Anselme Noumbiwa, a Cameroon national and resident of Tees Valley, is currently detained in Brookhouse IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK. He has been given ‘Open ended Removal Directions’, served on Wednesday 26th August, that he will be removed, not sooner than 5 days from that date but not later than 15 days.

We do not know who the carrier is as UKBA have suppressed the information and do not know the date/time as the Removal Directions were open ended but believe the removal is imminent.

Anselme Noumbiwa fled Cameroon in 2006 because he was at risk of punishment for not adhering to the tribal traditions of the Bamileke people. As the son and heir to the tribal Chief, Anselme was expected to assume his father’s role, which included ‘marrying’ his many wives. When his father died in May 2006, Anselme refused to become the new Chief because polygamy contravened his Christian beliefs. In an attempt to force Anselme to comply with tradition, the village elders subjected him to the most degrading and terrifying torture.

USA: Human Rights Report: Cameroon 2008

The government’s human rights record remained poor, and it continued to commit human rights abuses, particularly following widespread February riots to protest increased food and fuel costs. Security forces committed numerous unlawful killings. Security forces also engaged in torture, beatings, and other abuses, particularly of detainees and prisoners. Prison conditions were harsh and life threatening. There were incidents of prolonged and sometimes incommunicado pretrial detention and infringement on citizens’ privacy rights. The government restricted citizens’ freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and association, and harassed journalists. The government also impeded citizens’ freedom of movement. Other problems included widespread official corruption. The government restricted worker rights and the activities of independent labor organizations.
Bureau Of Democracy, Human Rights, And Labor / February 25, 2009
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/af/118990.htm

Anselme has lived in Tees Valley since July 2006. He attends Sacred Heart RC Church, is active in the local community and was studying English at Stockton Riverside College. His many friends and supporters are outraged at the unjust and inhumane manner in which Home Office officials have treated Anselme’s case.

Background: End this injustice – stop the removal of Anselme Noumbiwa!

What you can do to help!

Please send urgent E-mail/faxes to Rt. Hon. Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for the Home Office asking that Anselme Noumbiwa be granted protection in the UK. Please remember to include the HO ref: N1126839.

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