[RwandaLibre] Home Office to review Ugandan lesbian's deportation order

 

Home Office to review Ugandan lesbian's deportation order

The Guardian - 44 minutes ago
LGBT rights activists and supporters protest outside the Home Office
against the deportation of Aidah Asaba. Photograph: Ruth
Whitworth/Demotix/Corbis

A Ugandan lesbian who was due to be deported from the UK on Saturday
has had her removal instructions cancelled.

Aidah Asaba had feared that deportation would lead to her immediate
imprisonment in Uganda because of her sexuality. In March, Uganda
passed the Anti-Homosexuality Act which allows authorities to arrest
and imprison those who have same-sex relationships.

Asaba told the Guardian she came to the UK in October "running for her
life" after the Daily Monitor newspaper published her name in a list
of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Ugandans it wanted to
"shame".

She claimed asylum in October 2013 but this was rejected because, her
supporters said, the Home Office thought it lacked credibility.

Sent to Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre in February, Asaba was
visited by members of a detainee support group run from the University
of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas). They began
liaising with Ugandan LGBT rights activists to gather statements
attesting to Asaba's sexuality and the potential threat she faced by
returning to Uganda.

Asaba also changed her solicitor and appealed against the decision to
reject her asylum claim. Her supporters said late on Friday afternoon
that she had been released from Yarl's Wood and the fresh appeal would
now be assessed by the Home Office.

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