1.   Massari, a Saudi religious dissident who last year defeated a deportation attempt by the British government, leads the committee.

2.   A Nigerian woman who sought asylum in Belgium died in hospital Tuesday after a struggle with police during a deportation attempt at the airport left her in a coma.

3.   Belgium was forced to change its asylum policy in October amid outrage over the death of a Nigerian woman during a deportation attempt.

4.   Kathleen Kern, another member of the group, said Roe and Naiman would oppose the deportation attempt.

5.   Judicial authorities interrogated three policemen who were involved in the deportation attempt and charged two with assault and battery without the intent to kill.

6.   The government agreed on changes in its asylum policy Sunday to improve the treatment of refugees, after a Nigerian woman died during a deportation attempt two weeks ago.