Iranian Lesbian Wins Asylum In UK
(London) An Iranian lesbian facing deportation from Britain has been freed from detention and will be allowed to remain in the UK, ending an international campaign to prevent her from being sent back to a regime that could have imposed the death penalty on her.Pegah Emambakhsh, 40, fled to Britain from Iran in 2005 after her partner was arrested and tortured.
Homosexuality is considered a crime in Iran and can carry the death penalty. In 2005, the Islamic regime hanged two teenagers on charges of involvement in homosexual acts.
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While Pegah Emambakhsh has indeed been released from Yarl's Wood Detention Centre, she has by no means won her asylum case to stay in England.
She is appealing to the High Court the decision by the Home Office to deport her back to Iran. This case has yet to be heard, so the deportation order still stands.
However, she is indeed out of detention and back with her friends and supporters in Sheffield.
although she is now out of detention, on bail, her position in the UK is still very uncertain. so the campaign continues
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