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AN APPEAL FROM RESIDENTS AGAINST RACISM:
Kate Bamidele,is in imminent danger of deportation (probably in the mass deportation expected on Thursday). She has been sentenced to death by stoning in Nigeria, so her life is seriously threatened if the deportation goes ahead.
Please:
Come to Tuesday's demonstration yourself, and bring others. Post on your LJ's.
KATE BAMIDELE:
Don’t let them send her to her death
Kate Bamidele is in immediate danger of being deported to her death. If the
government sends her back to Nigeria, she faces the prospect of being stoned to
death. She needs your support to change the government’s mind and allow her to
stay in Ireland.
Kate comes from northern Nigeria, where Shari’a law is in force.
Although often referred to as ‘Islamic law’, most of the world’s Muslims do not
support the imposition of Shari’a at all. It dictates very strict rules and
punishments, especially against women. Kate has three children aged between 4
and 8 from a relationship with a Christian man. In August 2002, four Shari’a
policemen arrested her for having sex outside marriage, and a judge in a
Shari’a court sentenced her to death by stoning. A few weeks before the stoning
was to be carried out, she managed to escape from prison.
Eventually a priest helped her to hide, and she managed to get out of the
country and reach Ireland.
Despite all this, Kate’s application for asylum in Ireland has been turned
down.
It is likely that she is due to be part of a mass deportation planned by the
government for Thursday 12 August. The Minister for Justice Michael McDowell
still has the power to allow her to stay in Ireland on humanitarian grounds. If
the deportation goes ahead, she is in serious danger of being stoned to death.
Kate Bamidele needs your support.
Demonstrate to save Kate’s life:
Progressive Democrats office
25 South Frederick Street, central Dublin
12.30 pm, Tuesday 10 August
Call on Michael McDowell to let Kate stay:
Phone (01) 6028202 / 4988084 / 6183491 / 1890 221227
Fax (01) 6615461 / 4988087 / 6628026
E-mail minister@justice.ie
Write Department of Justice, 94 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
RESIDENTS AGAINST RACISM
24-hour helpline: 087 6662060 or 087 7974622
c/o 12A Brunswick Place, Dublin 2 residentsagainstracism@eircom.net
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Kate Bamidele,is in imminent danger of deportation (probably in the mass deportation expected on Thursday). She has been sentenced to death by stoning in Nigeria, so her life is seriously threatened if the deportation goes ahead.
Please:
Come to Tuesday's demonstration yourself, and bring others. Post on your LJ's.
KATE BAMIDELE:
Don’t let them send her to her death
Kate Bamidele is in immediate danger of being deported to her death. If the
government sends her back to Nigeria, she faces the prospect of being stoned to
death. She needs your support to change the government’s mind and allow her to
stay in Ireland.
Kate comes from northern Nigeria, where Shari’a law is in force.
Although often referred to as ‘Islamic law’, most of the world’s Muslims do not
support the imposition of Shari’a at all. It dictates very strict rules and
punishments, especially against women. Kate has three children aged between 4
and 8 from a relationship with a Christian man. In August 2002, four Shari’a
policemen arrested her for having sex outside marriage, and a judge in a
Shari’a court sentenced her to death by stoning. A few weeks before the stoning
was to be carried out, she managed to escape from prison.
Eventually a priest helped her to hide, and she managed to get out of the
country and reach Ireland.
Despite all this, Kate’s application for asylum in Ireland has been turned
down.
It is likely that she is due to be part of a mass deportation planned by the
government for Thursday 12 August. The Minister for Justice Michael McDowell
still has the power to allow her to stay in Ireland on humanitarian grounds. If
the deportation goes ahead, she is in serious danger of being stoned to death.
Kate Bamidele needs your support.
Demonstrate to save Kate’s life:
Progressive Democrats office
25 South Frederick Street, central Dublin
12.30 pm, Tuesday 10 August
Call on Michael McDowell to let Kate stay:
Phone (01) 6028202 / 4988084 / 6183491 / 1890 221227
Fax (01) 6615461 / 4988087 / 6628026
E-mail minister@justice.ie
Write Department of Justice, 94 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
RESIDENTS AGAINST RACISM
24-hour helpline: 087 6662060 or 087 7974622
c/o 12A Brunswick Place, Dublin 2 residentsagainstracism@eircom.net
Thanks for reading!