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Latest update 21:19 08.07.11
Islamic Movement in Israel leader to remain in UK jail after court denies appeal
London court rules against Sheikh Ra'ad Salah's appeal of detention order;
demonstration held outside UK embassy in Israel.
By Jack Khoury Tags: Israeli Arab Islam
A London court on Friday denied the appeal of Sheikh Ra'ad Salah, leader of the
northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel.
Salah was arrested in England in late June after he entered the country despite
an exclusion order barring him from the United Kingdom. A deportation order was
issued subsequently. Salah remains in detention because he refused to comply
with the order.
Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Ra'ad Salah.
Photo by: Tess Scheflan
Salah appealed his arrest and the order that bars him from entering the UK. He
demanded that he be released immediately and unconditionally and be allowed to
continue to his visit in the UK.
The appeal was denied and he will remain in detention until an additional
appeal, which is expected to be filed next week.
Salah's attorney and spokesman Zahi Nujeidat told Haaretz that "the Sheikh is
insisting on his right to fight the arbitrary decision by the British
government to deport him and therefore he has decided to remain in detention
and wait for the appeals proceeding."
On Saturday afternoon, the Islamic Movement, backed by the Higher Arab
Monitoring Committee, will hold a large demonstration in Nazareth, expected to
be attended by thousands of people, protesting Salah's detention.
On Friday, Islamic Movement activists held a protest outside the UK embassy in
Tel Aviv.
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