Death on Flight 77: Would you look away?
Jimmy Mubenga's death suggests few of us would help asylum seekers, even when their life is at risk
guardian.co.uk, Melanie McFadyean, 20 October 2010
'You could hear the guy screaming at the back of the plane. He was saying 'they are going to kill me' ... He just kept repeating that all the way through." So said a witness to the horror story that emerged from BA Fight 77 to Angola last week. Jimmy Mubenga begged passengers to help him moments before he died beneath three security guards. And yet none of the passengers went to his aid. Was it because he was a big strong man being held down by three big blokes? http://bit.ly/cc8U1z - - - - - -
Activists demand deportations halt
Morning Star, Lizzie Cocker, 19 October 2010
Medical Justice campaigners called on Tuesday for the suspension of all forced deportations until the truth about the death of Angolan refugee Jimmy Mubenga is discovered. The group's director Emma Ginn spoke out following the arrests of three civilian security guards in connection with the death. http://bit.ly/91dSRo
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MPs to grill borders chief and security firm over Jimmy Mubenga death
Home affairs select committee to scrutinise use of restraint in deportations after man's fatal collapse on plane out of UK
Guardian, Alan Travis, 19 October 2010
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