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Country of Decision: United Kingdom
Country of Applicant: Cameroon, Iran
Keywords: Persecution Grounds/Reasons, Membership of a particular social group, Discrimination, Non-state actors/agents of persecution, Persecution (acts of), Sexual orientation
Homosexuals are members of a particular social group being defined by the immutable characteristic of their sexuality.
Asylum should not be refused to a homosexual person on the basis that it could be considered reasonably tolerable, if returned to their home country, for him or her to deny their identity and conceal their sexuality in order to avoid being persecuted.
Date: 07-07-2010
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