The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has turned down a request for asylum from a student in the Central African country of Cameroon contending he is in danger for speaking out in support of gay rights.

“This petition for review requires us to decide whether substantial evidence supports the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals that Che Eric Sama did not suffer past persecution by the Cameroonian police and that he lacked a well-founded fear of future persecution,” Judge William Pryor wrote.