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A Cameroonian journalist fighting against deportation from the UK will have his case heard at the high court in February.

Charles Atangana's deportation hearing was adjourned in October following an agreement between his barrister and the Home Office. He was due to be deported to Cameroon in August, but was granted a reprieve and released from his detention by immigration officials after a sustained campaign by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).

Atangana fled Cameroon in 2004 and has since been living in Glasgow. He claims he was tortured in his home country and detained for writing about political corruption.

The date for his next court hearing will be 15 February 2011, the NUJ has announced. A petition against his deportation has been set up and the union is urging members to write to their local MP about Atangana's case.

"We now have the opportunity to submit further evidence to support his asylum application to remain in the UK. Charles' life could be at risk if he is forced to return to the Cameroon so we will keep up the pressure and continue to campaign for Charles to stay," Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ deputy general secretary, said after October's adjournment.

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Laura Oliver
Laura Oliver
Laura Oliver is a freelance journalist, a contributor to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, co-founder of The Society of Freelance Journalists and the former editor of Journalism.co.uk (prior to it becoming JournalismUK)

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