Gay asylum seeker fearful of going back

By Aisha Dow
Updated August 5 2014 - 1:08pm, first published 5:54am
AIDS Conference delegates seeking asylum in Australia. Photo: Joe Armao
AIDS Conference delegates seeking asylum in Australia. Photo: Joe Armao

He says they told him to go back to where he came from. They said in this country, where he moved when he was a young boy, being gay was not OK. They looted his shop and bashed him, and on the day that he decided to flee to Australia, they walked past holding what looked like a cup of acid.

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