Betty Tibikawa is a Ugandan lesbian who was branded with a hot iron because of her sexuality. She has been kept in Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre for some time. Now the government has decided that she must be deported back to Uganda, the country where she was so horribly attacked and injured and where David Kato, a Ugandan gay activist, was murdered earlier this month. This is in spite of Nick Clegg saying that this country would not deport people persecuted on account of their sexuality. You can read the story at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/may/31/ugandan-branded-iron-deportation-sexuality.
We call upon the UK Border Agency and the British government to give Betty Tibikawa leave to remain in the UK with refugee status and to stop deporting people persecuted for their sexuality.
I spent the entire morning glued to the phone trying to get someone at the Home Office to just listen for five minutes because the thought of Betty being forced back to Uganda is honestly making it hard to even breathe today. People keep messaging me with their own stories of the system failing them which just confirms that this is so much bigger than one case even though Betty is the only thing on my mind right now.
Reached 100 supporters
June 5, 2011
6 Comments
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emma Cox
15 years ago
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absolutely shameful. the gov needs to practice what they preach and stop this now.
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David Nash
15 years ago
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Human rights should matter more than targets. Do the right thing.
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James Mitchell
15 years ago
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Disgusting treatment. If you send her back you have blood on your hands.
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Mark Lund
15 years ago
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Sending people back to places where they get killed for who they are is a total disgrace. keep her safe.
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Chloe Morrison
15 years ago
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i cannot believe this is happening in our country. please let her stay, she has been through way too much already.
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Sarah Kennedy
15 years ago
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This is honestly sickening. How can they send her back to face such torture? Sort it out UKBA!
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Betty Tibikawa is a Ugandan lesbian who was branded with a hot iron because of her sexuality. She has been kept in Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre for some time. Now the government has decided that she must be deported back to Uganda, the country where she was so horribly attacked and injured and where David Kato, a Ugandan gay activist, was murdered earlier this month. This is in spite of Nick Clegg saying that this country would not deport people persecuted on account of their sexuality. You can read the story at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/may/31/ugandan-branded-iron-deportation-sexuality.
We call upon the UK Border Agency and the British government to give Betty Tibikawa leave to remain in the UK with refugee status and to stop deporting people persecuted for their sexuality.
I spent the entire morning glued to the phone trying to get someone at the Home Office to just listen for five minutes because the thought of Betty being forced back to Uganda is honestly making it hard to even breathe today. People keep messaging me with their own stories of the system failing them which just confirms that this is so much bigger than one case even though Betty is the only thing on my mind right now.
Reached 100 supporters
June 5, 2011
6 Comments
E
emma Cox
15 years ago
Featured
absolutely shameful. the gov needs to practice what they preach and stop this now.
D
David Nash
15 years ago
Featured
Human rights should matter more than targets. Do the right thing.
J
James Mitchell
15 years ago
Featured
Disgusting treatment. If you send her back you have blood on your hands.
M
Mark Lund
15 years ago
Featured
Sending people back to places where they get killed for who they are is a total disgrace. keep her safe.
C
Chloe Morrison
15 years ago
Featured
i cannot believe this is happening in our country. please let her stay, she has been through way too much already.
S
Sarah Kennedy
15 years ago
Featured
This is honestly sickening. How can they send her back to face such torture? Sort it out UKBA!
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absolutely shameful. the gov needs to practice what they preach and stop this now.