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| Dead: Jackie Nanyonjo |
After recent criticism of the UK's record on LGBT Asylum Seekers, the following comes as little surprise:
Campaigners are blaming the UK Border Agency for deporting an asylum seeker who has reportedly died in Uganda after she claimed she was at risk of homophobic persecution... Jackie Nanyonjo died in Uganda on Friday 8 March...
When family members finally met her, long after the flight had landed, Jackie was in terrible pain and vomiting blood; they rushed her to a clinic, but in a country with widespread poverty and limited medical facilities they were unable to get the medical attention Jackie needed.
Read the full story here: UK: Protest planned outside Home Office following death of lesbian Ugandan asylum seeker
The protest will be held outside the Home Office in Westminster, central London, from 12.30pm tomorrow, Thursday 14 March 2013.
If you can't make the protest, you can write to your local MP and members of the House of Lords via WriteToThem to express your disgust. You can also contact the Home Secretary, Theresa May.
Bahati's Kill the Gays Bill has been sitting at #3 on the list of Business to Follow as of yesterday.
That's disgusting. I've written to Theresa May:
ReplyDeleteDear Home Secretary,
Having been an avid campaigner against David Bahati's Kill the Gays
Bill in Uganda, it is absolutely stomach churning to read that UK
negligence, sanctioned by the Home Office, has contributed to the
death of a Ugandan LGBT woman, Jackie Nanyonjo:
http://killthebilluganda.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/uk-allows-death-of-ugandan-lesbian.html
Whilst campaigning against Scott Lively's recently planned trip to the
UK, I noticed that neither the member of the House of Lords or Commons
who wrote to you on my behalf appeared to receive a direct reply on
the matter. So much for sending a clear message to David Bahati and
Rebecca Kadaga - you seem to be saying 'we'll do the job for you.'
Definitely extremely embarrassing for the UK in light of the Queen's
Commonwealth speech, which has already come under fire for skimming
over the issue of LGBT rights:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/11/queens-commonwealth-pledge-gay-rights_n_2851794.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
Really disheartening. Still, at least we know where the government
stands on the issue of LGBT human rights. I will be showing my
disappointment with my vote next time round.
Regards,