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    Asylum seeker on hunger strike dies in shackles at airport
    Venezuela Star
    Saturday 20th March, 2010  


    Switzerland has suspended all flights removing rejected asylum seekers after an asylum seeker on a hunger strike died in shackles on the tarmac at Zurich airport as he was being taken to the plane that would return him to Nigeria.

    The 29-year old man, a convicted drug dealer, had been on a hunger strike for several days.

    Swiss authorities have launched an investigation into the man’s death. Thirteen other Nigerians, who were being deported with the deceased, have accused the Swiss police of inhumane treatment.

    "They dealt with us like animals," one, named only as Emmanuel, told Switzerland's Swissinfo Web site. "The shackled our feet, knees, hands, hips arms and torso and made us wear a helmet like those worn by boxers. It was simply impossible to move."

    Police have said that they immediately took off the man’s shackles and called for medical assistance when he collapsed.

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    By canuck, 03-20-10, 07:28 AM

    Man dies in shackles on airport tarmac before deportation

    A drug dealer on hunger strike, well I have very little sympathy for people like that and then they claim inhumane treatment. They are the facilitators of so much human tragedy for some money. Fortunately, that is one piece of trash off the streets.
    By Anonymous, 03-20-10, 09:37 AM
    Hold your fire, trigger happy Canuck! The problem may be just allegations of drug dealing (we may never know) or a setup for public relations propaganda thanks to the WHORES in the mainstream media today. It is not a bad idea today to shut down all the mainstream media. These supposedly to be deportees may just be actors in the stage to galvanize the public opinion into such unpopular acts. After the show is over thanks again to the mainstream media WHORES, the actors may be going back to their old trade. The government under the order of the bankers may be using this as propaganda as well as a setup to facilitate massive deportations of foreigners in the EU. Why does not the government of Switzerland just declare in public instead of using setups and/or propaganda that they want immigrants and foreigners out of the country if that is what they want?
    By Anonymous, 03-20-10, 09:41 AM
    Hold your fire, trigger happy Canuck! The problem may be just allegations of drug dealing (we may never know) or a setup for public relations propaganda thanks to the WHORES in the mainstream media today. It is not a bad idea today to shut down all the mainstream media. These supposedly to be deportees may just be actors in the stage to galvanize the public opinion into such unpopular acts. After the show is over thanks again to the mainstream media WHORES, the actors may be going back to their old trade. The government under the order of the bankers may be using this as propaganda as well as a setup to facilitate massive deportations of foreigners in the EU. Why does not the government of Switzerland just declare in public instead of using setups and/or propaganda that they want immigrants and foreigners out of the country if that is what they want?
    By Anonymous, 03-20-10, 09:43 AM
    Of course, they don’t want to publicize their real motives because TOO MUCH IS AT STAKE! What is TOO MUCH AT STAKE? *OIL, NATURAL GAS, AND NATURAL RESOURCES IN AFRICA! HE! HE! HE!*
    By secret slave, 03-20-10, 10:01 AM

    Temple account to another temple account

    salaam, Which kind of drug dealer ? Alcohol not counted as a drug dealer in some guesture of measurement and guage ? feeamanellaah
    By Anonymous, 03-20-10, 10:10 AM
    Keep you oil Nigerian,Swiss survive with oil for thounsand years and will survive again for another thousand years to come.
    By hatred, 03-20-10, 03:34 PM

    who imported the drugs

    how many swiss citizens are in the jail in Peru, south America because of drugs? did the peru goverment killed them? hatred and disscrimination! Nigeria goverment wake up!
    By jude, 03-20-10, 04:09 PM

    racism

    the swiss police are they not drug maffias? the nigeria government sholud hold swiss government accountable for the death of their citizen. they should pay dearly for it.
    By akitola, 03-20-10, 06:57 PM

    hatred

    i don’t care if he was a drug dealer or not, he is a human being and deserve to be treated like one. swiss government live on african money. their banks is full with african money. Nigeria government should hold them accountable for his
    By Anonymous, 03-20-10, 07:04 PM

    One less to come back.

    Good move. Tie them up and send them back to where they came from and while they are at it bill Nigerian gov for cost of plane. Common Sense.
    By Gopal Raj Kumar, 03-20-10, 08:12 PM

    Swiss and European Responsibilities

    The west ha to accept its responsibility for haivng colonised Africa Assia and Latin America. It simply cannot top the Tsunami of refugees and asylum seekers seeking refuge from the dictators they set up in foreign lands to protect their investments and sub human conditions for high returns. The Swiss are Nazis and have always been Nazis. Their image of neutrality died a long time ago. May th soul of this young man finally rest in peace. But as the stars in heaven cannot be counted, may the miseries of people like the Swiss grow in number. Gopal
    By Emeka, 03-21-10, 02:24 AM

    This has been Swiss normal way of treating Africans

    Swiss, keep it up. this is not a news to me bcs i traveled that road, see it myself. all i want to tell the swiss and its agents is that they are inviting trouble for themselves. one enemy you make today could rise to a million enemies in future, so the other way round.
    By Prince, 03-21-10, 04:03 AM

    Inhuman

    There is no justification for Swiss authorities to use an inhuman methods to deport anybody.I don’t care if its an African or anyother race.Nigerian government should ask Swiss government to explain if such method is allowed by United Nation Human Right agreement.
    By hatred, 03-21-10, 10:51 AM

    Swiss Nazis

    they are only controlling black africans while their citizens are in the street making drog money.we have to understand Gaddafi!
    By haha, 03-21-10, 09:43 PM

    they are nazi brother!

    not only swiss but all europe countrie like spain, holland, germany,france.britain etc. they have hatred for black pple. have of prison in spain is full of innocent immigrants. so that is what they planned in their european rubbish paliament. one country such as nigeria with sutably gov. should wake up and challenge these their maddnes.
    By pakante, 03-22-10, 04:55 PM

    bad people

    many swiss people has ben cut of drug in nigeria and swiss people want them back to save in there owen land when they get there the person will be free.my idiea is in the whole word if no one has ben cut of drug from any country let guy be crusify but if other people has ben doing it let there be justice over the boy death.
    By Mr C, 03-24-10, 08:20 AM

    Another Slave Trade SHACKLES, CHAINS and TIE ROPES!

    SHACKLES and CHAINS,TIE ROPES were used 100s of years back during the slave trade to kidnap and take Africans to forced labor in Euro/America.100 years after this,SHACKLES, CHAINS and TIE ROPES are been used to take the same group of people back to Africa.SHAME ON YOU EUROPEANS for been so wicked and evil minded!!!,SHAME ON YOU LEADERS IN AFRICA for failing to protect your citizens against this evil Europeans.
    By Anonymous, 03-24-10, 12:10 PM

    English lessons

    To some of you here: How about taking a few english language classes? Does grammer, spelling, etc. mean anything to you? Instead of crying out
    By Anonymous, 03-24-10, 12:11 PM

    English lessons

    To some of you here: How about taking a few english language classes? Does grammer, spelling, etc. mean anything to you? Instead of crying out
    By Anonymous, 03-24-10, 12:12 PM

    English lessons

    To some of you here: How about taking a few english language classes? Does grammer, spelling, etc. mean anything to you? Instead of crying out
    By Anonymous, 03-24-10, 12:16 PM

    english lessons

    Strange how my entire comment was cut off....who are the real racists?
    By Moderator, 03-27-10, 07:46 AM

    Unregistered;193285:
    Strange how my entire comment was cut off....who are the real racists?

    Unregistered, we apologise for your truncated post, it is a bug in our system that we have been trying to fix. We are not actively censoring your posts.


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