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From: Roy SrilaSent: Tue 27/05/2008 11:11To: LQ-Teaching-and-Research; LQ-Research-
Postgrad; LQ-Taught-School-PostgradSubject: FW: Deportation ofInnocent University of
Nottingham Staff Member - Please Circulate!!!
For those who don't know details of the case already.
Dr. Srila RoySchool of Sociology and Social PolicyLaw and Social Sciences
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[log in to unmask]; Newman, MelanieSubject: Deportation ofInnocent University of
Nottingham Staff Member - Please Circulate!!!Importance: High
Dear Friends – Please circulate this press release about the deportation of the innocent
University of Nottingham Staff Member as widely as possible. The link below takes you to
the Guardian’s coverage of the arrests at The University of Nottingham:
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2282045,00.html
Press release:
From: a group of concerned students and academics at the University of Nottingham.
For immediate use, 24/05/08 SATURDAY
Notts Uni detainee innocent but still facing deportation
Hicham Yezza, a popular, respected and valued former PhD student and current employee of
the University of Nottingham faces deportation to Algeria on Sunday 1st June. This
follows his unjust arrest under the Terrorism Act 2000 on Wednesday 14th May alongside
Rizwaan Sabir and their release without charge six days later.
On his release Hicham was re-arrested under immigration legislation and, due to confusion
over his visa documentation, charged with offences relating to his immigration status. He
sought legal advice and representation over these matters whilst in custody. On Friday
23rd May, he was suddenly served with a deportation notice and moved to an immigration
detention centre. The deportation is being urgently appealed.
Hicham has been resident in the U.K. for 13 years, during which time he has studied for
both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Nottingham. He is an active member of
debating societies, a prominent member of an arts and theatre group, and has been writing
editorials for the Student Peace Movement magazine for the last five years. He is well
known and popular on campus amongst the university community and has established himself
as a voracious reader and an authority on literature and music. An application for British
citizenship was underway, and he had been planning to make his yearly trip to Wales for
the Hay Festival when he was suddenly arrested.
Alf Nilsen, a research fellow at in the school of Politics and International Relations
says "This is a clear case of the police trying to cover up their completely unjustified
targeting of these two innocent men by making Hicham look guilty by deporting him. Hicham
is entirely innocent and the rushed and heavy-handed way in which the authorities are
dealing with this matter is outrageous."
Dr. Alf Gunvald Nilsen
RCUK Fellow, Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, School of Politics and
International Relations, University of Nottingham
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cssgj/index.php
University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, England, UK
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Office: (0044) (0) 1159514032
"I wish I was a fisherman, tumblin' on the seas, far away from dry land and its bitter
memories. Castin' out my sweet line with abandonment and love; no ceiling bearin' down on
me save the starry sky above. With light in my head, you in my arms ..."
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