Free Djillali Campaign
Mar 23 2006 07:54
Our friend Djillali or J.P. as a lot of us know him, was detained for over 34 hours at Norwich Police station before being transferred to Harmondsworth Detention Centre. During that time neither he nor his friends were informed the reason why he was being detained
He was born in Paris of Algerian parents and has been living in the
UK as a valuable member of the community since 1993. He has been a
postal worker, is a skilled musician and more recently spent a lot of time caring for his ill wife, Doreen, prior to her death. Djillali has established a wide circle of friends in Norwich and wants to continue to live in the UK, which he considers his home.
After the death of his wife and partner for four years, his right to remain was challenged by the authorities. He is now fighting the threat of removal to Algeria.
Letters
Djillali would welcome letter while he is in Harmondsworth the
address is.
Djillali Salemkour
DMS 57471
UKDS
PO Box 724
Harmondsworth
West Drayton
Middlesex
UB7 0XN
Norwich Demonstrations and Meetings
There will be a stall this Saturday on the Haymarket between 11am
and 1pm Monday 27th there will be a demonstration outside the Forum from 6pm to 7pm followed by a meeting.
Harmondsworth Demo 8th April
There is a national "No Borders" demonstration at Harmondsworth.
Transport is being organised from Norwich.
Email list
To keep in contact we have formed a Yahoo group
To subscribe send a blank email message to
freedjillali-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Contact
Email: freedjillali@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: 07881 483542
Letter of Support
Please send personal letters of support (please quote his Home
Office reference number - S1194073) or sign a printed copy of a
letter and then send them to:
Djillali Salemkour, c/o Dr Ian Gibson MP, Boardman House, Redwell
Street, Norwich, NR2 4SL
Donations
Djillali and his anti deportation campaign needs money. Donation
can be sent to:
Djillali Salemkour, c/o Dr Ian Gibson MP, Boardman House, Redwell
Street, Norwich, NR2 4SL
Mar 23 2006 10:00
#2
PaulMarsh wrote:
Surely if he was born in Paris, he can get French citizenship, in which case he can live wherever he wants in the EU?
One would have thought so. He never registered for French nationalisation, not that I would have thought that that mattered being born in Paris, but it seems his recent brush with the law while Doreen was dying, is at the heart of the matter.
Mar 23 2006 10:42
#3
I'll be chucking up that EASF post tonight probly, and will add the events at the same time.
Mar 23 2006 15:04
#4
K rewrote with some more info, tis up and events posted.
Mar 23 2006 16:07
#5
Cheers Saii 
Mar 23 2006 17:34
#6
It's probably also worth mentioning that he's a Berber and Algeria has a history of repression of the Berber people.
Mar 23 2006 18:26
#7
You could have posted that as a comment on EASF there coconut, tis what the additions bit is for (along with being a repository for crazy email-bots)
Mar 23 2006 20:08
#8
I've known JP well (and knew Doreen well) for about 10 years. Never knew his name was Djillali or that he was a Berber.
Weird to find out all these details from others and reading leaflets after the blokes been kidnapped by the state.
Mar 28 2006 09:45
#9
Last night, at the bookfair meeting, I found out he'd been deported, which was annoying, because I'd just spent the ABC meeting writing to him.
Apparently the campaign is still going; they're trying to get him sent back now.
Surely if he was born in Paris, he can get French citizenship, in which case he can live wherever he wants in the EU?