Hicham Yezza is an academic and journalist who talks about his experiences of being a victim of the climate of fear created by the government in its ‘fight against terrorism’, on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The event is hosted by London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Students' Union; organised by CAMPACC, the London Guantánamo Campaign, London Against Injustice, People in Common and others, held at The New Theatre, LSE Houghton Street. Hicham Yezza when Principal Administrator of the School of Modern Languages, Nottingham, advised MA student in International Relations on his dissertation on radical Islamism, who forwarded Al-Qaeda training manual from the official website of the US department of Justice to him, to assist him in drafting his PhD proposal. A colleague seeing this document reported Yezza to the senior University management, who reported this to the police. The police arrested Yezza and the student under the Terrorism Act 2000. The police incarcerated them for six days but were unable to bring charges against them since no offence had been made. Yezza was immediately re-arrested for alleged irregularities with his immigration status. After declaring he would fight any charges in court, he was served with an emergency deportation order (which could have circumvented this court hearing) and taken to an Immigration Removal Centre. With the efforts of a major campaign Yezza application to be released on bail was successful after 33 day detention and his campaign continues. Hicham Yezza, originally from Algeria is editor of Ceasefire Magazine and was previously editor of Voice Magazine. London, UK, 10th of December 2008
Date: 10/12/2008
Location: Aldwych, London, UK
Photographer: Richard Keith Wolff
