A Ugandan lesbian woman is set to be deported from the UK to
Uganda on Wednesday evening, despite an online campaign demanding a stop to her
removal. Anne Nassozi fled Uganda in December 2013, two months before the
country passed an anti-gay law, and was detained in a UK immigration centre
following a failed bid for asylum.
The Save Anne campaign said Nassozi faces greater danger
returning to her country and would be prone to violence. If convicted under
Uganda's anti-gay law, she could possibly face a long jail term.
Activists used the #SaveAnne to voice their concerns over
Nassozi's asylum case.
The Save Anne campaigns details her life working as a
landlord in Uganda before leaving to the UK.
In December 2013, a time when penalties for homosexuality
under Uganda’s anti-gay laws were already being ramped up, local disapproval
for Anne and her tenants’ sexuality was roused to the point where a mob of
angry councillors, neighbours, and even members of her own family organised
themselves, planning an assault on Anne and her tenants. She was given a
tip-off by a lone sympathetic member of the local council that the mob was
approaching, and fled her village; “I locked up my house and I ran. It is
simple; I had no choice. I ran away to save my life”.
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