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End this injustice - third attempt to remove Anselme Noumbiwa!

John O | 22.10.2008 09:24 | Migration | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | Birmingham

Anselme Noumbiwa, a Cameroon national and resident of Tees Valley, is currently detained in Harmondsworth IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK tomorrow Thursday 23rd October at 06:15 on British Airways flight BA 302 to Paris and then Air France flight AF940 to Yaoundé, Cameroon @ 10:25.

Anselme was captured again last Thursday when reporting in Middlesbrough.

Anselme Noumbiwa fled Cameroon in 2006 because he was at risk of punishment for not adhering to the tribal traditions of the *Bamileke people. As the son and heir to the tribal Chief, Anselme was expected to assume his father's role, which included 'marrying' his many wives. When his father died in May 2006, Anselme refused to become the new Chief because polygamy contravened his Christian beliefs. In an attempt to force Anselme to comply with tradition, the village elders subjected him to the most degrading and terrifying torture.

Anselme has lived in Tees Valley since July 2006. He attends Sacred Heart RC Church, is active in the local community and was studying English at Stockton Riverside College. His many friends and supporters are outraged at the unjust and inhumane manner in which Home Office officials have treated Anselme's case.

Background:
 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/Newszine96/Anselme.html

What you can do to help!

1) Fax/Phone/Email, Willie Walsh, BA Chief Executive Officer, using the attached model letter AnselmeNoumbiwaBA.doc, which you can copy/amend/write your own, please ensure inclusion of the details - Anselme Noumbiwa due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Thursday 23rd October at 06:15 on British Airways flight BA 302 to Paris and then Air France flight AF940 to Yaoundé, Cameroon @ 10:25.

Fax: 020 8759 4314
Tel: 084 4493 0787
Email:  willie.walsh@ba.com

2) Fax/Email Air France, Elise Biensan Press & Communications Manager, asking Air France not to return Anselme Noumbiwa to Cameroon. Model letter AnselmeNoumbiwaAF.doc attached that you can copy/amend/write your own version, if you do, please remember to include the following details: Anselme Noumbiwa due to be forcibly removed to Cameroon on Air France flight AF940 on Thursday 23rd October 2008.

Fax: 020 8584 4417 From outside the UK + 44 20 8584 4417
Email: mailto: elbiensan@airfrance.fr

3) Please send urgent faxes immediately to Rt. Hon. Jacqui Smith, Secretary of State for the Home Office asking that Anselme Noumbiwa be granted protection in the UK. Please use the attached "model letter" (AnselmeNoumbiwa JS.doc) you can copy/amend/write your own version (if you do so, please remember to include the HO ref: N1126839).

Fax: 020 8760 3132 (00 44 20 8760 3132 if you are faxing from outside UK)

Please let the campaign know of any faxes sent:
Anselme Noumbiwa Campaign
 kjusticefirst@btconnect.com

Inquiries/further information:
Kath Sainsbury on 01642 601122
Justice First
9 Cromwell Avenue
Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 2EF
 http://www.justice-first.org.uk/index.html

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Source for this Message:
Anselme Noumbiwa Campaign

John O
- e-mail: JohnO@ncadc.org.uk
- Homepage: http://www.ncadc.org.uk