Gay asylum seeker wins legal battle in bid to remain in Scotland
Gay sex is criminalised in Pakistan under a combination of Sharia law principles and colonial law imposed by British rulers. (NurPhoto/Getty) A gay asylum seeker who feared he’d be killed if he returned to Pakistan has won a legal battle in his bid to overturn a Home Office decision to deport him. The man, known only as AR, claimed he had to sell a kidney to pay for his flight to the UK in 2004, after being arrested for allegedly having gay sex the previous year. He initially moved to Glasgow on a one-year working visa, but later claimed asylum in 2007.
Source: pinknews.co.uk