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Austria rejects asylum claim from 18-year-old Afghan because ‘gait and posture’ were not ‘homosexual’

Austria rejects asylum claim from 18-year-old Afghan because ‘gait and posture’ were not ‘homosexual’

Authorities in Austria have come under scrutiny after they reportedly rejected a gay asylum-seeker because he didn’t walk or dress “like a homosexual”. The unnamed 18-year-old claimed he faced persecution in his native Afghanistan because…

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Israel’s wave of strikes on Gaza ‘kill pregnant woman and toddler’ after militants’ rockets hit town of Sderot

Israel carried out a major wave of strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight in response to some 150 rockets fired at its territory, leaving three Palestinians including a toddler dead in another severe flare-up of…

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