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Two gay asylum seekers deported from UK

Mon 22 Sep 2008 In: International News View at Wayback View at NDHA

Two gay men who were afraid their lives could be at risk if they were forced to return to their home countries have been sent out of the UK, reports Pinknews.co.uk. One man was deported on Friday evening and is now reported to be in hiding from Ugandan police. Another man was deported from London's Heathrow airport on Saturday afternoon back to his birth country Azerbaijan. Both men say they are threatened with life imprisonment or death for being gay in their home countries. Pinknews.co.uk has the full story on the link below.    

Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News Staff

First published: Monday, 22nd September 2008 - 4:36pm

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