Workers of the Izhora factory stand, in heavy snowfall, in front of the reactor
body made for Iran during a ceremony at the Izhora factory in St. Petersburg

File Photo: an Iranian nuclear facility
under construction in the late 1990s

Iranian in hunger strike protest


An Iranian of Kurdish man who was initially granted asylum in England has sewn up his eyes, ears and mouth in protest at his treatment by the Home Office’s decision to appeal his case.

Abas Amini, 33, who lives in Nottingham is on hunger strike and doctors say he could die within days.

His protest is a last ditch effort at stopping what he fears would be his return to Iran, where he insists his life is in danger.Amini claims that he will be executed for his political past. Amini was imprisoned in Iran for his leftist political activities, something he claims started when he was only 12 years old. The regime then imprisoned him for years and tortured him, he said.

Luckily he managed to flee from jail about two years ago. He fled to Britain, where he applied for asylum. Doctors that examined him as part of his asylum application, have stated that there is evidence of torture and ill treatment on Amini’s body.

Amini’sroad to asylum is not unlike others in the same situation. Although he expected a speedy trial, this was not the outcome. After five adjournments, an immigration tribunal said he could stay, but even then the Home Office disagreed and decided to appeal.

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. His actions will have a far reaching effect on all others in the same situation in Britain. Sam Azad, of the Federation of Iranian Refugees, told BBC News Mr Amini had told him he was taking a stand for all the people in this country suffering from a lack of human rights.

In recent years, the industrial countries have tightened the procedures for asylum seekers. This has particularly been the case in Britain, Australia and Italy. National agencies believe the protest - the first of its kind in the UK - demonstrates the government's preoccupation with reducing asylum figures. Last year in Australia,
asylum seekers sewed their lips together in protest against the conditions.

Keith Best, of the Immigration Advisory Service, told the BBC: "Sadly, this exemplifies a much wider problem that confronts many people. "It goes to show we should look more at individual cases, rather than just being obsessed, as the government seems to be, by statistics."

The Home Office “ has called Mr. Amini’s actions “deeply regrettable", but has offered nothing in the form of a compromise.
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