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ghoti_mhic_uait ([personal profile] ghoti_mhic_uait) wrote2011-01-27 12:20 pm

Lesbian to be sent to die in Uganda

That makes a good headline, doesn't it?

Brenda Namigadde is being deported to Uganda, where being LGBT is a crime... and as her case has already garnered interest, it seems unlikely she'll slip through the net. She says "If I'm sent back I'll be tortured ... it's very dangerous for me.” She faces 'clear and present danger' - the very situation in which people should not be deported.

Here's a link to an online petition to ask Theresa May to stop the deportation. I'm sure you've seen it on Facebook or Twitter, but I haven't seen it mentioned here yet, so please, please sign up and spread the word.

(On my friends page, this comes just above a post about a human rights activist being murdered for being gay. Point made, I think)

[identity profile] valkyriekaren.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
See my recent post - a Ugandan gay rights activist was bludgeoned to death in his home yesterday. This is not a safe place for out LGBT people.

[identity profile] ghoti.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Yours was the post I meant... and the same link.

[identity profile] valkyriekaren.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I replied before you added that line!

[identity profile] ghoti.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Oops, yes.

[identity profile] kaberett.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Signed and propagated.