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THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — There is no English news account of the apparent decision by the Danish asylum panel and I’m working from Danish-to-English translations. Apparently there is good news. First the back story from my earlier report:

Fernanda Milan left Guatemala after a police officer held a gun to her head threatening to kill her if she didn’t stop her advocacy work. While it is not clear how she ended up in Denmark, but the organization LGBT-Denmark is providing the Danish asylum panel with evidence of the circumstances in Guatemala. Milan says she fears torture and death if she was to return.

Full story here: After death threats from police in home country, trans woman seeks refugee in Denmark « The Guerrilla Angel Report by Lexie Cannes.

Since that story, I was told that a decision was already made to send Milan back home. However, trans and LGBT advocates were working to get the Danish asylum panel to reopen the decision. Apparently this effort has succeeded.

Here’s a summary of the English translation of an article posted Sept. 23, 2012 on LGBT Demark’s website: http://www.lgbt.dk/111/?tx_ttnews[year]=2012&tx_ttnews[month]=09&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3487&cHash=4d54e9bbb6,

[Condensed summary:] Fernandas asylum procedure reopened

Important decision from the Refugee Board’s page.

. . . The Refugee Board has received several inquiries in the matter, inter alia from ILGA Europe, and they have now chosen to reopen it. “It is a happy decision, and the only right decision,” says Søren Laursen [LGBT advocate]. “It is my view that Fernanda throughout the case has been improperly treated.

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I’ve posted the entire English translation in the comments section. I’m not sure what happens next. If I’ve misread the translation, please feel free to comment in this blog’s comment section so I can make corrections.

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