Iranians are regularly executed when convicted of homosexual acts
Gay Iranian denied asylum
By Rumaysa
A homosexual Iranian was ordered to leave The Netherlands after a Dutch court refused his claim for asylum.
Nineteen year old Mehdi Kazemi says he can’t go back to Iran as he fears he will be executed like his former boyfriend who named him as a partner before he died. Homosexual acts are illegal in Iranian culture.
Kazemi’s plea for asylum in Britain was turned down in 2006 when he was studying in London. He then fled to The Netherlands as authorities there are more lenient towards gay Iranians who are afforded special status because of the hard regime in Iran.
The Dutch claim under the EU’s 2003 Dublin Regulation that the UK is responsible for processing the asylum application because he entered Britain first.
A statement from Britain's immigration service said: "We examine with great care each individual case before removal and we will not remove anyone who we believe is at risk on their return."
The times reported that according to the human rights campaigners more than 4000 gay men and lesbians have been executed in Iran since 1979.
The family of Mr Kazemi are considering an appeal to the European court
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