http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-2768.html
Marc Shoffman
"Gay Iranian asylum seekers in the Netherlands will not be sent back to their home country. Reacting to pressure from human rights groups, Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk has granted gays and lesbians from Iran special asylum rights. Asylum seekers fleeing because of fear of persecution because of their sexual orientation will now be granted full residence status. The about-turn comes after Human Rights Watch wrote to Dutch authorities calling on them not to return people to countries where they face torture, ill-treatment or death, a fate known to be awaiting LGBT people in Iran where Sharia law proscribes the death penalty for homosexuality."
