Journalists condemn Britain for deporting Sumani

Accra, Jan. 21, GNA - Journalists for Economic and Social Justice (JESJ), on Monday bemoaned the heartless manner in which the British Government handled a Ghanaian citizen, Miss Ama Sumani who was deported regardless of the nature of her illness.

A statement signed by Mr Granfada Ayitomeka on behalf of the association said the cruelty was yet another instance of the stock-in-trade subtle racist policy of the British government against the people of Africa.

"Miss Sumani's case appeals to our common humanity and one is amazed that in this day and age, all the proclamations from the house tops about the Commonwealth of our nations.., a human being could be made to suffer so much agony when she is already terminally ill", it said.

The talk of illegality as the basis of Miss Sumani's removal from her sickbed points to the ethno-cultural fact that the Anglo-Saxon race is continually discriminating against non-whites, even if ethics as a fundamental requirement in the administration of justice should be disregarded," the statement said.

"The British government's claim of being a human rights protector is simply a hoax. Miss Sumani's unfortunate case exemplifies state-sponsored racism as a main plank in British domestic and foreign policy".

It said the right to life, as indicated in the International Charter on Human Rights, should be unconditionally extended to all human beings regardless of race.

"Miss Sumani's right to life is not contingent on her status with the British immigration authorities."

The statement thanked the people of Ghana, including Journalists who led the crusade of publicizing the plight of Miss Sumani and raised the needed resources to foot her medical bills. It called on the British government to compensate Miss Sumani for the gross humiliation, pain and agony she has suffered as a result of the ignominious action of the British Immigration.