Islamic Movement in Israel's leader Sheikh Ra'ad Salah loses appeal, still detained by UK

Sign petition below demanding Sheikh Ra'ad Salah's release.

From Haaretz

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.

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." more

Please sign this petition which we plan to hand in to the Home Secretary for the release of Shaykh Salah.

We the undersigned:

Call for the immediate release of Shaykh Raed Salah
Call upon the Home Secretary to drop the deportation charges
Consider Shaykh Raed Salah a human rights activist
Call upon Home Secretary to allow him to refute and/or challenge the accusation levelled against him in court
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