will not be at risk of victimisation in violently homophobic countries like Jamaica, Iran, Algeria and Zimbabwe if they hide their identity, avoid effeminate mannerisms, and either never have sex or have sex with extreme discretion."
Usrana je ta imigracijska sluzba sa ovako licemernim adjudicators-ima!
