What Are Your Views On....

[Claire DC]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/2939156.stm

 

In case it is moved ill copy and paste

 

 

 

Asylum protester sews up eyes

 

 

Mr Amini says he faces execution if he is returned to Iran

An Iranian Kurdish man living in Nottingham has sewn up his eyes, ears and mouth in protest at his treatment by the Home Office.

Abas Amini, 33, has been on hunger strike for a week and doctors say he could die within days.

 

He was granted asylum two months ago but his protest was triggered by a Home Office decision this week to appeal.

 

If he is sent back to Iran, he says he will be executed for his political past.

 

Tania Branigan, a journalist who has been following his case, says his claims of being tortured in Iran are genuine.

 

"He's actually a fairly well-known political poet.

 

"He's also been a Communist guerrilla for many years, since his early teens in fact, and has been in and out of prison for much of his life, has been tortured repeatedly.

 

 

He's actually a fairly well-known political poet... and has been tortured repeatedly

 

Journalist Tania Branigan

 

"And in fact his claims of torture were backed up by the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture."

 

He is reported to be threatening to burn himself to death if anyone forces him to eat and has a bottle of petrol close at hand just in case.

 

Mr Amini fled jail in Iran for Britain two years ago, where he applied for asylum. The medical foundation's report backing his torture claims was submitted with his application.

 

But the asylum process has been difficult for Mr Amini, who at one stage was denied some benefits because he refused to move house.

 

His wife and three-year-old son have remained in Iran.

 

After five adjournments, an immigration tribunal said he could stay, but the Home Office disagreed and decided to appeal.

 

Eyelid infection

 

Now Mr Amini is refusing all medical attention, including antibiotics and painkillers, despite developing an eyelid infection.

 

He says he will stop his protest if the government withdraws its appeal.

 

I don't think it would be legal under the mental health act to force feed him

 

Dr Chris Udenze

 

Mr Amini told BBC News through an interpreter: "I spent many years in prison being tortured; I was forced to flee here.

 

"Shouldn't a human being have a square foot of earth to live on to live in peace?"

 

Sam Azad, of the International Federation of Iranian Refugees, said Mr Amini had told him he was taking a stand for all the people in this country suffering from a lack of human rights.

 

"It is just too much for him and he needs support, not to be antagonised and messed about," Mr Azad said.

 

"He has not had any financial support for the past three months from the Home Office.

 

"He is stable but weak, and a doctor is looking at him, but he is alert."

 

'Deeply regrettable'

 

Dr Chris Udenze of Nottingham, who is treating the hunger striker, said Mr Amini is depressed because of his situation, but he is of sound mind.

 

"I don't think it would be legal under the mental health act to force feed him. We have to respect his rights to make a decision like this for himself."

 

National agencies believe the protest is the first of its kind in the UK. But there have been other demonstrations against the system this year.

 

A group of asylum seekers held at the Haslar detention centre, near Gosport in Hampshire, have carried out two hunger strikes saying they should not be treated as criminals.

 

A Home Office spokesman said Mr Amini's actions were "deeply regrettable".

 

Last year, asylum seekers at an Australian detention centre sewed their lips together in protest against the conditions.

 

 

 

 

[Lisa]

adamant then!!!!

[Rick D]

I just think he's a prick...

[MoRpHiUs]

Send the lot of the [censored] spongers home and lets start helping our own British people!!!

[Capn Jack]

What Are Your Views On....

Probably better than his at the moment.

 

Get rid of the loon, if he gets his wish to stay he'll only get sectioned under the mental health act and the tax payers will have to pay. It could possibly lead to copycat attempts by some asylum seakers, if he wins this by stitching his head up, which the government shouldnt give in to this form of blackmail. You just can't have idiots mutilating themselves to blackmail the government into letting them stay.

[Dawn]

Why stitch up the ears

[Lisa]

tidyturd said:

Why stitch up the ears

 

see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil!!!!!!!!!

[FredTheBaddie]

It's nice to see you lot have some human compassion. For [censored]'s sake get a grip

[Dawn]

miss_diddy said:

tidyturd said:

Why stitch up the ears

 

see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil!!!!!!!!!

 

[Capn Jack]

FredTheBaddie said:

It's nice to see you lot have some human compassion. For [censored]'s sake get a grip

 

Its nice to see someone abusing human compassion in an attempt to blackmail people. It is clear the man is mentally unstable and is need of psychiatric help, but should this country be the one to pay the bill for this mans treatment. It should also be made clear that this mans actions will not be tolerated.

[Phil rr]

to be honest?

 

my harshest view

 

give it a week and there won't be a problem

 

course half a dozen countries and a few hundred ppl here will kick up about what happened, but their reasons probably won't be the same as the guy in question, they'll just be wanting something else and now have an excuse to make some noise.

 

ultimately....more important things have happened in the past, like ppl chucking themslves under horses to get the vote and possibly other biblical stuff.

 

also this might be a one off here but ffs [censored] happens every day in other countries? networks wanting news stories?

[Krazeh]

Claire DC said:

"Shouldn't a human being have a square foot of earth to live on to live in peace?"

 

Sure they should, but it doesn't mean he had to travel all the way here to get it, i'm sure he went thru plenty of other countries where he wouldn't get executed for his political past so why not stop there?

[Rick D]

Krazeh said:

Claire DC said:

"Shouldn't a human being have a square foot of earth to live on to live in peace?"

 

Sure they should, but it doesn't mean he had to travel all the way here to get it, i'm sure he went thru plenty of other countries where he wouldn't get executed for his political past so why not stop there?

Spot on...

[Claire DC]

Just wana say that i didnt actually post any views my post was copied and pasted from bbc news!!

[FredTheBaddie]

One word: Ignorance.

 

And you're even worse Claire, you don't have the guts to post your opinion until you find out what everyone else thinks. Sheep.