{"id":18721,"date":"2022-06-14T22:19:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T17:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=18721"},"modified":"2022-06-14T22:19:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T17:19:55","slug":"rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/06\/14\/rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"A torture survivor confronts an airline linked to &#8216;cruel&#8217; Rwanda deportations."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the first flight is scheduled to depart today, Kolbassia Haoussou MBE challenged Privilege Style to justify its alleged collaboration with the Home Office in carrying out the deportation policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A torture survivor from the United Kingdom has been ejected from the headquarters of an airline suspected of forcibly transporting refugees from the United Kingdom to Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kolbassia Haoussou MBE pressed Privilege Style to justify its alleged collaboration with the Home Office in carrying out the Tories&#8217; controversial deportation policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A flight carrying seven asylum seekers is scheduled to leave the UK later today, though three have made a last-ditch attempt to be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kolbassia was part of a Freedom from Torture protest held outside Privilege Style&#8217;s Mallorca headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They unveiled a banner and chanted &#8220;Stop the Flights,&#8221; and one protester told airline officials, &#8220;You still have time to do the right thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kolbassia, who fled Chad after being tortured, said the protesters were there to show that they would not tolerate the airline &#8220;flying in the face of human decency.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;People in the UK have made hundreds of calls and sent over 30,000 letters to airlines suspected of involvement in the UK government&#8217;s cruel Rwanda scheme,&#8221; 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