Riseup Radio is a monthly community based podcast from Nottingham, UK. Reports on stuff that didn’t make other local media, music from local artists and bands and chatting about stuff that matters. The July show features Hich as a special guest presenter, discussing his case and playing some music. There’s also information on resistance to [...]

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The Times Higher Education Supplement has covered the terror arrests at Nottingham University extensively and much of this coverage has been sympathetic. This motivated outgoing Vice Chancellor Colin Campbell to write to the publication to restate the university’s position. Others have subsequently responded, leading to a debate in the letters section reprinted below.

Nottingham: why I [...]

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Dear Sir Colin,
As research students at the Universities of Oxford, London, Manchester, Kent, Westminster and of the London School of Economics, we have been gravely disturbed by the treatment of Rizwaan Sabir, a fellow student at your institution, and Hicham Yezza, one of your administrative employees. Following their wrongful arrest under anti-terrorism laws on 14 [...]

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A musician and spoken word artist, Guy C, has released a song called ‘Magna Carta - A Song for Hich’. You can hear it here. The song includes excerpts from an interview that Hicham gave at the University of Nottingham Civil Liberties Conference on April 19, 2008, where he chaired the concluding session. Hich’s role [...]

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Following the cancellation order on his deportation, and after being detained for over 30 days, Hicham Yezza has been released on bail after the Home Office refused to grant him temporary release. He gives his first interview post-release with the BBC here.

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From a group of Nottingham residents, concerned students and academics at the University of Nottingham, UK.
For immediate release 16 June 2008
Following the cancellation order on his deportation, and after being detained for over 30 days, Hicham Yezza has been released on bail after the Home Office refused to grant him temporary release.
Hicham, a prominent political [...]

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Following the last-minute cancellation of Hicham’s removal by the Home Office, initially scheduled for June 1, Hicham is now preparing to fight his case on the outside having spent a whole month in detention, as of this Saturday.
Despite overwhelming evidence testifying to Hicham’s good character and strong links to the Nottingham student and local community, [...]

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The dance group Al Zaytouna made an impromptu performance outside the Nottingham Playhouse today (8 June 2008). They were highlighting the situation of fellow member Hicham Yezza who remains in an immigration detention centre at Dover awaiting a decision by the Home Office. His friends and supporters expressed dismay at the decision to keep him [...]

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ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION, THURSDAY 5TH JUNE, 4-6pm, LAW & SOCIAL SCIENCE BUILDING, B62

The Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (Politics) and the Centre for Research on Identities, Citizenship and Migration (Sociology & Social Policy) are holding a round table event on Thursday June 5th, 4-6pm, in Law & Social Science Building, B62. [...]

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Mr Yezza’s solicitor, David Smith of Cartwright King of Nottingham, this morning announced:-

“Following the issue of our client’s Judicial review last Friday, the case is now with the Home Office’s legal advisers (the Treasury Solicitor), to whom we have put detailed representations about certain aspects of the case. We very [...]

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