Friday, February fourteenth, the UN says at least 22 people have been killed in a village in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Over half of those killed were children. No one has claimed responsibility for Friday’s incident but the opposition parties blame the killing on the government.
Cameroonian may be deported unless he proves he is gay
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Valerie Ediage arrived in the UK six years ago and said
his life would be at risk if he returned to Cameroon.
Homosexuals in the country can be jailed for up to five
years.
The Home Office has declined to comment specifically on
his case but said asylum applicants need to show they face persecution,
inhumane or degrading treatment to qualify for protection.
Mr Ediage - who lives in West Bromwich and volunteers at
a support group for gay people in Coventry - said he "lived in fear"
and had to hide who he was in Cameroon.
"In the UK I live freely," he said.
"I go to Gay Pride... gay pubs - you can't in
Cameroon. You fear prosecution and torture."
'Given everything'
The 30-year-old said he moved to the UK to escape
persecution over his sexuality and now lives with his partner, who is also from
Cameroon but was granted UK residency.
He is awaiting the outcome of his latest asylum
application but said he already supplied evidence including intimate
photographs with his partner and support letters from gay friends.
"They [the Home Office] say I haven't given them
sufficient evidence but I have given them everything," he said.
Mr Ediage is being backed by Aimee Challenor, the
equality spokesman for the Green Party.
She said: "Valerie has been a committed member of
our community in Coventry.
"He has been instrumental in setting a LGBT migrant
support group in Coventry, he has attended Pride parades in Birmingham….I
cannot see how the Government has made this decision."
The Home Office said all applicants are required to
establish they face persecution, inhumane or degrading treatment in their home
country to qualify for UK protection.
It added it remains "committed to improving the
asylum process for those claiming asylum on the basis of their sexual
orientation and decision-makers are provided with dedicated guidance and
training on the management of such claims".
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