Mehdi Kazemi

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hackney_mattTue 11/03/08 09:41

In case you haven't heard, Mehdi Kazemi is a gay Iranian national who studied abroad in the UK.

Previously, while he was at his home in Iran, he and another boy began having a relationship. They kept in contact while Mehdi studied abroad in the UK. However, Mehdi's boyfriend was caught with another man by the Iranian government.

Homosexuality is a capital offense in Iran. This is the same country that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said had no homosexuals. Mehdi's boyfriend told the Iranian government Mehdi's name under torture, and was then executed for being gay.

The Iranian government is currently looking for Mehdi Kazemi, who's student visa recently expired. He applied for asylum in the UK and was denied. He then fled, fearing for his life, to Germany and then the Netherlands. He applied for asylum there, but a European Union law called the Dublin Treaty prevents people from applying for asylum in more than one EU country.

The United Kingdom has a history of deporting gay Iranian youths back to their home countries, where they are tortured and executed. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN! But it will happen if the UK deports him.

The following website is the official petition to prevent Mehdi from being deported. It is sponsored by the IRQO (Iranian Queer Organization)

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/UKMADHI/

(Even though the webside takes you to a donation page after you sign the petition, you do NOT have to give them money for your signature to count.)

Last, but not least, invite your friends as well! Doing all this should take you less than a minute of your life.

Maybe...just maybe, we can make a difference.

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