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| Gay Pakistani trying to stop Australian authorities from deporting him |
| 2007-08-20 |
| A Pakistani man being held in Sydney's Villawood detention centre will take an appeal against the Refugee Review Tribunal to the High Court. Ali Humayun says he is a homosexual and will face significant persecution if he returns to Pakistan. But a member of the Tribunal did not believe Mr Humayun is gay, saying his sexuality was "contrived" and only caused by the situation of his detention. Rachel Evans from Community Action Against Homophobia believes the Tribunal should have taken additional steps to determine Mr Humayun's sexuality. "I guess the way that you would determine as to whether or not someone is homosexual is by talking to them and talking to their friends and talking to their lovers and not prejudging them in any way," she said. "And unfortunately that's what the Refugee Review Tribunal has done in this case." |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #1 Didn't we just have a story on some superstar Pakistani drag queen? See ya, Ali... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-08-20 20:27 |