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Iranian Lesbian Wins Asylum in Britain

Refugee fled after girlfriend sentenced to death by stoning

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 16, 2009 6:07 AM CST

(Newser) – A woman who fled Iran for Britain after her girlfriend was arrested has won her battle for asylum in the UK. In 2007 Pegah Emambakhsh was refused asylum, but gay rights groups claimed that she would be executed if she was forced to return to...   Read full story »

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