<div><a href="https://quinterainbow.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Quinte Rainbow Refuge</a> in partnership with <a href="https://capitalrainbow.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Capital Rainbow Refuge</a> is pleased to announce its newest sponsorship application to bring a young Afghan Human Rights Defender to safety and freedom here in the Quinte region (Canada)
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<div>"It’s suffocating and you have to fear for your life with every breath you take,” says Nemat Sadat, author and Executive Director of Roshaniya, an organisation that helps LGBTQ+ Afghans facing persecution in the country. “Afghanistan under Taliban rule is the most unbearable place in the world for LGBTQ+ people.”
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<div>"I have had the great pleasure of knowing and working alongside Mr Shir [not our applicant's real name] while trying to evacuate 1300 LGBTQI+ people in Afghanistan..."
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<div>"With each passing day LGBTQI+ people on our list get beaten, raped, tortured or go missing. As Afghanistan continues to crumble, LGBTQI+ Afghans continue to get annihilated..."
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<div>"The bravery and arduous efforts exhibited by Mr Shir and his LGBTQI+ comrades to secretly support each other while inside Afghanistan or in hostile neighboring countries is the definition of what it means to be on the frontlines."
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<div>"Helping a vulnerable LGBTQI+ Afghan like Mr Shir is needed to ensure that his journey has not come to an end."
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<div>For more information about Canada's private sponsorship of refugees program please visit <a href="https://www.rstp.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Refugee Sponsorship Training Program</a>
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Bob Cottrell

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Donald McCulloch

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