S. Korean court grants refugee status to Ugandan lesbian
Social affairsMay 1, 2013
A South Korean court has granted refugee status to an Ugandan woman who claims she cannot return home for fear of being persecuted for her sexual orientation, officials said Wednesday.The 27-year-old Ugandan woman, whose name remains undisclosed, fled to South Korea in 2011 after her family members were killed by neighbors because she was a lesbian.She soon petitioned the Seoul government for refugee status but the justice ministry rejected her application, saying she did not meet the criteria o