Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP
Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for London
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Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for London |
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| European Day of People with Disabilities | <office@sarahludfordmep.org.uk> | 3rd December 2008 |
Kazemi rethink must cover other gay Iranians too5.00.00pm UTC (GMT +0000) Thu 13th Mar 2008 Liberal Democrat European justice spokeswoman Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP has welcomed the change of heart by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith who has said new circumstances may cause her to reconsider the case of Mehdi Kazemi, the gay Iranian teenager threatened with deportation to Iran after refusal of his asylum claim. This development came shortly after the European Parliament voted to demand that his strong claim to protection, and that of any Iranian homosexual in a context of state repression, torture and execution of gay people, be recognised. Sarah Ludford said: "This is a welcome move, even if it should have come voluntarily and without the need for so much pressure." "But we must not forget other gay Iranians fearing for not only their liberty but their lives, such as Pegah Emambakhsh. They deserve justice too."
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