Slog - Comments on Britain Will Not Deport Gay Iranian Teenager--For Now http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen A little good news from the UK... Britain halted deportation proceedings Thursday against a gay Iranian teenager who has said he would probably be hanged because of his sexual orientation if he is returned to Iran. Mehdi Kazemi, 19, moved to Britain in 2005 to study and has said he then learned that his boyfriend in Iran had been hanged after being convicted of sodomy. Homosexuality is a severe crime under Iranian law, and Kazemi's case has drawn concern from gay rights groups around the world. An initial appeal for asylum was turned down here. But Home Secretary Jacqui Smith,... Copyright 2008 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:54:54 -0800 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:29:45 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by mj I'm so happy to hear that!

]]> mj http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c968540 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c968540 Homo Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:18:01 -0800 Comment by Kat "new circumstances" being...international appall?

]]> Kat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c968639 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c968639 Homo Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:07:30 -0800 Comment by paul canning
a website has now been set up to support Madhi's case - the 19yo gay Iranian threatened with deportation to execution by the British government

http://www.madhikazemi.com/

]]> paul canning http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c968701 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c968701 Homo Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:16:19 -0800 Comment by Vince I couldn't be happier. The U.S. should have offered him asylum. But we'd rather torture people than save their lives these days.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c968729 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c968729 Homo Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:16:32 -0800 Comment by Beguine Yay!!! Hopefully there will be similar (and permanent) good news for the Iranian woman you mentioned in an earlier post as well.

]]> Beguine http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c968738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c968738 Homo Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:40:07 -0800 Comment by LeslieC Yeah, #5, what you said. Does anyone have any news about her?

]]> LeslieC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c968995 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c968995 Homo Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:10:32 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle So what will they do when he blows up Pickadilly?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c969190 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c969190 Homo Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:07:57 -0800 Comment by Anonymous Great! Now they need to do the same for Pegah Emambakhsh (scroll down...).

]]> Anonymous http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c970103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/britain_will_not_deport_gay_iranian_teen#c970103 Homo Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:29:45 -0800