Quickie Link [1]: Can't prove he's gay, teen is denied asylum [2]

By : vanrozenheim on Feb 07, 2007 - 01:45 PM
Solidarity [3]
(Canada) - Alvaro Antonio Orozco, a gay teen runaway from Nicaragua, was denied asylum in Canada because the Immigration and Refugee Board didn't believe he was a homosexual. Mr. Orozco, now 21, is slated for removal next Tuesday to a country where sodomy is illegal and to a family that he says beat him and taunted him for his sexual orientation ever since he was a young boy.

Note: Read full article on www.theglobeandmail.com [4]
Links
  [1] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=5&lead=1
  [2] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=492&lead=1
  [3] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=4&lead=1
  [4] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070207.ALVARO07/TPStory/National