The latest press release from the campaign, this one focussing on tomorrow’s demonstration at the University of Nottingham, the institution at which Hicham was a student and later employee.

From a group of Nottingham residents, concerned students and academics at the University of Nottingham.
For immediate use, 27/05/08 TUESDAY
Public reading of ‘radical material’ that led to ‘terror [...]

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Stop the Deportation of Hicham Yezza
Please use our e-petition.
Please distribute it’s address as widely as possible. This is exactly the same as the one below.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/freehich/
Comments to this blog entry have now closed so people use the new petition. If you have signed the version below, your entries have been retained and will not be lost.

Hicham [...]

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This is the campaign’s latest press release, please use and distribute as much as possible.

From a group of Nottingham residents, concerned students and academics at the University of Nottingham.
For immediate use, 26/05/08 MONDAY
University of Nottingham Graduate and Employee Facing Imminent Deportation Without Hearing
Hicham Yezza, a popular and active member of the academic community at the [...]

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1. Donate to Hicham’s legal fund….
Donations should be transferred to the account on the name of Camille Herreman ( sort code: 400205, account no: 81474715). If you think that you can help, contact Camille Herreman on this number 07961925788 to ask about any related information.
sort code: 400205
account number:81474715
iban number: gb44midl40020581474715
internation swift code: midlgb2140c
2. Write to [...]

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The Guardian on Saturday ran a feature on the campus arrests and Hicham’s detainment.

Student researching al-Qaida tactics held for six days
· Lecturers fear threat to academic freedom
· Manual downloaded from US government website
Polly Curtis and Martin Hodgson
Saturday May 24, 2008
The Guardian
A masters student researching terrorist tactics who was arrested and detained for six days after [...]

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Associated Press have picked up the story. They’re a press agency so that’s meant it’s popping up in papers all over the world. Below is the article as it appeared in the International Herald Tribune. The focus is on the initial arrests and the academic freedom angle more than Hich’s deportation, but it’s a strong [...]

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The Independent on Sunday has a very good article about Hich’s deportation.

‘Draconian’ Home Office fast-tracks Algerian’s deportation
By Richard Osley
Sunday, 25 May 2008
The Home Office was accused last night of rushing to deport a university administrator to conceal official blunders after he was arrested on terrorism charges only to be released without charge. A Labour MP [...]

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This is the campaign’s latest press release. Although we’ve already sent it to as many press contacts as we can, please distribute it as widely as possible.

From a group of Nottingham residents, concerned student and academics at the University of Nottingham.
For immediate use, 24/05/08 SATURDAY
Notts Uni detainee innocent but still facing deportation
Hicham Yezza, a popular, [...]

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