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Gay asylum-seeker says US deported her to country where being homosexual is illegal: 'What was done to me was...'

A Moroccan woman who fled her home after facing violence for her sexuality says she was deported from the United States to a country where being gay is also a crime, despite having legal protection from a US judge.

The 21-year-old, known only as Farah for safety reasons, told The Associated Press that she is now back in Morocco and living in hiding after being sent first to Cameroon, where homosexuality is illegal, and then returned to her home country.

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