Zimbabwe: UK court blow for gay Zimbabwean asylum seekers

Zimbabwean homosexuals claiming asylum in the United Kingdom are more than likely to be turned down because the African country has a thriving 'gay scene' and is 'not the worst place in the world to be gay or lesbian', a court ruled. A Zimbabwean asylum seeker, known by the initials LZ, arrived in the United Kingdom in 1999. She claimed asylum in 2009, stating that she feared persecution as a lesbian back home. The UK Home Office turned down her asylum bid leading to the case reaching the Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber.