When Aderonke was outed as a lesbian in Nigeria, she was arrested, tortured, and sentenced to death, and her girlfriend was murdered because of their relationship.
She fled to the UK to seek asylum. But after a humiliating interrogation where UK officials refused to believe she was a “real” lesbian, a judge is now poised to send Aderonke back to Nigeria… where she’ll likely be killed.
We still have a chance to save her. The UK Home Office has just announced plans to reevaluate the process they use for LGBT asylum cases, but reform won’t come in time to help — unless we can convince Secretary Theresa May to halt deportations first!
PETITION TO HOME OFFICE SEC. THERESA MAY: We urge you to halt the deportations of LGBT asylum seekers and keep Aderonke from being sent home to her death.
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‘UK officials refused to believe she was a “real” lesbian’ So … they think she went through all that for what reason?...
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