Japan on Wednesday granted a Ugandan woman refugee status after a court ordered the state to do so on the grounds she faced a risk of persecution in her country for being gay.The woman in her 30s came to Japan in 2020 and applied for refugee status, claiming that police in Uganda assaulted her due to her sexuality. But the application was rejected, resulting in the issuance of a deportation order.After filing a lawsuit with the Osaka District Court seeking revocation of the order, in March the court ordered she be recognized as a refugee. It ruled the deportation order was illegal as she co…READ FULL ARTICLE
