Lesbian asylum seeker to be deported to Uganda

Activists call for the United Kingdom to #SaveAnne and stop her deportation.

A Ugandan lesbian woman is set to be deported from the UK to Uganda on Wednesday evening, despite an online campaign demanding a stop to her removal. Anne Nassozi fled Uganda in December 2013, two months before the country passed an anti-gay law, and was detained in a UK immigration centre following a failed bid for asylum.

The Save Anne campaign said Nassozi faces greater danger returning to her country and would be prone to violence. If convicted under Uganda's anti-gay law, she could possibly face a long jail term.

Activists used the #SaveAnne to voice their concerns over Nassozi's asylum case.

The Save Anne campaigns details her life working as a landlord in Uganda before leaving to the UK.
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In December 2013, a time when penalties for homosexuality under Uganda’s anti-gay laws were already being ramped up, local disapproval for Anne and her tenants’ sexuality was roused to the point where a mob of angry councillors, neighbours, and even members of her own family organised themselves, planning an assault on Anne and her tenants. She was given a tip-off by a lone sympathetic member of the local council that the mob was approaching, and fled her village; “I locked up my house and I ran. It is simple; I had no choice. I ran away to save my life”.

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Activists set up an online petition calling for a stop to Nassozi's deportation. So far it has received more than 7,500 signatures.
#SaveAnne Petition

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The Ugandan 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Act was signed into Law in February this year. Gay people in Uganda face life imprisonment for homosexuality, and many of Anne's tenants who did not escape the violent mob which pursued them were beaten and killed.
Olivia Swan writes:
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It is important that we give Anne a safe place to live here in UK as I believe her life to be under serious threat if she is made to return to her home country. I would like to see Anne settled here amongst friends in the lesbian community.

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In a phone interview with the campaign, Nassozi said she cannot go back to Uganda because she has nowhere to go. "They hate people who are a lesbian, they hate gay people, they don’t like it."
Anne's Story by SaveAnne

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Others showed support on Twitter and Facebook using #SaveAnne.
#saveAnne from being deported

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Hello all, I don't usually do political but this was a special request- Anne is being deported to Uganda next week, she is also gay and so faces serious danger if she returns, having fled because of violence toward her after renting properties to other gay Ugandans. If this kind of thing concerns you like it does me, then head to the link below to sign the petition: https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/theresa-may-mp-immediately-retract-anne-s-removal-directions-to-uganda … or got to- saveanne.com for more info x

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Nassozi's deportation comes after public outcry over Yashika Bageerathi, a UK studentdeported to Mauritius on April 2.