[Nasreen Akhtiar with Mumtaz Kani, Jaswinder Kaur and…]
Socialist Organiser1981 1981-11-12Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 2 →
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Nasreen Akhtiar with Mumtaz Kani, Jaswinder Kaur and NASREEN Akhtar heard on November 2nd that her appeal against deportation had been accepted, Members of the defence campaign feel that this establishes two important precedents.
• That marriages contracted over the telephone in Pakistan are valid in Pakistani law and are therefore sufficient proof of marriage in English law; and that, • Women separated subsequent to entering as married people are entitled to stay. This was important because prior to this deciCynthia Gordon sion, members of the Council for Racial Equality in Rochdale had felt bound to warn women at risk of battering etc. from their husbands that they would be at risk of deportation if they left home.
The Friends of Nasreen Akhtar are continuing to campaign for the other Asian women and families similarly threatened, like Mumtaz Kiani and Aziz Malik.
Also they are applying for £20,000 compensation to Nasreen and her girls for the way their life has been disrupted.