Semira Adamu
Semira Adamu (born April 15, 1978 in Kaduna , † September 22, 1998 in Brussels ) was an asylum seeker from Nigeria who was suffocated with a pillow by two Belgian police officers during a deportation . She fled Nigeria from a forced marriage . On December 12, 2003, four police officers were found guilty of the incident. The Belgian state was ordered by the court to pay compensation to Adamus relatives. Adamus death sparked a major debate in Belgium and resulted in the Etienne Vermeersch report on deportation practice. After a wave of public protests, the Belgian Interior Minister Louis Tobback resigned in September 1998.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Belgium: Semira Adamu's case an opportunity to further review expulsion procedures . In: www.amnesty.org.uk .
- ↑ Belgian police tried over asylum death . September 10, 2003.
- ^ Statewatch News online: Five police officers on trial over the death of Semira Adamu in 1998 . In: www.statewatch.org .
- ↑ Four police officers convicted https://www.irr.org.uk/cgi-bin/news/open.pl?id=5907 ( Memento from October 15, 2009 in the web archive archive.today )
- ^ Katherine Butler: Refugee death minister quits . In: Independent , September 26, 1998. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adamu, Semira |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian victim of police violence |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaduna |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1998 |
| Place of death | Brussels |