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| Gay Iranian seeks asylum | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 15 2008, 05:42 AM (1,059 Views) | |
| Denovissimus | Mar 15 2008, 05:42 AM Post #1 |
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UK Reviews Deportation of Gay Iranian 13 hours ago LONDON (AP) — The British government is reconsidering its decision to deny asylum to a gay Iranian teenager who claims his life would be at risk in his homeland. The fate of 19-year-old Mehdi Kazemi was put in Britain's hands after he was refused asylum in the Netherlands. Kazemi, 19, says he traveled to London to study English in 2005 and applied for asylum in Britain after learning that his lover in Iran had been executed for sodomy. According to legal papers filed on Kazemi's behalf, he had been identified by his lover under interrogation. After British authorities rejected Kazemi's application late last year, he fled to mainland Europe and applied for asylum in the Netherlands. Kazemi is still in the Netherlands and no date has yet been announced for his return to Britain. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced the review of his case on Thursday. "Following representations made on behalf of Mehdi Kazemi, and in the light of new circumstances since the original decision was made, I have decided that Mr. Kazemi's case should be reconsidered on his return to the U.K. from the Netherlands." On Tuesday, the Netherlands' highest court rejected Kazemi's application for asylum. The court, the Council of State, said his case was the responsibility of Britain, where he first applied for asylum. The Dutch government cited the European Union's 2003 Dublin Regulation, which says the member state where an asylum seeker first enters the EU is responsible for processing that person's claim. The issue arose Tuesday in Britain's House of Lords, where Lord Alli cited three reasons he should be granted asylum. "First, homosexuality is illegal in Iran and punishable by death. Secondly, this young man's partner was hanged at an early age simply for being gay. Thirdly, the Home Office's position is that gay people can return to Iran safely, provided that they are discreet. Heaven knows what that means," Alli said. Lord Bassam, speaking for the Home Office, said the government did not deport people when it was unsafe to do so. "I would argue that we are extremely cautious in how we operate returns and that that approach has proven to be very effective in the past," Bassam said. |
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| Denovissimus | Mar 15 2008, 05:43 AM Post #2 |
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Why is this even a fucking issue! Shame on the Netherlands for not acting upon it and double shame on fucking Britain!
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| Jane | Mar 15 2008, 03:22 PM Post #3 |
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I know I heard about this case. I think because of the publicity he'll end up being able to stay, but I reckon we send loads of people back to terrible situations, which is why people choose to stay here illegally rather than go home. Imigration is such a big issue, and unless a case comes out like this a lot of people here lack any compassion. Thank god we live where we do! |
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| Taman | Mar 17 2008, 03:39 PM Post #4 |
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It is not so simple. There are certain numbers when it comes to whom are let into the country and who are not. Heck had they allowed him in, someone else might have got 'no'. |
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| Noname | Mar 17 2008, 07:08 PM Post #5 |
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I agree with Jesse! Why is this an issue! Their life is at stakes and we must help! |
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| Denovissimus | May 22 2008, 10:38 PM Post #6 |
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That's a great news for a gay Iranian who says he faces death if forced to return home !!!! Mehdi Kazemi, 19, came to London to study English in 2005 but later said he had discovered that his boyfriend had been arrested by Iranian police, charged with sodomy and hanged. British authorities refused his asylum application last year, as did Dutch authorities, but in March Britain agreed to reconsider the case after "new circumstances" came to light. The UK Border Agency said yesterday it had decided to grant him asylum. We keep cases under review where circumstances have changed and it has been decided that Mr. Kazemi should be granted leave to remain in the UK based on the particular facts of this case," The Iranian authorities "routinely imprison, torture and execute homosexuals," the lawmakers said in a resolution.
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| Noname | May 23 2008, 01:39 AM Post #7 |
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Just because this made national news, that's why they allowed him asylum! |
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| Taman | May 23 2008, 10:47 AM Post #8 |
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And he made the news because he is gay. Who knows if a mother with 7 childen will now be turned away. Good luck to him though. |
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| Denovissimus | May 23 2008, 01:33 PM Post #9 |
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That's what she would get for overbreeding! |
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| Taman | May 23 2008, 01:39 PM Post #10 |
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Granted but it is funny to me that a single person, just because he is gay and now news, is allowed this right when there are thousands of similiar stories still waiting their break. |
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| Denovissimus | May 23 2008, 01:47 PM Post #11 |
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Well, unfortunately, you can't win them all, and you can't champion what you don't know about. |
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| Auntie Maine | May 23 2008, 01:50 PM Post #12 |
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| Taman | May 23 2008, 01:53 PM Post #13 |
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No and it won't happen if laws are brushed away like they were nothing. I am sorry but I just think it is more fair that everyone is treated the same way. This tottering between personal emotion and publicity annoys me.
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| Auntie Maine | May 23 2008, 01:54 PM Post #14 |
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Wouldn't that be a wonderful world. |
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| Julesy | May 23 2008, 02:05 PM Post #15 |
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I dont get the hoopla either. Let everyone with personal,financial,physical, sexual, mental issues in then. ![]() why is this guy gettin a break? |
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| Denovissimus | May 23 2008, 02:18 PM Post #16 |
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Because is boyfriend was HANGED! When it is known that people would be sent back to certain death, the host country usually does grant asylum, but in this case they weren't...probably because they didn't think being gay was a good enough reason, thus is was necessary for it to become public because being gay and being sent back to be murdered IS a good enough fucking reason! And one can ponder and criticize that it isn't fair but the REALITY is that LIFE is not fair, it certainly isn't fair for the gays in the muslim world who are murdered simply for being gay! |
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| Julesy | May 23 2008, 02:19 PM Post #17 |
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Im sure there are plenty of circumstances many others have to face in that part of the world with similar outcomes. Let all of them be granted asylum. |
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| Taman | May 23 2008, 02:22 PM Post #18 |
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He isn't the only one going through hell, there are thousands of them. Because you are gay yourself, you sympathize and therefore won't admit that they have broken rules to pass this guy into the country and thus taking that right away from someone else. It is a good thing that he good through but it is also an emotional, not fair, choice. |
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| Julesy | May 23 2008, 02:27 PM Post #19 |
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^^what she said. If it was a mother of 8 you wouldnt be so sympathetic, and blame all her troubles on breeding. no matter if her hubby beat the shit out of her daily which Im sure happens alot in them countries as well as here |
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| Denovissimus | May 23 2008, 02:30 PM Post #20 |
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Well one does what one has to to survive, and if that involves bypassing certain rules then so be it. |
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This tottering between personal emotion and publicity annoys me.

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