Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Video: Italians protest UK deportation of gay teen to Iran



Google translation from the Italian (Source: radioradicale.it):
In the coming hours the gay Iranian Seyed Mehdi Kazemi will be transferred from Holland (where he is after having fled from England following the British authorities' refusal to grant him political asylum) to London, before being deported to Iran where he risks execution for the crime of "lavat" (sodomy). The delivery of Mehdi should happen already tomorrow.

None Touch Cain and the Radical Party Nonviolento, transnational and transpartito ask the Foreign Minister D'Alema to intervene immediately to the UK to freeze the unacceptable process of deportation to Iran of Mehdi. That represent a violation of international conventions on human rights and in particular the Convention on Refugees, the jurisprudence of the European Court on Human Rights and the same law (Directive 2005/85).

Yesterday [Monday 25th February] at 17:30 in Rome, in front of the Embassy of Great Britain (Via XX September, 80), there will be a demonstration of No Touch Cain, Nonviolento Transnational Radical Party and Transpartito and Group Everyone, to ask the Government to halt the English 'extradition of Medhi to Iran.
Monday's protest (in Italian)



NB: I will try to get this onto a video sharing site.

1 comment:

  1. Paul> Well done on highlighting this absolute travesty! I cannot beleive that the Government could send Madhi (as well as hundreds of other people in his position) back to face certain death. Keep up the good work!!

    http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Stopdeportinggay/sign

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