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Keep Manjeet safe in the UK
 Manjeet with one of Amitt's books.
Manjeet, an Afghan national, is seeking asylum in the UK following a series of threats and attacks made on her since the disappearance of her husband in India. Her husband Amitt Bhatt, a journalist and Panun Kashmir activist, was threatened and attacked as a result of his anti-government publications, including 'Lies and Genocide of the Indian Government' (2010) and 'Cryashmir' (2009). He disappeared without trace in February 2011.
Following his disappearance, Manjeet was beaten at her home in Delhi on two occasions by a group of men looking for information about her husband’s whereabouts. They told her if they failed to find him, they would be back to rape and kill her. Manjeet uses a wheelchair due to paralysis resulting from polio - the injuries sustained from these attacks have worsened her condition. These violent assaults were reported to the police in India but no protection was offered to Manjeet, despite increased vulnerability due to her paralysis. Manjeet has been advised by friends that the police are in communication with the group who are hunting down her husband. As a result of these events, Manjeet fled India in March 2011 in fear for her life. She came to the UK to be with several family members who live London because they can offer her the safety and system of support she needs; a support system made all the more complicated by her medical condition and her need for a wheelchair. |
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Despite these convincing facts, the UKBA have refused her claim for asylum and have told her she must return to India. Manjeet's husband is still missing and the group seeking him who have threatened to rape and kill Manjeet will be waiting for her to return to Delhi. Being bound to her wheelchair in a country where 90% of infrastructure is wheelchair inaccessible will severely diminish her ability to protect herself. She needs to be with her family in the UK where she can receive the support she needs to be safe from her pursuers. Manjeet's legal representatives are preparing to submit an appeal for judicial review.
It is vital that she receives your support so that the decision to send her home can be appealed and she can remain safe in the UK. Please sign the petition here and email immigration minister Damian Green, quoting HO ref: K1332632, to ministerforimmigration@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk . Model letter available here if required.
It is vital that she receives your support so that the decision to send her home can be appealed and she can remain safe in the UK. Please sign the petition here and email immigration minister Damian Green, quoting HO ref: K1332632, to ministerforimmigration@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk . Model letter available here if required.
