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SV: {UAH} Ugandan Lesbian facing Deportation

mean while, another lady in Sweden is pending deportation as her asylum appeal
on basis of forced circumcision has been rejected.

"WE FORM THE CULTURE THAT FORMS US"….noc'la gaumoy.

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Den tors 2014-05-22 skrev Emmanuel Obonyo <m12093@hotmail.com>:

Ämne: {UAH} Ugandan Lesbian facing Deportation
Till: "ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com" <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com>
Datum: torsdag 22 maj 2014 19:50




 




United Kingdom Deporting Lesbian Mom To Face Possible
Beatings, Imprisonment, Death In Uganda

By Sean
Mandell



A young Ugandan woman who fled her
home country after being persecuted, beaten and raped
because she is a lesbian will be deported from the United
Kingdom this Saturday, May 24, according
to Gay Star News. Aidah Asaba, 27, came to the UK last
October seeking asylum after life in Uganda became
untenable. If deported, Aidah fears she will be
killed. 

Aidah's hell first began at 22 when her mother caught
her with her then girlfriend: 

'That's when the
problems started. My family rejected me, calling me weak and
evil. My father locked me in my room almost 10 hours and
beat me with a stick and with his fists. Then he kicked me
out of the house.
'I went back to the
university. After some time he called me to come back home
and told me he had a man to marry me. He said I didn't
have a choice, if I refused he would disown me or take me to
prison.'
Aidah did marry and her husband eventually found out about
her sexual identity. He raped and beat her on a repeated
basis. She eventually gave birth to a daughter, now four,
whom she had to leave in Uganda when she fled for the
UK. 

As a demonstration of the anti-gay blood-lust that awaits
her should she be forced to return, Aidah recounted a time
she received an ominous summons from members of her
community:

Community leaders sent me a
letter and demanded I come to a meeting to discuss my
sexuality. They said I was recruiting young girls to be
lesbians.
I have been to meetings like
that before. I have attended some meetings where they just
started beating people. There is no control.
Earlier this year, Uganda passed a bill that criminalized
homosexuality, punishing victims with up to life in
prison. A
report has since shown that anti-gay violence has been
on the rise since the law was passed. Local officials have
also wasted
no time enforcing the law with many individuals already
face charges in court. Ugandan newspapers have even
published the names of individuals suspected of being
homosexuals, Aidah among them. 

Given the state of affairs in Uganda, Aidah
has very real concerns for her safety should she be forced
to return. And though the UK has a policy of not deporting
LGBT asylum seekers who would face certain persecution if
sent home, Aidah's deportation has for some reason
been fast-tracked: 

It harmed her case with the UK
Home Office that she didn't go out to gay bars in
Britain as they didn't believe she was lesbian. But
she told GSN she was traumatized from what had happened to
her and from leaving behind her daughter so stayed in the
house rather than partying.
In January she applied for
asylum but just six days later she was arrested and put in
to an asylum detention center near London's Heathrow
Airport. 
You'll recall we previously reported on accounts that
surfaced of other LGBT asylum seekers in the UK facing 'extraordinary
obstacles' in proving to the UK Home Office that
they were in fact gay. Though Keith Vaz, Labour MP and
chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, previously remarked
that "It is absurd for a judge or a caseworker to have
to ask an individual to prove that they are lesbian or gay,
to ask them what kind of films they watch, what kind of
material they read" and that "People should
accept the statement of sexuality by those who seek
asylum," it seems that Aidah's statement of her
sexuality has not been accepted by officials handling her
case.

You can sign a petition calling on the Home Office to cancel
Aidah's deportation HERE.

 



Posted May 21, 2014 at
8:30 PM EST by Sean
Mandell in News, Uganda, United
Kingdom | Permalink


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"It harmed her case with the UK Home Office that she
didn't go out to gay bars in Britain as they
didn't believe she was lesbian"

Since when did bar hopping become a requirement to be gay?
What a load of shite.

Posted by: LiamB | May 21,
2014 8:36:51 PM


"she didn't go out to gay bars in Britain"

WTF?!

I haven't been to a gay bar in nearly a decade. Am I
straight?


Posted by: Randy | May 21,
2014 8:43:42 PM


Like someone who'd fled her country after being abused
longterm, raped and beaten would feel like hanging around in
bars or "proving" herself through socializing?
After that level of trauma, it's pretty remarkable if
she even feels like leaving her house at all. Good lord,
maybe someone should work on deporting from the UK whoever
put those kinds of offensive standards on granting asylum.

Posted by: bobbyjoe | May 21,
2014 8:56:36 PM



Sick. The "Home Office" didn't learn anything
from the recent case of
Jackie Nanyonjo, who WAS deported and WAS murdered. They
have blood on their hands.

http://oblogdeeoblogda.me/2013/03/14/protestors-call-for-uk-home-secretary-to-resign-after-deported-ugandan-lesbian-dies/

Posted by: Clive | May 21,
2014 9:05:06 PM


I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A GAY BAR IN MY LIFE!

OH MY GOD, COULD I BE STRAIGHT. YUK!

Posted by: BRAINS | May 21,
2014 9:09:12 PM


If I were an African who was lucky enough to make it to
America or Europe I'd instantly claim to be gay whether
I was or not. "DON'T SEND ME BACK
THERE------PLEASE!!!! I CLAIM ASYLUM."


Posted by: Conrad | May 21,
2014 9:41:29 PM


so every underage gay isn't gay till they are 21 and go
to a bar

Posted by: Moz's | May
21, 2014 11:39:45 PM


This is evil, sick and terrifying - they've sentenced
her to death! I signed the petition but I don't see it
helping. Is she really out of options?

Posted by: JMC | May 22, 2014
4:10:52 AM


This is horrible.

Posted by: olympiasepiriot |
May 22, 2014 7:58:35 AM


Well, does Britan have the same policy as the US? If you
marry a Brit you instantly gain citizenship? I wish she had
found some guy (Gay or Straight) to marry her.

And will that policy apply to Gay & Lesbian married
couples in the 18 US states that allow marriage equality, or
is it a federal government matter.

I'd get married and divorced over and over again to stop
someone from being sent to their home country to be
murdered.

Posted by: Derrick from
Philly | May 22, 2014 11:56:57 AM


Ofcourse, I meant "Britain"

Y'all refrain from alcohol if you can.

Posted by: Derrick from
Philly | May 22, 2014 11:58:07 AM


Why even have asylum then. Why can't she use it?

Posted by: terryp | May 22,
2014 12:23:47 PM

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