Fhami Must Not Die
      Fhami Khalaf, a Kurdish refugee from Syria has been on a hunger strike for 40 days in an attempt to persuade the Home Secretary to allow him to stay.

He came to the UK in December 2000 fleeing persecution as a member of the Kurdish minority in Syria and also a member of the Kurdish opposition party. Although he has two brothers who have been granted asylum, his claim was refused. Fhami was detained when he went to report to a police station in Nelson, Lancashire on 7 September 2003, and he was later taken to Campsfield Detention Centre near Oxford.


However he harmed himself by badly burning his body with an iron, and was transferred to Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Fhami stopped eating from the time he was detained, due to fear of being returned to an oppressive regime.

Immigration officials then moved him to Harmondsworth Removal/Detention Centre, where he is at the present moment.Fhami is now in an extremely critical situation and needs your urgent support.

    He now needs medical attention that Harmondsworth Removal/Detention Centre cannot provide and Fhami should be transferred to a hospital immediately.

What you can do to help
          Write or fax a letter to the Home Secretary, David Blunkett MP, using the model letter attached, which you can copy, amend or write your own.
Fax no: 020 7273 3965 (from outside the UK + 44 20 7273 3965)

Write to:

David Blunkett MP
Home Secretary
Home Office
50 Queen Anne's Gate
London SW1H 9AT

Please take time to send a copy of anything sent to:

Fhami Khalaf Campaign
c/o KRAFT
21 Belmont Street
Huddersfield HD1 5BZ
Tel/Fax: 01484 320 245

Enquiries/further information:
Tony Openshaw
Tel: 0161 740 8206
ncadc-north-west@ncadc.org.uk

Fhami's case is supported by Kirklees Refugees and Friends Together (KRAFT) and Kurdish Cultural Community Kirklees.