Amie
03-12-2008, 08:02 AM
Anyone remember the comment by Iran's president that there are no gay people in Iran?
Gay Iranian Teen Loses Asylum Bid
By MIKE CORDER,
AP
Posted: 2008-03-12 07:52:18
Filed Under: World News
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (March 11) - The Netherlands' highest court on Tuesday rejected a gay Iranian's last-ditch appeal to avoid deportation to Britain, where he fears authorities will send him back to Tehran and possible execution.
Mehdi Kazemi, 19, traveled to Britain to study in 2005 and applied there for asylum after learning that his male lover in Iran had been executed for sodomy. After British authorities rejected Kazemi's application, he fled and applied for asylum in the Netherlands.
Upholding a ruling by the Dutch government, the Council of State said Britain is responsible for Kazemi's case because he applied for asylum there first. European Union rules say the member state where an asylum seeker first enters the bloc is responsible for processing that person's claim.
Kazemi's case has generated attention for the plight of homosexuals in Iran, but also for differences in the way EU countries deal with asylum seekers.
To read the rest of the article: http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gay-iranian-teen-loses-asylum-bid/20080311192709990001
This is sad for any human being, gay or not.. to fear your life in your own country and find no resting place elsewhere (hopefully yet). I pray that the world's leaders don't stand by and enable this murder.
Amie
Gay Iranian Teen Loses Asylum Bid
By MIKE CORDER,
AP
Posted: 2008-03-12 07:52:18
Filed Under: World News
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (March 11) - The Netherlands' highest court on Tuesday rejected a gay Iranian's last-ditch appeal to avoid deportation to Britain, where he fears authorities will send him back to Tehran and possible execution.
Mehdi Kazemi, 19, traveled to Britain to study in 2005 and applied there for asylum after learning that his male lover in Iran had been executed for sodomy. After British authorities rejected Kazemi's application, he fled and applied for asylum in the Netherlands.
Upholding a ruling by the Dutch government, the Council of State said Britain is responsible for Kazemi's case because he applied for asylum there first. European Union rules say the member state where an asylum seeker first enters the bloc is responsible for processing that person's claim.
Kazemi's case has generated attention for the plight of homosexuals in Iran, but also for differences in the way EU countries deal with asylum seekers.
To read the rest of the article: http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gay-iranian-teen-loses-asylum-bid/20080311192709990001
This is sad for any human being, gay or not.. to fear your life in your own country and find no resting place elsewhere (hopefully yet). I pray that the world's leaders don't stand by and enable this murder.
Amie