Nineteen-year old Iranian national Mehdi Kazemi returns to the UK this week from the Netherlands, which denied his pleas and sent him back to Britain. British authorities don't have the best gay track record, so activists want you – yes, you! – to sign a petition to PM Gordon Brown requesting asylum for Mehdi, who faces execution if sent back to Iran. [iPetitions]
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A better option is to sign the petition directly on the Number 10 Downing Street website here: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Stopdeportinggay/
Mehdi is not completely safe yet and he needs all the support he can get!
Please visit http://www.madhikazemi.com as well.
Thnx in advance,
Jet, http://www.vrede.hotforum.nl (Dutch petition).