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DR Congo is not safe - stop the 'Charter Flight'

John O | 23.02.2007 09:29 | Migration | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | Birmingham | London

Emergency protest - Monday 26 February 1.00 -3.00pm.
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
(nearest tubes: St James Park and Westminster)

DR Congo is not safe - stop the 'Charter Flight'

Emergency protest - Monday 26 February 1.00 -3.00pm.
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
(nearest tubes: St James Park and Westminster)

Despite various NGO's, including the UN peacekeeping mission, reporting that once again the human rights situation in DR Congo is deteriorating and the growing protests at the planned forced removal by 'Charter flight' of over 19 children and 27 adults to DR Congo, the Home Office seem set to go ahead with their mass deportation on Monday.

If the children remain in the UK their life expectancy would be 81 years. If they are deported back to DR Congo their life expectancy will be reduced to 42 years.

Join the demonstration called by:
Congo Support Project

Supported by Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! LSE FRFI society, NCADC, Unity Centre Glasgow, Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees.

Background: 19 Children & 27 adult DR Congolese to be deported by 'Charter Flight'
ttp://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine79/charter2.html



Bishop speaks out against removal of Aseng Nzoabar and her six children on the "deportation charter flight" to DR-Congo

"Aseng has come from a country that the Home Office itself recognises as dangerous but nevertheless is prepared to send people back to. I find it hard to believe that there will not be violence for Aseng and her family."
The Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, Rt Revd John Packer.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/6386459.stm

The family has a campaign, for details contact:  ncadc-north-west@ncadc.org.uk



DR Congo: army and police continue to violate civilians' human rights, says UN mission

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported that the human rights situation in the country continues to deteriorate, as the army and police perpetrate acts of violence against civilians and the number of reported rapes surges.

A monthly assessment of the human rights situation in the DRC released on Wednesday by the UN Mission, known as MONUC, stated that there have been numerous cases in which Congolese soldiers and police have summarily executed and raped civilians, in some cases with apparent impunity.

UN News New York, Feb 21 2007 4:00PM
 http://www.monuc.org/news.aspx?newsID=13932

Inquiries/further information:
Congo Support Project
Okito Tongomo
079 6132 5167
 tongomoo@hotmail.com
Liz Atherton (after 6.00pm 079 3152 4654)
 liz.atherton@freeuk.com

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

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