Jimmy Mubenga's widow: 'We never forget him'

An investigation into the death of Mubenga this week recorded a verdict of unlawful killing. Emine Saner talks to his widow Adrienne Kambana about a battle won and lost a husband

Adrienne

Police Makenda Kambana called from the phone to her husband. Their number had blinked and she ran to him, thinking it was the call he promised to his arrival in Angola, after losing a long battle against deportation. When he heard the unknown voice on the phone, saying he was the police, he dropped in shock.

She knew that something terrible had happened, and she was afraid. He asked his brother-in-law to come, he called the police for her. All they said was that they had to talk to Adrienne, and he said, was when she learned that her husband was dead.

few hours earlier, Jimmy Mubenga was put on a plane, accompanied by three G4S private security contractors, the multinational that seems to shake notorious scandal to another - after the failure of last year G4S to meet the contract to provide security guards for the Olympic Games, it was announced this week face an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office for allegedly overcharging the Department of tens of millions of pounds of justice in their contracts Electronic marking. Worse still are the accusations of racism, and the use of force, including children and a pregnant woman, according to a report last year.

We meet in the London offices of the investigation of the organizing campaign, Adrienne supported in its efforts to discover what happened to her husband aboard a British Airways plane on Tuesday, October 2010 a night and was scheduled to take off. It is a dignified elegant woman. She speaks in halting phrases. When eye contact is rare, I can see who is on the verge of tears.

An investigation into the death of Mubenga ended this week with a jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing. They heard that there was a struggle and Mubenga had been severely limited by the guards for about 35 minutes, his hands cuffed behind his back. Bent forward in his seat - the guards had claimed he was - Mubenga wept, saying he could not breathe. When it was quiet and it was something that was not obvious, the plane, then taxi to the runway, returned to base and paramedics were called.

president of the jury, said: "Based on the evidence we have heard, we find that Mr. Mubenga was pushed or held by one or more of the guards, which makes breathing is difficult The guards ... in our opinion, would have known that would have caused Mr. Mubenga wrong with their actions, but a serious injury. "

eight weeks of research highlighted a number of problems with evictions and private security companies contracted to carry out: the restraint methods, even if they are known to carry deadly risks The alleged lack of training, such as private security guards are paid according to the eviction is executed successfully or not, the nature of the people who work as guards (two of the three escorting Mubenga is found to have a large number of very racist texts on their phones).

Adrienne

not give details on how her husband died. At some point, he said Mubenga must have had a heart attack, which seems unlikely since he was 46 years old and a strong and fit man. "I could not believe he was dead," he said quietly. "Like what?" His children - five years, the oldest now 19 years old and the youngest of three - had returned home the day the police called to find her crying. Everything she said, again and again, is: ".. They were shocked Shocked"

A week later, she could see her body. "It looked like he was sleeping. The children wanted to go, but I said no." She and Mubenga had known in Angola in 1992 and have been together for nine months before marrying. "She was a good person. Tranquilo. S 'Why I liked it. "She hesitates to talk about what led them to come to the United Kingdom in 1994, but the lawyer Mubenga previously said he was a student leader in a country plagued by civil war, which had received death threats. Adrienne first came in March, during pregnancy. She gave birth to her first child, two months later, and arrived in June Mubenga his new family and life.

eventually settled in Ilford, two were granted exceptional leave to remain in 2000 (Adrienne is now a British citizen). Mubenga worked as a truck driver, and she was a hair and beauty course at the university. It describes Mubenga as a devoted father, trying to organize their movements so that they can pick up the kids at school almost every day. "Parents at the school, they do not know me," he said, smiling. "They see me once a week. 10 minutes before would talk to other parents. "

• was a fight in a nightclub which led to the conviction of Mubenga personal injury and was sent to prison in March 2006. "For me, it was the wrong place at the wrong time. I said I had not done anything. "Mubenga served his sentence and was transferred to a detention center for immigration." He did not want [to Angola]. He said no, no, no. I do not want to leave the children. "A long legal battle increasingly desperate and began, during which the family moved repeatedly lawyers because they feel they were given a good enough legal advice . "I do not know what to do. Every night I cried, but I do not want my children to see, and when I came out people did not know [how I was upset]."
• She remembers children who are taken to see the detention center by a friend while Adrienne was recovering from an operation. ".. We are delighted to see him, he bought candy for them from [vending machine] was so happy, he phoned me and told me." I am very proud of you. "She started to cry." He told me, "she said softly," that was a good mother, because the children were ... They wanted to see all weekend. "But ultimately, children have stopped coming because it became too embarrassing for them.

Mubenga had been in the detention center for about a year when he was released on bail and under the conditions he had to report in every week. One day Mubenga was to inform and never returned. "He called me and told me he was not allowed to return. He did not know why "Shortly after, Adrienne discovered she was pregnant and, like his first, gave birth to her fifth child -. Awaited a girl -. Without her husband by her side Seven months later , in October 2010, Mubenga was put on a flight to Luanda, Angola.

storage center guards have reported seeing a piece crying that day, distraught having to leave his family. "I was on the phone with him [when he was on the plane]," says Adrienne. "He was so upset. Wanted to talk to children. He told the old man who was caring for his mother, and to see him again. "Adrienne said to call back.

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I have access to affordable contraception. Millions aren't so lucky | Gauri van Gulik

family planning services require real political will to defend the rights of women, not only in cash

Lately, almost every week someone asks me when I'll have children. Sexist? A little. Boring? Many.

if or when to have children is a very personal decision that changes your life. Fortunately, I have all the tools you need to decide for myself. I have access to family planning methods, and income to pay for them. More importantly, I have the power in my relationships, my family and my country to choose to use them, without too much pressure (as well as subtle hints of the mother).

I am a victim of sexual assault or domestic violence, so I feel safe at home. I know that, for now, I'll have an income, even if I'm pregnant, and I will be eligible for benefits through work or social insurance. I do not have health insurance. I know if I have a daughter, she will be very well received in our family. I have 10 children if I want to - and if I choose to have no, that's fine too. Millions of women and girls do not have that chance.

A year ago, on July 11, governments and donors gathered for a World Summit on Family Planning in London. They pledged to spend $ 2.6 billion on family planning in developing countries. Following this initiative, more than two dozen governments are working on plans to include family planning in their health programs. This is an incredible feat. But do you really give women control over their family size? Human Rights Watch and many other organizations, including the Center for Reproductive Health and Amnesty International has expressed concern that the summit did little to defend the rights of women and girls.

"We need to look at the access [women] the point of view," said Melinda Gates, one of the driving forces behind the summit and a major donor initiatives reproductive health. " Can every woman who wants to get contraceptives without coercion or discrimination? "

There is still very little is done to deal with the laws and practices that make coercion and reinforce discrimination. It is politically much more difficult to treat than the mere opening of other health centers or increase contraceptive products. Our work has shown that when health initiatives are not based on the human rights of women, do not offer. Here are two ways not adequately undermining efforts to improve family planning.

• First, some governments deny women the right to decide the number of children they have. They put pressure on girls and women to limit the number of children they have, often for political purposes or to take control of the population. In some countries, women face forced sterilization, in particular Roma women, women with disabilities and HIV, for example in Chile and Uzbekistan.

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American same-sex couples still face discrimination, despite Doma downfall

Landmark decision of the Supreme Court did not resolve the problems faced by couples in states where gay marriage is not legal

After half a decade pretending to be a friend, roommate, and in a military hospital after the birth of her first son, the sister of his longtime partner, Ashley finally Broadway was recognized by the U.S. government and the U.S. military as his legal spouse.

Broadway, a teacher, and Lieutenant-Colonel Heather Mack, logistics manager, the repeal of the marriage law of Defense (Doma) of the Supreme Court last week was an important step in his long personal struggle for equality. They and their two children are now eligible for the same benefits that the Department of Defense provides to opposite-sex couples, including including health insurance, severance and separation from family access to military installations. Mack Army records will change from single to married.

this will continue throughout the Mack military career, no matter where it is published, even if it is a state or a country where the marriage between persons of the same sex is not legal . But when the couple, who married in Washington DC, the basic step outside Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where Mack is parked, will be reconsidered again in foreign-regular situation.

Broadway, 39, a teacher who successfully fought for the official club partner membership after being released earlier this year, said the repeal Doma: "It is a big, big time, because, ultimately, in the eyes of the federal government and the army, which is considered the husband of Heather. God forbid, if something would happen to him when deployed, but if I did not have to meet all the legal issues are not recognized as a spouse.

"But the reality is that we live in North Carolina. North Carolina and treats me like her roommate."

North Carolina is one of 37 states without marriage equality, so that even if the federal government recognizes same-sex marriage, the state does not. North Carolina is among 31 states that go beyond, with amendments to the state constitution that defines marriage between a man and a woman.

is ironic that the military, forcing Mack Broadway and live in the shadows for years, the policy of do not ask, do not tell - a rule repealed in October 2011, which prohibited openly gay members to serve - now gives the couple a network of financial and legal security, however, the outside world, leaving large holes.

their status and rights depend on geography is one of the anomalies raised by the Supreme Court. Was repealed as unconstitutional section 3 of dressage, which allows federal recognition of legal marriage, but leaves intact the section 2, which allows states to reject marriages that are legal in other countries. He has created a confusing situation where, according to Anthony Infanti, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law is a specialist in tax law for gay couples, same-sex married living in a state of equality in marriage can be treated as if they move, or even travel through the states that do not recognize their marriages. Infanti said:

If you have a living and married in Massachusetts, but then moved to Pennsylvania, where I live couple have been married for a while, then stops. If then moved to Iowa, they were married again by magic.

living or traveling if states without marriage equality, Broadway said, can be full of hidden dangers. Experience has shown that the order of President Obama despite prohibits hospitals that accept Medicare and Medicaid funds to refuse visits or requests or proxy for same-sex couples, not all the staff of the hospital are aware. The couple always deliver a file of legal documents such as wills, powers of attorney and medical information, they hope to ensure that they are treated the same as any other married couple. Broadway had it with her when Mack and her newborn son, Carson, had to be moved to other hospitals intensive car.

"I had to make decisions for her and for him," said Broadway. "They probably would not let me see the child or her."

When the Department of Defense will begin issuing benefits to same-sex couples, Broadway is $ 500 per month better off, since you can go Mack insurance. Mack biological children, Carson and Carley are automatically granted the same rights as children of heterosexual marriages, as dependents. They can participate in programs and Fort Bragg military schools.

But the law of the State is that the North Carolina Broadway, who left his job to take care of the children full time, which has no moral voice in their care. It does not recognize second-parent adoptions, making it unable to legally adopt them. She's afraid that if something happened to Mack could lose custody of their children.

"weighs on my mind every day," said Broadway, who works with the U.S. military partner.

• see activist judges are right that I'm afraid to come and try to take the kids. This is not only our family. I hear it all over the country.

a fragile and uncertain life ""

Tim Young, 45, who with her husband, Mark Maxwell, 49, adopted four children in North Carolina, said Doma reversal was "good news", but added: "It n has done nothing for the Maxwell family. "

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El Salvador abortion controversy shows lack of progress on Cairo agenda | Luisa Cabal

Beatriz

The case has highlighted the need to integrate reproductive rights more firmly in international politics

Outrage

Treating a pregnant woman to 22 years in El Salvador, which has repeatedly denied potentially life-saving medical care because of the absolute prohibition of abortion in the country caused through world.

The woman known as Beatrice, has lupus and kidney disease and her fetus, a part of his skull and brain missing, which poses a real threat to your life. However, Beatriz has been waiting 14 weeks Salvadoran Supreme Court has repeatedly rejected the authority to terminate her pregnancy, although it could save your life. Salvadorans that under intense pressure from the European Court of Human Rights have expressed Inter found a loophole allows doctors to perform emergency cesarean Beatriz, after which the dead fetus.

Plight

Beatriz

not uncommon severe prohibition of abortion in El Salvador, which does not allow women to terminate a pregnancy, even in cases of rape, incest or when the fetus and abnormalitiy their health or life is in danger. Women who reach the hospital bleeding are often accused of trying to have an abortion, and the judiciary is short prayer for women up to 30 years in prison for crimes they did not commit.

International law has long established that the denial of reproductive health services to women in life-threatening situations is a violation of human rights. If this is the case, then why countries like El Salvador still get away with it?

In large part, this is because there is not enough accountability for those countries that deny women their fundamental rights.

Sunday, delegates from the United Nations, governments and civil society will meet in The Hague for a four-day conference to try to advance this issue. The event is part of an overall process that takes place at the United Nations before the 20th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in September 2014. The objective is to review and evaluate progress towards the goals to ensure the reproductive rights of women.

When the ICPD in Cairo in 1994, it was the first time the country came together to say that reproductive rights are human rights, and that states have the obligation to respect, protect and fulfill these rights for all citizens. These 179 countries are committed to reproductive autonomy of women and to provide women with the resources they need to choose the number and spacing of their children.

Nearly 20 years later, 222 million women who want to avoid pregnancy are unable to obtain modern contraceptives and rely on traditional techniques such as abstinence or methods based calendar . In 29 countries, legislation criminalizing abortion could not have explicit exceptions, even when the woman's life is in danger.

• These laws and practices perpetuate unwanted pregnancies and unplanned, which often result in devastating health and women's perspectives consequences and can endanger their lives. Often, women realize that they have little means of recourse states maintaining and slightly above their commitments.

Although the Cairo conference was a catalyst for change in government policies on reproductive rights and women's rights, states continue to fall short of their commitments and women continue to fight for their fundamental rights.

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