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Hon Theresa May, MP Secretary of State for the Home Office, 2 Marsham St London SW1P 4DF Fax: 020 7035 4745 Email: mayt@parliament.uk Dear Ms. May Re: H.O. Ref. F1043479/4

I urge you to reconsider the forced removal of Charlie N, Home Office reference number F1043479/4, to Cameroon on Wednesday 3rd August. Charlie will find himself at risk of political persecution and torture. The authorities in Cameroon tortured Charlie for his involvement in political demonstrations. Several years after arriving in the UK, he discovered that the police were still putting up arrest notices for him, and delivering summonses. There have been no changes in the Government or laws of Cameroon to indicate that he would now be safe on return. It is likely that police records will immediately be checked and he could again be imprisoned and under threat of torture. Charlie has built up a meaningful life in the UK. He has letters of support from people in his church, from a classmate at the University where he was able to take his degree and from the hospital where he did work experience. They all speak very highly of him. He teaches judo to the young people in his local community and has a long term British partner whom he would like to marry. His MP has been impressed enough with him and the injustices he has suffered, to have stopped his removal once before. His asylum case was rejected because a judge dismissed a doctors report of his torture. Recently Charlie had a medico-legal report drafted by an independent medical charity. This report could prove that Charlie has suffered torture. He has also obtained new evidence from Cameroon relating to his arrest. He is going to use these documents to make a fresh legal claim for asylum. He must not be removed from the UK before these crucial pieces of evidence have been considered. To remove him without any regard for this new evidence could place Charlie at great risk. Please do not be responsible for sending this man back to danger to imprisonment or at the very least, a life in hiding. His ambition is to become a doctor and he has a great deal to contribute to the UK. Charlie should be allowed to continue living in peace and safety here. At least give him the opportunity to lodge these two pieces of evidence that could be crucial the medico-legal report and the Cameroonian documents. These could prove that Charlie has been a victim of torture as a result of his political activity, and that he is still in danger from the Cameroonian authorities, which are known in these months leading up to elections to be using their powers to eradicate any opposition to the present dictatorial regime. To remove Charlie prematurely would be a great injustice, one that could have frightening consequences for him.
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