Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Go Brits!

and you know how it pains a Mick like myself to say that...

Gay Iranian wins asylum fight CNN

Britain has granted asylum to Mehdi Kazemi, a gay Iranian student who faced deportation from the United Kingdom and feared execution in Iran for being homosexual, officials confirmed Tuesday.

"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," Britain's Home Office said in a written statement quoting an unnamed UK Border Agency spokesman.

Kazemi's uncle, known as "Saeed," says his teenage nephew received an "unconditional" letter of asylum from the Home Office on Monday.

2 comments:

Me and Me Alone said...

Go Brits indeed! As much as it pains me as a Brit to post on your blog ;)

Me and Me Alone said...

okay one more post. No wonder the president of Iran said there are no homosexuals in his country they either kill them all or they have moved out O_o