An exiled Zimbabwean journalist claims he will be killed if he is deported from the UK.
The NUJ has launched a campaign backing Adolf Mukandi, 36, a former bulletin editor with the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. His application for asylum has been refused by the UK.
He said: “The government’s hatred of journalists is well documented, and it will be worse for me because as a former government journalist I was privy to most of the regime’s secrets.”
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Mukundi, who lives in Slough, said he was forced to leave Zimbabwe after giving airtime to opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change.
NUJ Vice President Tim Lezard said: “Adolf is a journalist who has been forced to leave his home, his family, his job and his country because he dared to tell the truth.”
The NUJ held a Christmas lobby to protest at the possible deportation of Pakistani journalist Mansoor Hassan in Manchester on 22 December.
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