To send Mehdi Kazemi back to the barbarism of Iran, back into the hands of the cruel Ahmadinejad would be nothing short of a crime.
We allow all sorts of unsavoury characters into the European Union, so many of whom are illegal immigrants, and so many of whom turn against the state by becoming terrorists and working to undermine the system. This man is harmless. He just happens to be attracted to people of his own sex. Whatever one’s feelings about homosexuality, only an extremely cruel system would send him back to Iran to face his death. And a horrendous one at that! This poor man needs protection, and he needs it NOW.
This man will not turn into a terrorist. He is merely trying to pursue his own happiness. All people, regardless, should have the right to do that. - ©Mark
”“I cannot stop my attraction towards men. This is something that I will have to live with the rest of my life. I was born with the feeling and cannot change this fact but it is unfortunate that I cannot express my feeling in Iran. If I return to Iran I will be arrested and executed like my former boyfriend.” - Mehdi Kazemi
TIMESONLINE: A gay teenager who faces being hanged if sent back to Iran is a step closer to being forced to return today, after the Netherlands followed Britain in refusing his appeal for asylum.
Mehdi Kazemi, 19, came to London to study English in 2005 but says he later discovered that his boyfriend had been arrested by the Iranian police, charged with sodomy and hanged.
He claimed asylum in Britain, saying that he feared for his life if he returned. However, his case was refused late last year, so he fled to the Netherlands.
A Dutch court today, however, ordered him to return to Britain, leaving the teenager once again facing deportation.
According to Iranian human rights campaigners, more than 4,000 gay men and lesbians have been executed since the Ayatollahs seized power in 1979. Gay student 'faces death' after Iran return >>> By David Byers and agencies | March 11, 2008
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