[g8-sheffield] Demonstration against the deportation of teacher Claude N'deh and his family

[Jason]

Demonstration against the deportation of teacher Claude N'deh and his family.
Venue: Outside Sheffield Town Hall
Date: Wednesday 14 May, 5pm until 7pm

A French teacher who was tortured and imprisoned for eight months in
Cameroon for protesting against the illegal executions of nine young
boys is facing deportation on Saturday 17 May with his young family
back to the central African dictatorship.

Claude Ndeh, who is married with three young children, was granted the
right to remain in the UK by the High Court but the Home Office
overturned that ruling. Police raided his house on Sunday 11 May at
6.30am to take him, his wife Maiolie Ther, and their children. They
were not allowed to change the 18-month-old twins' nappies, nor dress,
nor take any belongings with them. They were taken to Attercliffe
police station and are now in Yarls' Wood detention centre near
Bedford. The family are currently being held in a room with only two
single beds.

Two of the children, Kirsty and Cyril, suffer from sickle cell, a
genetic blood disorder, and doctors at Sheffield's Children's Hospital
have warned that they will have only a few years to live if they are
forced to return to Cameroon. The children need medication twice a day
but to date have not received any since they left Sheffield on Sunday
11 May.

Claude's cousin, Bethuel, has been granted indefinite leave to remain
in the UK - yet Claude has not and they were forced to leave Cameroon
for exactly the same reasons (see article below).

The NUT (National Union of Teachers) supports this case. Meg Munn MP
has met Claude and is now involved with the case. Reports of Claude's
ordeal have been published in the Sheffield Star, Now Then magazine,
and broadcast on ITV's Calendar News, Newsnight and BBC Radio
Sheffield.

U.S.A: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Cameroon 2007
The government's human rights record remained poor, and it continued
to commit numerous human rights abuses. Security forces committed
numerous unlawful killings. They engaged in torture, beatings, and
other abuses, particularly of detainees and prisoners. Impunity was a
problem in the security forces