- Target:
- Secretary of State; Authorities;
- Region:
- United Kingdom
Derrick is a gay man from Uganda; a country where homophobia is at the highest peak. Everyday, newspapers oust members of the LGBT community, many have lost their homes and many linger on without a single sign of light at the end of the tunnel.
Derrick was detained by UK Immigration Officers and placed at their mercy at Harmondsworth Prison. He was quickly rushed into subsequent interviews with no consideration of his health.
His claim for asylum in the United Kingdom was refused and further appeals dismissed. Derrick had established a private family life and has a partner who is British. With no legal representative (assigned representative broke off all contact with him), he has struggled to produce all forms of evidence to support his claim whilst in detention. However, he has instead been issued with removal directions and his submissions not regarded by the officials.
He is numbering his days because he is a a high risk of being killed upon his forceful return to Uganda.
We call upon the UK Government to Free Derrick so he can live freely as a gay man.
We call on Human Rights Activists and Campaigners to have a deeper insight to what happens to people who seek protection but are instead criminalised.
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The Freedom For Derrick Muhanguzi petition to Secretary of State; Authorities; was written by Blessed Junior and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.