CNN’s Oren Lieberman talks to a gay poet, who is seekg asylum Israel, bee he fears persecutn his native Iran.
Contents:
- IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
- GAY IRANIAN MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY FAY DAYS BEFORE SEEKG ASYLUM
- GAY IMMIGRANT SEEKS ASYLUM WH DEPORTATN TO IRAN PENDG
- IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
- IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
- AS A GAY ASYLUM SEEKER, I WAS LUCKY
- A GAY IRANIAN POET IS SEEKG ASYLUM ISRAEL
- GAY IRANIAN TAK REFUGE ISRAEL
- IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
- AS A GAY ASYLUM SEEKER, I WAS LUCKY
IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
Iranian, Gay & Seekg Asylum: Directed by Glen Milner. The impact of such strict laws on homosexualy Iran is examed through the life of asylum seeker Ramt. Followg the pture and torture of his boyiend Tehran, he now fds himself buildg a new life Leeds. Ramt and close iend Ali shed light on a suatn endg the liv of many young men their native untry. This remarkable documentary fds Ramt makg the most of life the U.K, playg flamen guar on lol rad, practicg wh a profsnal dancer and formg a support group for other gay Iranians. Yet fear of prosecutn upon return to Iran, leav Ramt wh his life the balance as the Home Office ntue to ny him cizenship." data-id="ma * iranian gay & seeking asylum *
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GAY IRANIAN MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY FAY DAYS BEFORE SEEKG ASYLUM
Alireza Monfared, a 20-year-old Iranian gay man, was allegedly killed by fay members, days before he uld leave to seek asylum. * iranian gay & seeking asylum *
Alireza Monfared, a 20-year-old who was gay, was allegedly killed by fay members, jt days before he uld leave Iran to seek asylum, acrdg to multiple of his early May ath ma headl the U.
GAY IMMIGRANT SEEKS ASYLUM WH DEPORTATN TO IRAN PENDG
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"I believe the exact term for this horrendo murr is gay-killg rather than the general term of honor-killg, " Ma Khani, an Iranian LGBTQ and women's rights activist based Germany, told ABC News. "Of urse the motive of such murrs by fay members is to fend the 'honor' of the tribe or fay, but we should never fet the social stigma and hatred nstantly reproduced by the social and legal nstcts agast LGBTQ members, " she this area of the world face enormo dangers for beg openly gay.
Acrdg to Human Rights Watch, nearly 15 untri the Middle East and Northern Ai crimalize homosexualy, leadg to punishments that clu prison, lash and even the ath penalty. But 's people their lol villag and muni that have many gay dividuals sred.
IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
The impact of such strict laws on homosexualy Iran is examed through the life of asylum seeker Ramt. Followg the pture and torture of his boyiend Tehran, he now fds himself buildg a new life Leeds. Ramt and close iend Ali shed light on a suatn endg the liv of many young men their native untry. This remarkable documentary fds Ramt makg the most of life the U.K, playg flamen guar on lol rad, practicg wh a profsnal dancer and formg a support group for other gay Iranians. Yet fear of prosecutn upon return to Iran, leav Ramt wh his life the balance as the Home Office ntue to ny him cizenship. * iranian gay & seeking asylum *
A woman monstrat agast the suatn Iran durg the Christopher Street Day gay pri para Berl on June 19, 2010. Iranian law stat that men over the age of 18 need to serve the ary before they may leave the untry, but homosexualy is classified unr "psychologil disorrs, " which n lead to an exemptn om service.
IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
The impact of such strict laws on homosexualy Iran is examed through the life of asylum seeker Ramt. Followg the pture and torture of his boyiend Tehran, he now fds himself buildg a new life Leeds. Ramt and close iend Ali shed light on a suatn endg the liv of many young men their native untry. This remarkable documentary fds Ramt makg the most of life the U.K, playg flamen guar on lol rad, practicg wh a profsnal dancer and formg a support group for other gay Iranians. Yet fear of prosecutn upon return to Iran, leav Ramt wh his life the balance as the Home Office ntue to ny him cizenship. * iranian gay & seeking asylum *
We are still aaid of the regime makg a database of gay and transgenr people and puttg them unr prsure whenever they want, " Shadi Am, an LGBTQ activist based Germany, told ABC ia of receivg an exemptn rd is leavg many gay and trans Iranians worried they'd be brand and vulnerable to harassment and discrimatn.
"It n be an immediate threat to gay men who receive this rd, " Am said.
"People hold banners prottg agast discrimatn and persecutn agast homosexuals Iran, July 28, 2007, ont of the Eiffel tower Meda/AFP via Getty Imag, File Mahdi, a 36-year-old Iranian gay man who did not want to e his full name over safety ncerns, told ABC News that hearg the news of Monfared's murr broke his heart. "My own boyiend was already hant to e gay people's ary exemptn.
AS A GAY ASYLUM SEEKER, I WAS LUCKY
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"Bis the immediate threat that many gay exempts face now, such way of verage and the prsure om outsi of the untry is not likely to have any impact on the illogil and nservative officials Iran, " he said. He says he learned of his undocumented stat high school, which is also when he first began intifyg as a gay man.
A GAY IRANIAN POET IS SEEKG ASYLUM ISRAEL
Iranian, Gay & Seekg Asylum: Directed by Glen Milner. The impact of such strict laws on homosexualy Iran is examed through the life of asylum seeker Ramt. Followg the pture and torture of his boyiend Tehran, he now fds himself buildg a new life Leeds. Ramt and close iend Ali shed light on a suatn endg the liv of many young men their native untry. This remarkable documentary fds Ramt makg the most of life the U.K, playg flamen guar on lol rad, practicg wh a profsnal dancer and formg a support group for other gay Iranians. Yet fear of prosecutn upon return to Iran, leav Ramt wh his life the balance as the Home Office ntue to ny him cizenship." data-id="ma * iranian gay & seeking asylum *
I didn't know what 'gay' meant.... "Abdollahi is now facg that "gap" head on, wh the loomg prospect of portatn to Iran where homosexualy is a pal crime. Om physil threats abroad while simultaneoly facg imment portatn by immigratn has a documented rerd of persecutg gays and lbians, cludg by ath, acrdg to U.
GAY IRANIAN TAK REFUGE ISRAEL
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Gay Iranian Optimistic Dpe Low Odds for Asylum The risk of physil harm mt also be monstrably lked wh eher his race, relign, natnaly, membership a social group or polil opn, acrdg to U. "Homosexual acts are nsired a crime Iran, " said Hosse Alizah of the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn, who received U. Asylum as a gay Iranian 2001.
But 's unclear how many, if any, were based on an dividual's sexual orientatn bee the agency do not track those Tiven, executive director of Immigratn Equaly, which advot for gay and lbian asylum seekers, said the group handled more than 200 s last year, cludg several om Iran. "The two vectors his se, like most glbt asylum s, is 'are you who you say you are, are you gay?
The impact of such strict laws on homosexualy Iran is examed through the life of asylum seeker Ramt.
IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM
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K, playg flamen guar on lol rad, practicg wh a profsnal dancer and formg a support group for other gay Iranians.
AS A GAY ASYLUM SEEKER, I WAS LUCKY
A gay Iranian poet who fled his untry after arrts and harassment, is now seekg asylum Israel. * iranian gay & seeking asylum *
Our missn is to relieve poverty for lbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) refuge livg Turkey by providg the basic necsi of life; and to unrtake activi ancillary and cintal to the attament of the above charable purpose.
Many people who are Lbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgenr (LGBT) have been granted asylum unr the particular social group tegory. MenuWatchlistENFully supportedEnglish (Uned Stat)Partially supportedFrançais (Canada)Français (France)Dtsch (Dtschland)हिंदी (भारत)Italiano (Italia)Português (Brasil)Español (España)Español (Méxi)Use appIranian, Gay & Seekg AsylumEdIt looks like we don't have any quot for this tle yet. Be the first to moreContribute to this pageSuggt an ed or add missg ntentBy what name was Iranian, Gay & Seekg Asylum (2009) officially released Canada English?
A while ago, I was granted refugee stat the UK on the basis of my homosexualy and my polil activi Iran. As a person who has shared the same strs of beg a gay asylum seeker the UK wh lots of other applints, I was happy yterday to hear that the aln agreement between the Tori and the Lib Dems clud a promise to "stop the portatn of asylum seekers who have had to leave particular untri bee their sexual orientatn or genr intifitn puts them at proven risk of imprisonment, torture or executn" everybody is as lucky as I was seekg asylum the Uned Kgdom.
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Wh a month after my asylum terview wh the Home Office I had the posive cisn my hand, partly bee I had a huge ternatnal support and also partly bee my applitn was mostly based on my polil activi rather than my homosexualy. The first one is the strongt but 's the latter that is given to gay asylum seekers almost all of the Home Office's attu toward gay asylum seekers the UK has been very ntroversial recent years.
It is said that the UK protects those homosexuals who have well-found fear of persecutn were they to return to their home untri but arbrary cisns have been ma, too.
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In regards to Iran, although s notor rerd of executg homosexuals is very well documented by ternatnal human rights anisatns, large numbers of gay Iranian s have been turned down every year. Recently, a new report on the treatment of lbian and gay asylum claims the UK found that the refal rate was 90%, pared wh 73% for all the claims generally. In two recent Iranian s, one applint, known as "J" had to go to appeals urt after his claim was surprisgly, the asylum applitn for Kiana Firouz, a lbian Iranian actrs who has been urageoly public about her homosexualy, was turned down.
"Of urse, 's hard for officials to verify someone's homosexualy, and some have exprsed ncern that fake claims are likely to be ma. However, most of the asylum seekers the UK are not acpanied wh their the se of Iran, overt homosexualy is illegal. Gay Iranians n be lashed, hanged or stoned to ath if ught.