Civilization

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....In a dawn raid last week, immigration officers broke down the front


door of Juliet's house in Hackney and took mother and daughter to
Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre ....

Att: Willie Walsh, BA Chief Executive Officer British Airways.

Re: Juliet Nakajja

Port Ref: MEU/779026

Home Office Ref: N1057768

D.O.B. 22/01/1985

Nationality: Uganda

Scheduled for removal on Flight BA0063 departing at 21.15 on 28 September 2007.

Fax: 020 8759 4314 (0044 20 8759 4314 if you are faxing from outside UK)

Dear Willie Walsh,

We are writing to ask that BA refuse to participate in the forced removal of Ugandan political refugee and rape victiim Juliet Nakajja and her 18 month old daughter Ashleen, who are scheduled for deportation on BA0063 to Entebbe at 21:15 tonight Friday 28 Sept. 2007.

Juliet’s lawyers are seeking to lodge a Judicial Review at the High Court today, in which case the deportation should not proceed. However, if for any reason she is brought to the plane against her will we appeal to BA to refuse to carry her on board. The presence of a distraught passenger and her 18 month old daughter under physical restraint by security guards cannot be conducive to the safety and comfort of other BA passengers or the capacity of your cabin crew to carry out their proper jobs.

Juliet fled from political persecution in Uganda in 2002. Soldiers separated her from her parents and she was hit and raped and then placed in a cell in army barracks. A substance sprayed in her eyes caused vision disturbances, reduced hearing and loss of smell ever since. She was raped again.
Last week, while Juliet was still awaiting the outcome of her fresh claim for asylum, immigration officers broke down the front door of her house in Hackney during a dawn raid. Juliet and Ashleen were taken to Yarl’s Wood detention centre.




Please do not allow BA to be used to assist the removal of this family.

Yours sincerely,

Name………………………………………


Address………………………………………………………………………………


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More information:

Urgent Help Needed for Juliet & Ashleen Nakajja

Juliet Nakajja and her 18-month-old daughter Ashleen have been taken
from Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre to the airport to be
removed to Uganda tonight. Her lawyers are in the process of lodging
a Judicial Review to stop this forced removal. However we are asking
everyone who can to fax British Airways (BA) calling for BA to refuse
to carry her just in case the Judicial Review is not lodged in time.

This email contains background to Juliet's case, please use the
attached "model letter" julietBA.doc and fax to Willie Walsh, BA
Chief Executive Officer British Airways.

Please circulate this message widely to your networks

You can copy/amend/write your own version (if you do so, please
remember to include Juliet's removal flight details: British Airways
flight BA63 departing Heathrow airport at 21.15 Friday 28 September
2007.

Fax: 020 8759 4314 (0044 20 8759 4314 if you are faxing from outside UK)

Lawyers are seeking to lodge a last minute Judicial Review in the
High Court to stop the forced removal of Ugandan political refugee
and rape victim Juliet Nakajja and her 16-month-old daughter Ashleen.

In a dawn raid last week, immigration officers broke down the front


door of Juliet's house in Hackney and took mother and daughter to
Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre near Bedford. Juliet was still
awaiting the results of a fresh asylum claim when the pair were
detained and scheduled for deportation to Uganda on British Airways
tonight.

Juliet Nakajja fled to the UK 13 February 2002. Both agents of the
state murdered her parents in Uganda, and her 3 brothers have
disappeared. Juliet's father was a leading supporter of Dr Kiza
Besigye's Forum for Democratic Change party (FDR). Juliet joined the
Uganda Youth Democratic Party (UYDP) and accompanied her father on
campaigns. Dr Besigye lost the 2001 election and accused President
Museveni of rigging the vote. Around August 2001 soldiers started
arresting, detaining and torturing leading campaigners in the FDR.

One evening soldiers entered the house, beat Juliet's father and then
put him and her mother into a truck. Juliet heard her mother
screaming. She never heard her father's voice again. Juliet was
driven off, hit and raped by soldiers and then placed in an army
barracks cell. A substance sprayed in her eyes caused vision
disturbances, reduced hearing and loss of smell ever since. She was
raped again.

Juliet was forced to become a soldier's 'wife' and kept under guard.
One day 2 members of the UYDP beat her guard and helped her escape.
She was taken to an agent in Kampala where she learned that her
mother had been killed. Friends of her father paid US$3,000 for
Juliet to escape.

On 28 March 2002 the Secretary of State refused her asylum
application but granted Exceptional Leave to Remain until 21 January
2003. However, further leave was refused. A fresh application for
asylum was later submitted, but Juliet was still waiting for the
outcome last week.

Juliet is an active member of Hackney Refugee and Migrant Support


Group and has also been involved in the planning group for the
proposed Hackney Migrant Centre of which she was appointed a Trustee.