Now, for once, I’m going to get serious. There’s the most heinous breach of justice going on right now, right here, and if any of you value the liberty that we ‘enjoy’ in this country, you should sit up and take note.A respected academic, Hicham Yezza, is tonight languishing in a deportation centre because of incompetence on behalf of the great British police. Hicham – who has no association with terrorism whatsoever – was arrested on 14th May on suspicion of terrorism charges. This was because he was unlawfully spied upon by his own university authorities (Nottingham University) after he downloaded, and printed, a manual produced by Al-Qaeda. He did this for research purposes only and not for any other subversive means at all. Hicham has no connection with terrorist organizations – as could have been verified by his academic supervisor if the paranoid police had been bothered to ask.
After six days (yes, six days), and after his friends and family had been harassed, investigated, and had their computers confiscated, Hicham was released without charge (the police could, unsurprisingly, find no evidence of a link to terrorism). Question One: Why did it take the police six days to establish this when one phone call could have done it? After his release, Hicham was immediately re-arrested on “immigration” charges. He has resided in this country – making a valuable contribution to academic life at Nottingham University in the meantime – for fourteen years. Now, due to a technicality related to his visa, he is being deemed an “illegal immigrant”. The Home Office has issued him with an emergency deportation order and he has been shipped off to a deportation suite. Effectively, he’s back in prison. Question Two: Why the rush?
The answer to Question One: Because, under the new anti-terrorism laws, they can. The police can react with inappropriate hysteria and subject anyone they like to internment on the flimsiest of “evidence”. Do you think a white person printing off a copy of an Al-Qaeda manual would have been subjected to this?
The answer to Question Two: Because the police wish to create a smokescreen to disguise their own inadequacies. Red-faced because they at last realized that they had made a false arrest, they reacted in typical knee-jerk fashion and found, to their satisfaction, that an irregularity in Hicham’s visa could allow them to re-arrest him, thereby “justifying” their original assertion that he is an undesirable character. It’s pitiable. Hicham, who is from Algeria, currently has an application for British citizenship pending – this has presumably been cast aside because of his so-called “illegal” status. The unintentional consequence of this is that Muslims become even further alienated and their opinions become further entrenched - and that is more dangerous than the printing of any manual, believe me.
There is an action group that has been formed to try to stop this shameful abuse of power. You can find out more at http://freehichamyezza.wordpress.com/ so please take a look. This isn’t just about a single individual in Nottingham; this is about protecting civil liberties for all of us.
I thank you.
2 comments:
You really do not have a clue do you son!!!
A technicality was it . . . bull!!
He is here ILLEGALLY which means not legal, because I dont think that gets through your thick skull.
Lets look at the story again
1. Hicham arrested for breach of the peace in which he was abusive to the arresting officer, after politely asking him to remove a wall. (see youtube video). This protest was at the University . . why?? what authority does the univeristy have?? Go and cry to the council.
2. Downloading a TERRORIST TRAINING MANUAL. So if you saw some muslim seeing looking at material on how to become a terrorist you would casually pass it by would you?? Doubt it!
3. The Univeristy acted accordingly doing what they should, and have to do by law, which is reporting suspected terrorists to the police.
4. Policem did nothing wrong, aprehending a suspected terrorist is fine by me. They could have held him for 28 days, but did they?? NO!
5. After which we find that he is not even legally in the country.
So lets sum up,
we have an illegal immigrant reading an Al Queida manual on how to become a terrorist, how would you expect the people to react who are in charge of your safety.
Lets look at it differently. Maybe Hich was innocent, but lets assume he wasn't.
New story, Hich downloads terrorist manual, noone cares, two weeks later he destros a packed library. You my friend would then get on your high horse and moan about how nothing was done.
I would rather no be blown to pieces thank you very much.
In fact Jonny, Hich was not arrested for breach of the peace. That was someone else ... but then they all look the same don't they?
We have not found out he was "not legally in the country", and unless you have priviledged access to legal documents I would suggest that you have no clue one way or the other.
The rest of your ... impassioned ... post I make no comment on, as it betrays its own bitter vitriol.
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