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The National Union of Journalists has thrown its support behind a journalist facing deportation from the UK tomorrow. According to the union , a 26-year-old Sudanese journalist who wrote for newspaper Al Ayaam claims she was imprisoned and tortured on numerous occasions between 2008 and 2010 in relation to her activism. The NUJ claims she was heavily involved in the student movement in Sudan.

She is said to have arrived in the UK six months ago. After her asylum claim was rejected she appealed the decision and has been waiting for a decision, the union says.

"The NUJ is asking members to urgently write to the Home Secretary Theresa May asking her to release the journalist in question and reconsider the case," the report adds. The union has also been campaigning on behalf of Cameroon journalist Charles Atangana, who is currently appealing a new claim for asylum, alleging he was tortured in his home country in relation to his work.

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