The immigration board has reversed its decision regarding Deborah Balirya and she will remain in Sweden. Your commitment to this cause was instrumental in securing her safety. We will continue to monitor the situation to ensure her security remains intact.
January 11, 2016
Final supporters
We Are against Deborah Balirya’s Deportation:
We at Find Hope and many Other Civil Society Organizations and Human Righ Organisations that work on the same issues,write to condemn and stop the deportation of our Member Deborah Balirya,who has been threatened to be taken back to Uganda early next month.
Find Hope learnt about her troubles, threats and persecutions enlisted back home. The above named person is being declined international protection by the immigration board here in Sweden and has recently been denied Residence, based on failure to prove her sexual Orientation which we find unmerited basing on the court decision
Find Hope is a nonprofit organization that supports Lesbians, Gays, Bi-sexual and Transgender people that are seeking Asylum because of persecution based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity by their governments.
Deborah Balirya has been blacklisted as one of the wanted persons by police and her prosecution file is still open at the Magistrate Court in one of districts in Uganda.
Deborah has been our active member that has shared her ordeal during Pride Panel in Stockholm, at IDAHOT day in Gavle, and in a recent Capacity Building for members that was hosted by Gavle Commune Studieförbundet and Find Hope.
She was and many others on live Television News, on Swedish Radio and in press, which has also been viewed by our fellow Africans / Ugandans here, who might have shared the news with their people back in Uganda.
Based on the existing Uganda’s Penal Code Act, it’s a high risk of life threatening situation for her and is bound to be incarcerated; Since the Uganda’s communities’ are still homophobic.
Find Hope in conjunction with other LGBTIQ umbrella bodies condemns persecution of sexual minorities.
It is the plea of Find Hope and other allies to request the Swedish Immigration Board to re- reconsider its decision and grant Deborah Balirya protection and residence here in Sweden.
Currently, the country is in an election process time for 2016 with a lot of unrest issues where homosexuality is at the center stage of many politicians searching for votes.
Some current incumbent have already promised the Nationals to deal with Homosexuals, once they are voted to power! It is in this regard that Find Hope condemns the Swedish Migration Act
Updates
November 25, 2015
The documentation concerning Deborah's case is currently being prepared for submission to the immigration board. We remain diligent in gathering evidence to challenge the ruling that ignores the clear risks she faces upon returning to Uganda.
Reached 100 supporters
November 25, 2015
65 Comments
It's very unfortunate that LGBTQ Refugees are being sent back to the very country they came running frm ! Thesame very Government,the same very Law makers the same everything ! What LGBTQ persons go through is enough already we do not need another trauma ! Swedish Migration Authority,Please grant Deborah Protection and Residence we are not ready to Loose her like many others we have already lost.
We don't wish to leave our countries. For safety, we find ourselves in exile. If she was safe in Uganda she would still be in our beautiful country. To seek safety in Sweden or elsewhere is her human right. Sweden act on your responsibility to protect.
It is a terrible violation of human rights to send Deborah Balirya back to Uganda where we know the risks of LGBT people in the country. Who takes responsibility for what happens to her there?
Uganda is not a safe haven for LGBTQs, and now is the time campaigns are on the top notch ahead of the upcoming elections. I have listened to her story not once but countless times, though i can't give her a permit, my opinion is that migrations verket should stop her deportation and rather accord her the necessary protection.
I stand with Deborah Balilya against the threat of deportation to Uganda .Deborahs story is a living testimony of an African woman who lived under torture and submissiveness because of her sexual orientation .She needs your voice to stop her from this impending threat of deportation.
Save her life, please!
She deserves protection
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The immigration board has reversed its decision regarding Deborah Balirya and she will remain in Sweden. Your commitment to this cause was instrumental in securing her safety. We will continue to monitor the situation to ensure her security remains intact.
January 11, 2016
Final supporters
We Are against Deborah Balirya’s Deportation:
We at Find Hope and many Other Civil Society Organizations and Human Righ Organisations that work on the same issues,write to condemn and stop the deportation of our Member Deborah Balirya,who has been threatened to be taken back to Uganda early next month.
Find Hope learnt about her troubles, threats and persecutions enlisted back home. The above named person is being declined international protection by the immigration board here in Sweden and has recently been denied Residence, based on failure to prove her sexual Orientation which we find unmerited basing on the court decision
Find Hope is a nonprofit organization that supports Lesbians, Gays, Bi-sexual and Transgender people that are seeking Asylum because of persecution based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity by their governments.
Deborah Balirya has been blacklisted as one of the wanted persons by police and her prosecution file is still open at the Magistrate Court in one of districts in Uganda.
Deborah has been our active member that has shared her ordeal during Pride Panel in Stockholm, at IDAHOT day in Gavle, and in a recent Capacity Building for members that was hosted by Gavle Commune Studieförbundet and Find Hope.
She was and many others on live Television News, on Swedish Radio and in press, which has also been viewed by our fellow Africans / Ugandans here, who might have shared the news with their people back in Uganda.
Based on the existing Uganda’s Penal Code Act, it’s a high risk of life threatening situation for her and is bound to be incarcerated; Since the Uganda’s communities’ are still homophobic.
Find Hope in conjunction with other LGBTIQ umbrella bodies condemns persecution of sexual minorities.
It is the plea of Find Hope and other allies to request the Swedish Immigration Board to re- reconsider its decision and grant Deborah Balirya protection and residence here in Sweden.
Currently, the country is in an election process time for 2016 with a lot of unrest issues where homosexuality is at the center stage of many politicians searching for votes.
Some current incumbent have already promised the Nationals to deal with Homosexuals, once they are voted to power! It is in this regard that Find Hope condemns the Swedish Migration Act
Updates
November 25, 2015
The documentation concerning Deborah's case is currently being prepared for submission to the immigration board. We remain diligent in gathering evidence to challenge the ruling that ignores the clear risks she faces upon returning to Uganda.
Reached 100 supporters
November 25, 2015
65 Comments
save her life because it's dangerous here to be a lesbian iam a Ugandan too i know how she feels
It's very unfortunate that LGBTQ Refugees are being sent back to the very country they came running frm ! Thesame very Government,the same very Law makers the same everything ! What LGBTQ persons go through is enough already we do not need another trauma ! Swedish Migration Authority,Please grant Deborah Protection and Residence we are not ready to Loose her like many others we have already lost.
We don't wish to leave our countries. For safety, we find ourselves in exile. If she was safe in Uganda she would still be in our beautiful country. To seek safety in Sweden or elsewhere is her human right. Sweden act on your responsibility to protect.
It is a terrible violation of human rights to send Deborah Balirya back to Uganda where we know the risks of LGBT people in the country. Who takes responsibility for what happens to her there?
Uganda is not a safe haven for LGBTQs, and now is the time campaigns are on the top notch ahead of the upcoming elections. I have listened to her story not once but countless times, though i can't give her a permit, my opinion is that migrations verket should stop her deportation and rather accord her the necessary protection.
I stand with Deborah Balilya against the threat of deportation to Uganda .Deborahs story is a living testimony of an African woman who lived under torture and submissiveness because of her sexual orientation .She needs your voice to stop her from this impending threat of deportation.
Save her life, please!
She deserves protection
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save her life because it's dangerous here to be a lesbian iam a Ugandan too i know how she feels