court
Gay woman granted temporary reprieve to remain in UK shortly before
deportation flight left Heathrow last week
Staff and agencies
Monday February 7 2011
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/06/brenda-namigadde-deportation-uganda
A gay woman's legal battle against deportation back to Uganda, where
she fears she will be persecuted because of her sexuality, reaches the
court of appeal tomorrow.
Brenda Namigadde had been due to fly back on 28 January when her
lawyers were granted a temporary injunction shortly before her flight
left Heathrow.
The order was made by a court of appeal judge outside of normal hours
following earlier unsuccessful applications before two high court
judges in London.
Namigadde says she fears for her life if she is returned to Uganda,
where gay sex is a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in
prison. The gay rights campaigner David Kato was last month beaten to
death [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/03/david-kato-murder-
uganda-gay-rights?INTCMP=SRCH" title="David Kato was last month beaten
to death] near the capital, Kampala. He had sued a local newspaper
which outed him as homosexual.
A Ugandan newspaper published the photographs of several people it
said were gay, including Kato, with the headline "Hang them". Ugandan
police have said his death was not linked to his campaigning.
Lord Justice Maurice Kay will hear her application for permission to
appeal against the refusal of the high court to allow her to claim for
judicial review.
Namigadde said she fled to the UK in 2002 after being beaten and
victimised because of her sexuality.
A UK Border Agency spokesman has said: "Ms Namigadde's case has been
carefully considered by both the UK Border Agency and the courts on
three separate occasions and she has been found not to have a right to
remain here.
"An immigration judge found on the evidence before them that Ms
Namigadde was not homosexual.
"The government has made it clear that it is committed to stopping the
removal of asylum seekers who have genuinely had to leave particular
countries because of their sexual orientation or gender
identification.
"However, when someone is found not to have a genuine claim we expect
them to leave voluntarily."
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