http://clipmarks.com/clipper/NonStatQuo/date/2008/5/21/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/NonStatQuo/date/2008/5/21/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/AF97DF09-0975-4578-BC53-A1EF1A36F68A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/NonStatQuo/">NonStatQuo</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> I followed this story and was dismayed when the UK began to exercize some Draconian like blindfolding to the plight of a young man who most definitely deserved the benefit of asylum.<br/><br/>It seems as though they have had a change of heart and listened to something other than fear! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7411706.stm" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7411706.stm">news.bbc.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1> Gay Iranian granted asylum in UK </H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>A gay Iranian teenager who said he could be executed if he was sent home has been given asylum in Britain.</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Mehdi Kazemi, 19, came to London to study English in 2005, but later discovered his boyfriend had been charged with sodomy in Iran and hanged. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/humanity/" rel="tag">humanity</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/human+rights/" rel="tag">human rights</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/asylum/" rel="tag">asylum</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/gay/" rel="tag">gay</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/yippie!/" rel="tag">yippie!</a></div>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7411706.stmWed, 21 May 2008 19:22:02 GMT