Man Who Said Guardian Article 'Forced Him Into Hiding' Has Libel Case Thrown Out

'Gay' asylum seeker rejected right to stay in Britain after marrying woman

'Gay' asylum seeker rejected right to stay in Britain after marrying woman - An asylum seeker who claimed his sexuality had "changed" has lost his appeal to re-enter the UK after it emerged he is now married to a woman

Man who said Guardian article 'forced him into hiding' has libel case thrown out

A man who sued for libel over a Guardian article he claimed forced him into hiding from the Taliban in Afghanistan has had his claim thrown out by a High Court judge. Safiullah Ahmadi claimed more than £100,000 in damages over an article published on the paper’s website, which he alleged forced him into hiding as it created the “perception he is a gay man”. The article, published in October 2022 and headlined “Gay Afghan student ‘murdered by Tal…

‘Gay’ asylum seeker denied right to stay after marrying woman

Immigration court rejects Albanian man’s claim that his sexuality had ‘changed’

Gay Asylum Seeker Rejected After Marrying Woman

An Albanian man who sought asylum in the UK on the grounds of facing discrimination as a gay man in his home country has had a second asylum application rejected after he married a woman.Esmir Debaj first sought asylum, saying he would face persecution for his sexual orientation in Albania. Under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), persecution based on sexual orientation is a valid reason for getting an asylum application approved.Af…