The Evening Post interviewed Hicham after his hearing last Wednesday 16th July at Nottingham Magistrates Court.
As expected, Hich was in very high spirits and expressed his delight that the campaign in his support is now bigger than ever. He has also confirmed his absolute determination to continue in his fight for justice and thanked his [...]

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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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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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