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>Title: Afghan Christians to be deported despite death >fears >Website: guardian.co.uk >Date: 11/11/2010 >Link : <a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/26/afghan-c >hristians-deported-despite-death-fears">Afghan >Christians to be deported despite death fears</a> > ><b>Afghan Christians to be deported despite death >fears</b> > ><i>Two asylum seekers who say they fear the Taliban >will kill them as they are not Muslims are to be sent >to Kabul</i> > >Two Afghan asylum seekers, who say they fear they will >be killed for being Christian if they are returned >home, are to be deported to Kabulon Wednesday. > >Ahmed Faizi, 29, has been on a hunger strike at the >Harmondsworth immigration removal centre near Heathrow >for six days. > >According to friends, Faizi – who has a cross tattooed >on his right arm – is convinced that he will be killed >if forced to return to Afghanistan. He told a friend: >"If the Taliban don't execute me for being a >Christian, my family will." > >His friend said that Faizi was physically weak and >worried that the recent burning of a Koran in the US >would make Afghanistan even more hostile to Christian >converts. > >"He told me that if he goes back, people will kill him >and it's much better if he dies here." > >His fellow deportee, Ali Hussani, expressed similar >fears. "They will kill me for being Christian," he >said. "There are only Muslims there." > >Although Hussani was baptised only two weeks ago, his >friends are convinced of his commitment to >Christianity. > >Marie Lutter, a member of the Jesus Army, said she had >known him for five or six months and had "no doubt >whatsoever" about his faith. > >She said she also feared the worst if he was deported. > >"I think he's probably at risk of being imprisoned or >killed," she said. "The other Afghan boys have >ostracised him since he became a Christian; they have >refused to speak to him or eat with him. He is an >orphan, and if he arrives in Kabul, he [will have] no >one to defend him." > >The two men, both of whom are from the Kabul area, are >due to be deported early on Wednesday. > >A spokesman for the UKBA said: "Each claim is >determined on its own individual merits, taking into >account all relevant information." He declined to >comment on the deportation, saying it was policy not >to do so until the flight in question had landed.
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