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A portrait shot of Ken Macharia (left) and (right) with his Bristol Bison teammates
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All-rounder set to become the team’s youngest-ever men’s captain in an international match
A GAY rugby player the Home Office tried to deport to Kenya despite fears he would be persecuted because of his sexuality has won a five-battle for his right to stay in Britain.
Ken Macharia, of the Bristol Bisons Rugby Football Club, first came to Britain in 2009 as a student and stayed in the country as a qualified mechanical engineer by renewing his work permits.
Fearing the prospect of returning to Kenya, where being homosexual is not a criminal offence but the country’s penal code, which it inherited from British colonial rule, does criminalise gay sex, Macharia decided to apply for asylum.
Fan group The 1873 issues scathing response to owners’ statement saying the club will not close
Israeli media awash with leaks and rumours of Netanyahu’s plans to seize Gaza. Meanwhile, the unrelenting siege of Gaza continues unabated
Mr Smalls and 13 other Freedom Flotilla Coalition activists who tried to break Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza aboard the Handala ship remain in detention and on hunger strike
