We are delighted to announce the release of Ceasefire 2009, a special 68-page limited edition edited by Hich Yezza in Cell 213, HMP Canterbury.
Articles include: ‘Facebook: why it should be obliterated’, a 15-page special on Israel and Palestine in 2009, Hich Yezza on ‘Philip Roth: how good is he?’, ‘Africa, racism and the West’, ‘Techno [...]

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We are delighted to report that at 9pm yesterday evening, Hicham was released from HMP High Down after more than 5 months in prison.
Full details will be available in the next few days.

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Hich has been moved to HMP High Down Lane in Surrey.
Please write to him at: XP9266, HMP High Down Lane, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom, SM2 5PJ.
The ‘emailaprisoner’ service is not available at this prison.

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The NUS Black Students’ Campaign, which represents all UK students of African, Asian and Arab descent, has passed a motion at its Summer Conference (16-17 May) pledging to continue to support the Free Hich campaign and academic freedom. The NUS Black Students’ Campaign constitutes almost one million students, or one-fifth of the NUS membership, and [...]

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Craig Murray, former British Ambassador, writes:
Yezza has now been jailed for nine months for “securing avoidance of enforcement action by deceptive means”. As he was working and studying at Nottingham University under his own name, the deception is not apparent. But a formal jail sentence for an illegal immigrant in this country is extremely unusual. [...]

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Peter Tatchell writes in The Guardian:
After living an exemplary life in the UK for 14 years, Nottingham University staff member Hicham Yezza was arrested on unfounded terrorism charges and now faces the prospect of being forcibly removed to his homeland of Algeria – terminating his successful, commendable life in the UK and tearing him from [...]

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Dear friends,
Many thanks to each and every one of you for your continued support for this campaign: it is without a doubt the only reason Hicham has been able to fight for justice for so long.
On Friday 6 March, Hicham was sentenced to a nine-month custodial sentence after being convicted of ‘securing avoidance of [...]

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Dear friends,
Thanks to everyone for the considerable and unstinting support they have given to the Free Hich campaign from the start. It is only due to the help and support of thousands of people that Hicham has been able to fight for justice for so long.
As many of you may know, Hich lost his case [...]

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Welcome to the Free Hicham campaign website, please take a few moments to read the “About” section and also the “How to help: Nine ways to help Hich” page.
As many of you know, Hich refused the offer to have all charges dropped against him in exchange for leaving the country quietly but he needs our [...]

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/19/student-politics-sit-ins-gaza
Crackdowns on a resurgence in activism highlight universities’ transformation into businesses selling employable students
“Over the past four weeks, the UK student community has been witnessing an unprecedented political awakening not seen since the anti-apartheid protests of the 80s, and yet you would be forgiven for being completely oblivious to it. Coverage in the media has [...]

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