I would like to URGENTLY draw everybody's attention to a case of state-organised racism and brutality inflicted upon a refugee couple and their fourteen-month-old baby resident in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.  Last Saturday, Annet Mercy Makaika from Malawi, her baby Princess, and her husband Frank Wuteron from Uganda, were awoken in the night by a UK Border Agency "snatch squad" who dramatically demolished her front door then assaulted Annet so severely, taking her into custody, that she still cannot hold or feed her baby. 

The charity Barnados have offered immediate assistance, and have documented details of Annet's injuries and photographs.  They are also temporarily taking care of the child since Annet was badly injured by sadistic government officials acting unlawfully towards this peaceful, law-abiding asylum seeker and her family. 

To appease virulent rightwing tabloid newspapers who campaign ferociously against immigration, such as the Sun, Star, Daily Mail and the Daily Express, the Home Office have stepped up their campaign of terror inflicted upon victims of human rights abuses committed worldwide, allowing their agents to use extreme force in deporting asylum seekers from the United Kingdom in a manner befitting of the abusive regimes these traumatised human beings have escaped from. 

The couple are settled in Doncaster, and were enjoying the merits of family life as members of the community, when Annet was selected by government bureaucrats for immediate deportation, deliberately and inhumanely splitting the married couple without care of the consequences for Annet's safety and the welbeing of her young child. 

As if that wasn't enough, the cruel and brutal means of enforcement contravenes every last vestige of international human rights law.  Hardened criminals are treated less violently by the state when arrested, compared to the ordeals of asylum seekers whose peaceful presence poses absolutely no theat to the safety of this country. 

The extreme brutality inflicted upon Annet in-front of her young baby, is undoubedly a reflection of the pure sadism of the snatch squad.  The injuries inflicted upon her are beyond belief.  The cowards stamped viciously on her arms, and knelt on her to keep her pinned to the ground, even though she was not putting up a struggle.  Whatever their motivation, whether they disliked foreigners and people with darker skins, one thing is for sure, it is hard to believe the Stephen Lawrence Enquiry findings changed Home Office proceedures. 

Sometimes the police are present when they present warrants of entry, but in this case, they acted alone, beating up Annet and forcibly removing the married couple naked, treating them like animals, in a way quite befitting of totalitarian regimes not a democratic Western country. 

Some people will remember the Joy Gardner case, and might or might not be astonished to know racism and brutality is still alive and kicking in the Civil Service. 

Legal action will be taken against the Home Office, and hopefully arrests will be made of the thuggish sadists who inflicted severe injuries on this innocent mother, but your help as concerned citizens would be very much appreciated. 

Despite her shocking injuries and the South Yorkshire Constabulary taking an active interest in the case, investigating the assault by the cowboys employed to do the state's dirty work, the cold and clinical UK Border Agency machine is continuing to plough ahead with the deportation of Annet, and have informed her husband Frank that he will only see their baby again if he signs a form to renownce citizenship and leave the country himself. 

In the long term, the battle will be a legal one, and will be lengthy, maybe involving the High Court and the European Court of Human Rights, and with more and more publicity for the incident, the state won't be able to brush it under the carpet.  In the short term, urgent assistance is needed to ensure Annet and her baby are not rushed out of the United Kingdom before the police can conduct thorough criminal investigations. 

They are booked to leave tomorrow at seven pm on a Kenya Airways flight to Malawi, and if they are allowed on-board the plane, not only will their lives be at risk on arrival at the end of their journey, any ongoing investigations against the violent actions of their UK government-employed assailants will automatically be shelved, meaning the thuggish assailants will be unleashed upon further refugees and asylum seekers. 

Under international air travel regulations, the final decision to carry a passenger on-board an aircraft lies solely with the pilot, and airline bosses are free to suggest not to carry any particular passenger or otherwise, for whatever reason. 

Please immediately contact Kenya Airways to seek the company's lawful intervention in this matter, so they make a moral decision not to allow their travel service to carry this brutalised asylum seeker and her child to danger. 

A suggested letter of complaint follows:

Also, please forward this message to as many people as possible, including concerned MPs and MEPs, to make sure OUR VOICES CANNOT BE IGNORED!!! 

Facebook and Twitter are our friends.  Use them to publicise the case ASAP!!! 

Yours Desperately,

A Concerned Citizen! 

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PLEASE E-MAIL TO: Sam Okwulehie, Group Area Manager at Kenya Airways: contact@kenya-airways.com

And also phone them on: on 02087597366, 02082831800 or fax:  02087455027
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Subject: ANNET MERCY MAKAIKA - URGENT

For the attention of Sam Okwulehie - Group Area Manager - Kenya Airways

FLIGHT NUMBER KQ101, 20 December, 2011:  ANNET MERCY MAKAIKA AND PRINCESS ABIGAIL WUTERON:  HOME OFFICE REF: M1419630/2

Dear Sam Okwulehie

I am writing to urge you not to carry Annet Mercy Makaika and Princess Abigail (14 months old baby) on your Flight no. 101 leaving at 7pm on 20th December, 2011 from Heathrow Airport to Malawi. 

Annet Mercy Makaika has been badly injured when she was forcibly taken during a dawn raid and has serious bruising on her body, especially on her hands, and cannot even hold or feed the baby because her arms were stepped on and knelt on.  She and her 14 months old baby have been separated from her husband Frank Wuteron.  The baby needs her father and UKBA wants to deport the baby leaving her Ugandan father behind. This amounts to a serious human rights violation and taking her on your flight would certainly not reflect well on your company.  I have heard that Barnados has taken pictures of Annet's injuries which are stark evidence of UKBA's brutality during the process of enforced removal.  I do hope that you will give consideration to this request and to the many others that you will receive.

I understand that the decision about whether to take a passenger lies solely with the airline and the pilot and urge you not to take these vulnerable people doing so automatically damages the reputation of your company which for some reasons complies with UKBA in deporting asylum seekers.

Yours sincerely

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