by Zabi Rashidi
They are protesting against a deportation order and want the Migration Board to allow them and their families to stay in Sweden.
The men, who have reportedly been in Sweden for several years, are huddled in blankets outside the Migration Board offices in Boden in temperatures just above freezing.
They are refusing food and water and have taped their mouths to make it clear that they will not end their hunger strike until their demands are met. During Monday afternoon habibullah Hamidi and Hasham Rahimi and Hussein Ataie lost consciousness and were transported to hospital.
One of the hunger strikers, parwez Nauruzr, called Rashidi by phone told that he has a political background in Afghanistan.
If I have to go back, my life is in danger,” he said. “We undertook a hunger strike because the decision by the Sweden Immigration Service
Rashidi Zabiullah Afghan journalist Reportercameraman and Photojournalist Rashidi worked as a journalist with The New York Times in Qandahar and Mazar-i-Sharif. He’s worked with BBC World and the British forward support base in Mazar-i-Sharif. He also worked as a Journalist for the Swedish Army for 8 years and Norwegian governments in Northern. and Veterans today famous Reporter in Afghanistan
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