
PLAYERS from a gay rugby team are calling on the media, human rights organisations and supporters to join their protest outside a Bristol police station on Thursday after one of their players had his asylum application rejected and was ordered to report to the police.
The Home Office today rejected the asylum claim of Bristol Bisons player Ken Macharia, a 39-year-old gay man from Kenya who has lived in Britain since 2009 and fears prosecution in his home country because of his sexuality.

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