Atangana, who has lived in Scotland since arriving in the UK and claiming asylum in 2004, was to be deported but was given a temporary reprieve earlier this month following an ongoing campaign by the NUJ, TUC and other organisations.
A bail hearing will take place at 2:00pm today at Taylor House in London, where unions will join together to protest the threat of deportation.
According to the NUJ, Atangana was "set upon by security forces" in Cameroon after writing a series of articles exposing alleged corruption within the government and fled to the UK.
"He was arrested, stripped naked, beaten up and detained for forty days," the union says in the report. If he returns, they added, his life would be in danger.
In a statement released today, general secretary of the TUC Brendan Barber said Atangana's case for asylum should be accepted.
"Freedom of expression and freedom of association are the heart-beat of democracy and trade unionism," he said. "In Cameroon, exercising either is risky, as the Federation of African Journalists have made clear repeatedly. Charles Atangana's case for asylum is sound and his cause is just. The TUC fully supports the campaign of solidarity the NUJ is running and we agree wholeheartedly that Charles belongs in Glasgow."
The NUJ is now calling on supporters of Atangana's case to join protest at Taylor House in London at 2:00pm today. A decision is expected by 3:00pm.
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