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UNITED KINGDOM. GAY STUDENT WHO FACED EXECUTION IN IRAN GRANTED ASYLUM

May 19, 2008: a gay man who faces the death penalty in Iran won asylum in the UK after protests prompted the Home Secretary to reconsider his case. 
Family and supporters of Mehdi Kazemi, now 20, welcomed the decision not to send him back to Iran where his boyfriend was arrested by the state police and executed for sodomy.
Simon Hughes, the Liberal Democrat MP for North Southwark and Bermondsey, said: "I am delighted by the Home Office decision that my constituent Mehdi Kazemi can now stay in this country. This is great news for a very decent guy."
Mr Kazemi came to London to study in 2005, but in April 2006 discovered his gay partner had been arrested and named him as his boyfriend before his execution. Fearing he might suffer the same fate if he returned, Mr Kazemi decided to seek asylum in Britain.
His claim was refused and he fled to the Netherlands where he also failed to win asylum before returning to Britain last month. The UK Border Agency said it had decided to allow him asylum, granting him leave to remain for five years. (Sources: The Independent, 21/05/2008)

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ARAB LEGISLATIONS GO FAR BEYOND ISLAMIC LAW
UAE. FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
EU DEEPLY CONCERNED BY IMMINENT EXECUTIONS IN IRAN
LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL. RESOLUTION FOR WORLDWIDE PROHIBITION OF PERSECUTION AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS
GHANA. JUDGES ENDORSE DEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS A MAN FOR MURDER IN FAMILY FEUDS
JAPAN. GANGSTER SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MAYOR'S ASSASSINATION
EGYPT EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY BY TWO YEARS
ETHIOPIA. SUPREME COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO MENGISTU
ALGERIA SENTENCES 12 TO DEATH
ALGERIA. 24 EXTREMISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
GAMBIAN PRESIDENT THREATENS TO BEHEAD GAYS
DRC. THREE SEPARATISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
CAMEROON. PRESIDENT BIYA ISSUES PARDON
ETHIOPIA. FOUR AIR FORCE PILOTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA
CHINA CLARIFIES DEFENCE LAWYERS' ROLE IN CAPITAL CASES
MISSISSIPPI (USA). CONVICTED MURDERER EXECUTED
TAIWAN. JUSTICE MINISTER BIDS TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER COMMITTED AT 17
ETHIOPIA. HIGH COURT CONDEMNS EIGHT TO DEATH OVER 2007 BOMB BLAST
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR ROLE IN BURYING 2 ALIVE
IRAN. AFGHAN NATIONAL HANGED FOR MURDER
IRAQ. CHURCH OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR ARCHBISHOP'S KILLER
PHILIPPINES. JUSTICE CHIEF REJECTS PROPOSED REVIVAL OF DEATH PENALTY
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