Following the sell-out last Sunday you are advised to buy tickets in advance for the screening of Standard Operating Procedure at the Broadway Cinema at 6:00 pm on Sunday October 12. The film is part of a series that addresses issues raised by the arrests of Hicham Yezza and Rizwaan Sabir at the University of [...]

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TAKING ACTION
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“I’m grateful to the thousands of you…
who have joined this campaign. The horrors of detention without charge need to be fully exposed. Please spread the word and make sure this attack on our basic and priceless civil liberties is challenged and defeated.” -Hicham Yezza
You may have heard Hicham Yezza’s story, Hicham and his [...]

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Camille Herreman who has been involved in the Free Hich Campaign writes in the latest issue of Impact Magazine - the offical magazine of the University of Nottingham Students’ Union.
Hicham Yezza - Is Justice Being Served?
Published in Features, This Issue on 14 September 2008
It was during the exam period this summer that Rizwaan Sabir and [...]

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Award-winning documentary maker Francesco Ragazzi will introduce two of his powerful short movies dealing with immigration issues in France and Italy. He will also talk about his new feature documentary (due for release in 2009) about the Free Hich Campaign.
Location: C50, Portland Building
Date/Time: Wed 8th Oct @ 6:30PM
Free Entry

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Nottingham South MP Alan Simpson joined Hicham Yezza and Rizwaan Sabir at a meeting held at the University of Nottingham on 2 October to inform new and update returning students about their arrests and detention in May.
Alan SImpson said ‘… this is not just a university campus, in some ways it is the war zone [...]

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The September issue of Ceasefire Magazine, edited by Hicham Yezza, has just been published. The special issue focuses on the ‘anti-terror’ arrests at the University of Nottingham in May. Jeremy Bates argues the arrests have to be understood in the context of the implications of the corporatisation of universities and the commodification of knowledge for [...]

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A series of four films that address issues raised by the arrests of Hicham Yezza and Rizwaan Sabir at the University of Nottingham in May are being screened at the Broadway Cinema in Nottingham. The first film to be shown is ‘State of fear: the truth about terrorism‘ to be screened at 6pm on Sunday [...]

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The Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (Politics) and the Centre for Research on Identities, Citizenship and Migration (Sociology and Social Policy) are holding a round table event on Wednesday 1st October, 4-6 pm, in Law & Social Science Building, B62.
The round table seeks to address with staff and students important questions [...]

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The Free Hich campaign has launched an exciting programme of events, including seminars, talks, discussions, exhibitions, entertainment and sports tournaments. These events have been organised to raise awareness of the issues surrounding Hicham’s arrest, detention and attempted deportation, such as academic freedom, immigration, the war on terror, civil liberties, and detention with charge. They have [...]

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