Gay Ugandan in Edmonton faces deportation, fears jail or death over anti-LGBTQ law
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A man in Edmonton is making a last-ditch legal bid to avoid a Monday deportation flight back to Uganda, where he fears he may be imprisoned, harmed or even killed for being gay.
A man in Edmonton is making a last-ditch legal bid to avoid a Monday deportation flight back to Uganda, where he fears he may be imprisoned, harmed or even killed for being gay.
The man, who asked not to be identified for his safety but sometimes goes by the name Sue, said his lawyer has asked the Federal Court for one more review of his case.
But he says if it doesn’t succeed, he will reluctantly get on the flight to the east African country.
“No one's expecting me, and I don't know where I will go," the 25-year-old told The Canadian Press in an interview.
"It doesn't matter where you go. Everywhere, people think a man like me who is gay, that it's a curse."
Sue said he has been packing up his apartment and trying to sell belongings on Facebook since the Canada Border Services Agency ordered him to report Monday for a flight to his home country.
Homosexuality has long been illegal in Uganda. Earlier this year, the country passed one of the harshest anti-homosexuality laws in the world. It could impose the death penalty as punishment for "aggravated homosexuality."
