This video from Britain says about itself:
Interview with Aderonke Apata
11 April 2014
Former Yarl’s Wood detainee Aderonke Apata discusses the traumas of the British Immigration system.
Interview: Emma Jean Pittarides
Camera: Ralph Pritchard
From daily The Independent in Britain:
Nigerian gay rights activist has her High Court asylum bid rejected – because judge doesn’t believe she is lesbian
Aderonke Apata was so desperate to convince the Government she was gay that she submitted a private DVD and photographs of her sex life as evidence
Emily Duggan
Friday 03 April 2015
A Nigerian gays right activist who fears imprisonment and death because of her sexuality has had her case for asylum rejected by the High Court – after a judge ruled that she was pretending to be lesbian.
Aderonke Apata was so desperate to convince the Government she was gay that she submitted a private DVD and photographs of her sex life as evidence. Yet a High Court judge has ruled that she engaged in same sex relationships in order to “fabricate” an asylum claim.
Ms Apata, 47, came to Britain in 2004 and has won awards for her gay-rights campaigning. She is engaged to her long-term partner Happiness Agboro, also from Nigeria, who has already been granted asylum in the UK based on her sexuality. …
The judge acknowledged petitions signed by several hundred thousand people supporting her case – and her considerable support from LGBT activists in court – but said “I do not think that can amount to evidence as opposed to opinion and support (although that support is very impressive).”
Judge Bowers did not accept a controversial Home Office argument that Ms Apata could not be gay because she had previously had children and heterosexual relationships. Nevertheless, he agreed with the Government’s assessment that she could not be considered part of the ‘particular social group’ known as lesbians.
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who was in court to support Ms Apata, said of the ruling: “It’s bizarre that the judge does not accept that Aderonke is a member of a particular social group, namely lesbian women. I find it offensive to suggest that she’s adopted the ‘customs, dress and mores’ of lesbian women purely in order to gain refugee status, given the evidence that she’s presented in her claim.
“The worst aspect of the ruling is the judge doesn’t accept that she has a well founded fear of persecution if she returns to Nigeria. It’s clear that she’s been publicly identified in the UK and in Nigeria as a lesbian or bisexual woman. Such women face the twin threats of legal persecution and mob violence in Nigeria.” …
Ms Apata is frightened of what will happen next but believes there may be further legal avenues for her to pursue. She did not want to risk damaging a future case by commenting publicly on the ruling.
Ms Apata was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress in 2005 and attempted suicide when she was in prison facing deportation. Her mental health formed part of the case.
Homosexuality is punishable by up to 14 years in prison in Nigeria under laws passed in January 2014 and there has been a spike in violence against gay people.
Lesbian woman from Nigeria attempts suicide shortly before Home Office tries to deport her. Exclusive: Nneka Obazee overdosed on pain medication after finding out she was being returned to her home country of Nigeria: here.
Yarl’s Wood guard suspended over alleged assault on women. Inspectors say video footage of incident at Serco-run immigration detention centre has ‘caused considerable concern’: here.
Buhari promised to rule according to the Constitution so this may be needed – Ronke to challenge him and the law which GEJ brought in
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http://www.doorbraak.eu/morgen-is-er-massadeportatie-naar-nigeria-seum-wemimo-laat-tegengeluid-horen/
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