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Gay Under the Taliban

Other migrants who arrive without a visa and claim asylum upon arrival are detained in immigration detention facilities. When LGBTQ individuals are put into detention, they may feel the need to hide their identities for fear of being targeted by biased immigration officials, according to Edward Alessi, a Rutgers University associate professor who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

A Mountain on My Shoulders: 18 Months of Taliban Persecution of LGBTIQ Afghans

Over the past week, Abdul's mind has gone to the darkest of places. I don't want to live this kind of life. Abdul isn't hopeful about the Taliban's promises to rule differently and give women more opportunities. They will kill all of them on the spot. Speaking of the footage of Afghans clinging on to planes leaving the country, Abdul says: "They are not crazy.

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So far as non-state actors are concerned, a practising homosexual on return to Kabul who would not attract or seek to cause public outrage would not face a real risk of persecution. If some individual, or some gay lobby, tried to make a political point in public or otherwise behaved in a way such as to attract public outrage, then there might be a sharp response from the Government.