Eddy Cosmas's deportation halted!

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“Of course I’m in danger there in my country,” Eddy told us over the phone from the detention center. “They’ll arrest me when I get back there."

Edson "Eddy" Cosmas, a gay rights activist, is facing imminent deportation from the UK back to his native Tanzania—where being gay is punishable by life imprisonment, and gay and lesbian activists have been arrested and detained as part of a recent crackdown.

Eddy needs your urgent solidarity now. Please ask Home Secretary Theresa May to halt Eddy’s deportation, and promise to reform the "fast track" policy that unfairly targets LGBT asylum seekers like him. We'll deliver your letters directly to the Home Secretary.
UPDATE 7/6/11: after two months of detention, Eddy Cosmas has been freed and has won the right to appeal his asylum case with the UK's Home Office!