A Ugandan woman that endured the pain of being branded with a hot iron in her home country for being a lesbian now faces the cruel and harsh possibility of being sent back to a regime of hate.
Betty Tibikawa, is currently detained in a UK immigration removal centre, she is expected to be removed from the UK after losing her asylum claim.
Last week deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said the government it would no longer continue the practice of deporting people to countries where they were likely to face persecution – and worse – over their sexual orientation.
In a report by the UK’s Guardian paper, Ms Tibikawa was about to start university in Kampala when she was attacked by three men who verbally abused her about her sexuality. They branded with a hot iron and left her unconscious. Ms Tibikawa was then bedridden for two months. An independent medical report confirmed her scars were consistent with being branded.
Ms Tibikawa told the Guardian: “I can’t sleep and I’m having terrible nightmares about what will happen to me if I’m sent back to Uganda. My family have disowned me because I’m a lesbian and I’m convinced I’d be killed if I’m sent home.
“I was ‘outed’ in a Ugandan magazine called Red Pepper in February of this year saying that I’m wanted for being a lesbian. This has put my life at increased risk.”
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