The Case of Kinolo Java

Bryan Richards

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An escape during deportation from Britain by Kinolo Java, a high-profile trade union opponent of the Baraki regime in Algeria is followed by capture in Buckingham Palace which draws in the royals. Deported back to Algeria and facing certain death in prison, he escapes and is hunted down by assassins in Algeria, Spain and Morocco. This story of a life and death struggle against overwhelming odds reveals the darker politics of governments, driven by moral panics over illegal immigration in the media and the tabloid press. Murder, sex and betrayal loom over this story of one asylum seeker''s escape from oppression and search for freedom and justice.

Sujets

• Thriller

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• Publié par: Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd
• Date de parution: 29 mai 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781528971140
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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The Case of Kinolo Java
Bryan Richards
Austin Macauley Publishers
2020-06-30
The Case of Kinolo Java About the Author Dedication Copyright Information © Acknowledgements Part One Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 Scene 12 Scene 13 Scene 14 Scene 15 Scene 16 Scene 17 Scene 18 Scene 19 Scene 20 Scene 21 Scene 22 Scene 23 Scene 24 Scene 25 Scene 26 Scene 27 Scene 28 Scene 29 Scene 30 Scene 31 Scene 32 Scene 33 Scene 34 Scene 35 Scene 36 Scene 37 Scene 38 Scene 39 Scene 40 Scene 41 Scene 42 Scene 43 Scene 44 Scene 45 Scene 46 Scene 47 Scene 48 Scene 49 Scene 50 Scene 51 Scene 52 Scene 53 Scene 54 Scene 55 Scene 56 Scene 57 Scene 58 Scene 59 Scene 60 Scene 61 Scene 62 Scene 63 Scene 64 Scene 65 Scene 66
About the Author
With a background in education, the author has worked as an actor in films, TV soaps and docudrama and is now a thriller writer.
Dedication
To victims and opponents of dictatorship.
Copyright Information ©
Bryan Richards (2020)
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
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Acknowledgements
I thank my daughter, Virginia, for transcribing my writing into an online typescript and for designing the book cover. My daughter, Davina, helped with administrative requirements.
Part One
Scene 1
Calham Detention Centre
KINOLO JAVA is an illegal immigrant from Algeria. After entering a police station requesting political asylum, he has been transferred to Calham Detention Centre near Banbury in Oxfordshire. His initial application was turned down and JENNY ISAAC, his solicitor from Liberty, the human rights organisation, is visiting him with the result of his appeal. She enters the visitors’ room. Kinolo is sitting in an armchair awaiting her visit.
JENNY
Hello Kinolo (She goes over and sits by him).
KINOLO
Hi, Jenny. Yes, I know already. The governor told me the bad news an hour ago. They’re sending me back to Algeria. The bastards. Back to hell. I should never have come here.
JENNY
Don’t give up hope Kinolo, it could take weeks before they do that. The fight goes on. At worst, they’ll deport you somewhere where you get asylum.
KINOLO
No, they won’t, or the governor would have told me that.
JENNY
The governor’s not fighting your case – I am.
KINOLO
(Bitterly)
What can you do now? Nothing. It’s too late.
JENNY
There’s lots I can do. I’ll be seeing the human rights group of MPs in the House of Commons later this morning and I’ll get them to petition the Home Secretary to cancel the deportation order. Then I’ll be getting Liberty to issue a press release and we’ll try to plug your case on TV and radio.
KINOLO
(Slightly more cheerfully)
Thanks for doing all that. You’re my last hope, Jenny.
JENNY
Don’t worry, Kinolo. We’ll win this battle. (She looks at her watch. Then gets up from her chair.) I’m off now, Kinolo. There’s not a minute to lose.
KINOLO
May Allah be with you.
(She kisses him on the cheek, then grabs her shoulder bag and attaché case. At the door she turns towards him and clenches her fist.)
JENNY
Stay strong, Kinolo (Then she hurries off).
Scene 2
The Home Secretary’s Office in the House of Commons
A cross-party group of three MPs from the human rights group have obtained an appointment. As they come into the room, the Home Secretary looks impatiently at her watch whilst her secretary stands close by with a pile of papers.

HOME SECRETARY
Right, as Sheila said on the phone, I can only give you a few minutes on this. I should be on my way to the Police Federation conference in Brighton. I’m running late. Fire away.
LABOUR MP
We’ve come to ask you to cancel the deportation order on Kinolo Java.
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT MP
(Chimes in)
You can’t send him back, Home Secretary. He’ll rot in jail, get tortured or worse.
LABOUR MP
He gave himself up to the police here. He didn’t do that to be deported home. You and I’d try to escape from a brutal dictatorship, wouldn’t we.
(The Home Secretary maintains a querulous listening manner but is clearly impatient to leave)

TORY MP
If he must go, send him somewhere safe where he’ll get asylum.
HOME SECRETARY
I’ll review his case, but I’m making no promises.
LABOUR MP
Can’t you cancel the deportation order now damn it, you’re Home Secretary, Barbara.
HOME SECRETARY
It’s a hot potato for all our parties. The PM has stressed these things are too politically charged and must be decided in cabinet.
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT
That’s a cop out. It’s your decision and you know it.
HOME SECRETARY
(Looks again at her watch)
I’ve stated my position. I’ll review the case fairly and raise it in Cabinet – bearing in mind the points you’ve made. Now I’m off, gentlemen. Sheila, let’s go. (She hurries out with her secretary to a waiting car)
Scene 3
A Cabinet Meeting Next Day

CULTURE SECRETARY
So, have I got Cabinet agreement on the new funding requirements for the 2012 Olympics. It’s due to unforeseen inflationary costs. To be blunt. It’s got to mean a lot more money from us as a government.
PRIME MINISTER
We’ll do what we can within our fiscal constraints but the bulk of this money must come from new sponsors such as big business.
CULTURE SECRETARY
Yes, Prime Minister. I agree. We’re working flat out to get the new sponsors, but it’s hard in a recession.
CHANCELLOR
(Smiling)
You mean, ‘slow down’.
PRIME MINISTER
Right, let’s not get into all that. I think that’s it for today. Any other business.
HOME SECRETARY
Yes, just one thing. It’s the Kinolo Java political asylum case. He’s just had his appeal against deportation rejected by immigration. Liberty and human rights MPs from the three parties petitioned me about it yesterday to reverse the decision. Whatever I do, there’ll be some nasty fallout. It’s a hot potato so I am putting it to Cabinet.
DEFENSE SECRETARY
He’s an illegal immigrant – so we have to back immigration and kick him out.
HOME SECRETARY
Not that simple. Liberty’s been pushing his case across the media.
DEFENSE SECRETARY
We’ve got to stand firm behind Appeals on this. We’re seen as a soft touch on asylum and getting slated by the press. We lose seats on asylum and immigration if we look weak. The problem is out of hand already.
EDUCATION SECRETARY
Are there any special circumstances in this case to merit a change of heart?
HOME SECRETARY
Yes. Algeria is a military dictatorship. He’s wanted for organising peaceful protest against the Algerian government and he’s well known as general secretary of the Agricultural and Petro Chemical Workers Union and deputy leader of the Algerian Democracy Party, and is well-respected out there. They’ll lock him up or worse. That’s what the lobby tells me.
FOREIGN SECRETARY
Maybe. But I don’t think so. I’ve had assurances from the government that he’ll be treated fairly and won’t face imprisonment when he gets back.

PRIME MINISTER
Well that seems a fair solution, Home Secretary. We’re well down the polls on immigration and this seems a reasonable outcome.
DEFENSE SECRETARY
I strongly support that, Prime Minister. If we undermine the Appeals process, we’ll be a laughingstock. And it will cost us votes if we’re seen giving in to a few nutty radicals in the media. And we’ve just signed up a big trade deal with Algeria in oil and defence. It’s a bloody recession. Remember, British jobs are at stake.
EDUCATION SECRETARY
Why not send him to a neutral country that will have him.
HOME SECRETARY
I’ve tried the European Union but they’ve refused saying if he’s got a case, we should accept him. They’re getting flack for being soft on immigration themselves and they don’t have a common policy.
EDUCATION SECRETARY
How about Cuba.
FOREIGN SECRETARY
No chance. He’s a democrat, not a communist. He’s spoken out about communist dictators in the past and the Cubans won’t have him.
PRIME MINISTER
Mm. Well, we’ve done all we can then. We’ve got Algerian reassurances, so we’ll have to uphold the deportation order. If there’s any fallout on this, Home Secretary, we’ll back you as a Cabinet. Try and keep it under wraps till he’s gone. Then we brazen it out.

DEFENSE SECRETARY
It’ll help us in the polls, too, for a change, for being firm on asylum.
PRIME MINISTER
That’s it for today. Thank you everybody.
Scene 4
Calham Detention Centre
Later that evening after the Cabinet meeting, a police car and a large green prison van pull into the detention centre. Two officers step out of the car whilst the prison van is parked next to it. There are three prison officers waiting inside the prison van. In the detention centre, Kinolo is talking to another detainee outside his cell. An officer approaches him.

OFFICER
Kinolo, governor wants to see you. (He follows the officer to the governor’s room in the West Wing of the Detention Centre. The officer knocks on the door.) It’s sergeant Henson, Sir. I’ve brought Kinolo Java to see you.
GOVERNOR
Bring him in. (He