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By vanrozenheim
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(USA) - The federal appeals court in Philadelphia has upheld a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals that a lesbian from Jamaica had failed to show that things are so bad for gay people there that she would face a risk of torture were she to be returned to her homeland. Rejecting an appeal by Marcia Forrester, the court ruled on December 27 that although there was evidence of intolerance by the Jamaican public, there was no proof that the government abets it.
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