Stop deportations to DRC! Two demos 9th and 10th May in London
Congo Support Project/ noborders repost | 04.05.2008 10:10 | Anti-racism | Migration | London
STOP DEPORTATIONS TO THE DR CONGO! DEMONSTRATIONS
TO PROTEST ABOUT THE CONTINUING SUFFERING AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
AND THE CONSTANT ATTEMPTS BY THE HOME OFFICE TO RETURN CONGOLESE ASYLUM SEEKERS BACK TO LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS AND THE RISK OF IMPRISONMENT AND TORTURE
TO PROTEST ABOUT THE CONTINUING SUFFERING AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
AND THE CONSTANT ATTEMPTS BY THE HOME OFFICE TO RETURN CONGOLESE ASYLUM SEEKERS BACK TO LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS AND THE RISK OF IMPRISONMENT AND TORTURE
Join us on
FRIDAY 9 MAY 12noon-4pm
Congolese Embassy, 281 Gray’s Inn Rd
Nearest tube station: Kings Cross
And
SATURDAY 10 MAY 12noon-4pm
Home Office, Marsham Street
Nearest tube station: Westminster
In the Democratic Republic of Congo
MORE THAN FIVE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIED SINCE 1998 AND CONTINUE TO DIE
AT A
RATE OF 45,000 A MONTH
A WAR IS STILL RAGING IN THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY WHERE RAPE IS USED AS
A
WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
UN PEACE KEEPERS ARE FUELING C0NFLICT FOR THEIR OWN GAIN
THERE ARE ONE MILLION INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE
POLITICAL OPPONENTS SUCH AS BUNDU DIA KONGO ARE MASSACRED, ASSASSINATED
AND
IMPRISONED
THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 43 YEARS
20 PER CENT OF CHILDREN DIE BEFORE THEIR FIFTH BIRTHDAY
MOST OF THE POPULATION LIVES ON LESS THAN A DOLLAR A DAY
MORE THAN HALF HAS NO ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER
Organised by: Congo Support Project London, Congo Support Project
Manchester, Congolese Resistance Council (CRC)
Congo Support Project/ noborders repost