Two gay asylum seekers have won their right to stay in the UK following the hearing of their asylum appeal cases before the Supreme Court. The two men, HJ and HT (from Iran and Cameroon respectively) were refused asylum in this country when the Court of Appeal found that that they could avoid ill-treatment in their home countries by concealing their sexuality or behaving discreetly. The Court stated that if they behaved in such a manner they could avoid the attention of State authorities and did not therefore face a well founded fear of persecution which would have otherwise entitled them to asylum in the UK. In Cameron punishment for engaging in homosexual acts is a prison sentence between 6 months and 5 years; in Iran punishment ranges from public flogging to execution.