Entries from June 2008

Kemo Sabe gives his account: the war on terror comes to campus

June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

An unknown author provides his account of the events that began on the 14th may 2008 at the University of Nottingham, UK. Read it here.

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Understanding the Threat: Freedom & Rights VS the Politics of Fear. Moazzam Begg & more…

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

This talk is called in response to the use of anti-terrorism laws that led to the recent arrests the University of Nottingham. Hich Yezza has now spent 3 weeks in detention.

SPEAKERS:
- Moazzam Begg (ex-Guantanamo Detainee and author of ‘Enemy Combatant’)
- Helen Bowler (National Executive of UCU)
- Rob Owen (National Executive of NUS)
Wednesday 4th June [...]

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Hicham Forcefully Moved

June 2nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Hicham had been categorically refusing to be hauled around the country from detention centre to detention centre like a piece of luggage. In the early afternoon of Monday 2nd June, Hicham told supporters who are in contact with him that the authorities were threatening to forcefully move him. We have since lost contact with Hicham, [...]

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