{"id":373741,"date":"2018-08-17T06:57:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T05:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-homosexual-afghan-not-gay-enough-for-asylum-in-austria\/"},"modified":"2018-08-17T06:57:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T05:57:12","slug":"prison-planet-com-homosexual-afghan-not-gay-enough-for-asylum-in-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-homosexual-afghan-not-gay-enough-for-asylum-in-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Homosexual Afghan not \u2018gay enough\u2019 for asylum in Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/homosexual-afghan-not-gay-enough-for-asylum-in-austria\/a-45100651\"><strong>Deutsche Welle<\/strong><\/a><br \/>August 16, 2018<\/p>\n<p>A young Afghan\u2019s application for asylum in Austria was rejected over authorities\u2019 doubts about his stated sexual orientation, Austrian weekly magazine Falter reported on Wednesday. Officials based the rejection on their belief that he did not \u201cact\u201d or \u201cdress\u201d like a homosexual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way you walk, act and dress does not show even in the slightest that you could be homosexual,\u201d the official reportedly wrote. For this reason, the Austrian official found no grounds for the young man to fear for his safety in Afghanistan. The Afghan plans to appeal the decision, Falter said.<\/p>\n<p>In Afghanistan, homosexuality is illegal and considered a crime that carries a maximum sentence of death, according to Sharia law. Homosexuals face rejection from society at large, which considers their sexual orientation immoral.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Aren\u2019t homosexuals rather social?\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The young Afghan came to Austria alone in 2016 and was placed in the SOS Children Village refugee camp. Initially, he rested his asylum case on the fact that he was a part of the Hazara minority, which is persecuted in his home country, and later appealed on the grounds of his sexual orientation. Advocates of the teenager said he was initially afraid to come out.<\/p>\n<p>The migration official took issue with the Afghan\u2019s behavior problems, the fact that he had been involved in fights at the refugee center and concluded that he had \u201cpotential for aggression\u201d that \u201cwouldn\u2019t be expected from a homosexual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/homosexual-afghan-not-gay-enough-for-asylum-in-austria\/a-45100651\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Thursday, August 16, 2018  at  6:30 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/homosexual-afghan-not-gay-enough-for-asylum-in-austria.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/homosexual-afghan-not-gay-enough-for-asylum-in-austria.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deutsche WelleAugust 16, 2018 A young Afghan\u2019s application for asylum in Austria was rejected over authorities\u2019 doubts about his stated sexual orientation, Austrian weekly magazine Falter reported on Wednesday. Officials based the rejection on their belief that he did not \u201cact\u201d or \u201cdress\u201d like a homosexual. \u201cThe way you walk, act and dress does not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-373741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}