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Nottingham University PhD student faces deportation for doing research

May 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Press release:

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 [...]

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Johnny Vegas blurs the lines between rape and comedy at the UCL Bloomsbury

May 11th, 2008 · No Comments

From NotBBC forums, via Liberal Conspiracy, comes an eyewitness report on Johnny Vegas’ set as part of Stewart Lee’s “Ten Best Stand-Ups in the World Ever” series:
It was pretty contentious, so I’m slightly concerned about misrepresenting what happened if you didn’t see it with your own eyes. I can’t give you the complete context without [...]

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