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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=raysteve@cohen70.freeserve.co.uk
href="mailto:raysteve@cohen70.freeserve.co.uk">Steve Cohen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=open_armsuk@yahoo.com
href="mailto:open_armsuk@yahoo.com">open_armsuk@yahoo.com</A> ; <A
title=calin0813@hotmail.com href="mailto:calin0813@hotmail.com">Annette Lin</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 10, 2006 12:50 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Fw: defending Olive Mukaraguwiza. Struggle
continues</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For the last 48 hours there has been a campaign to
prevent the deportation to Rwanda of Olive Mukaraguwiza and her
children Yvan Gisinko (aged 5), Oliver Hirwa (aged 17) and Sandra Gihozo (aged
18) The asylum seeking family live in Salford. Or at least they did until two
days ago when they were all arrested at dawn, driven at speed to Yarls Wood
detention centre and then yesterday to Gatwick. However because of pressure the
pilot refused to fly the family. They are now back in Yarls Wood which gives
some slight breathing space.
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<DIV><SPAN class=865021911-10022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
color=#000000> At the moment we are trying put as much pressure as
possible</FONT> <FONT color=#000000>on Hazel Blears MP. She is both the
comstituency MP and a Home Office minister with authority to influence events.
We are asking everyone to both email ( <A
href="mailto:blearsh@parliament.uk">blearsh@parliament.uk</A> ) and ring
(0161 925 0705 ) Hazel Blears office to make the following simple points
1) the family fled Rwanda because of contant violent domestic abuse. There is no
where in Rwanda they can hide from the abuser as he is a man of influence
2) Sandra has been studing for her A levels for 18 months at Pendleton College.
She has been offered places at several universities. Her exams are imminent. It
is cruel and ridiculous to stop her taking her exams 3) Yvan has spent most of
his life in the UK. To treat a 5 year old in this way is inhumane 4) Olive
herself is now in a state of near comotose mental depression 5) we demand
that Hazel Blears intervenes immediately with her close colleague, the Home
Secretary, to prevent the deportation). IF YOU HAVE ALREADY RUNG OR EMAILED HER
OFFICE PLEASE DO SO AGAIN AND PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS
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