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 is the largest organisation of its kind in Europe. Hicham spoke about his arrest at the NUS Black Students’ Campaign Winter Conference in November, and his case was highlighted a number of times at the May 2009 conference as an example of institutionalised racism and Islamophobia in British universities.
The motion stated that: “Conference believes that the attempt to deport ten Pakistani students under immigration laws, and other international students like Hicham Yezza, after government blunders, is immoral and unjustified … Conference resolves to:
1. Support students who have been unfairly targeted for deportation
2. Fully support the ‘Free Hicham’ campaign
3. Work with organisations like Liberty … “
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