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Canadian Government: Karim and Pride Celebrations

canadian government: Now, while other members of the LGBTQ community in Montreal are gearing up for Pride celebrations, Karim is facing deportation back to Guinea, where homosexuality is outlawed, according to CTV. He spoke before media on Sunday with his back to cameras, afraid to expose his identity. Karim fled his home country of Guinea around four years ago, after he was outed as a bisexual man. I'm asking the Canadian government to save my life and my children's lives, he said in French, the rainbow flag pulled around his shoulders. As a member of a major Guinean political party, he was the victim of a smear campaign when his sexual identity was made public, and an arrest warrant was issued for him. Karim has been in Canada since he was forced to escape Guinea. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.