An update from Gypsy
Heyaaa!...ICMAG guests,members, moderators, and administrators...
Appropriate salutations to all and sundry.
On the 28th August 2015 it's been 2 years that I have been held in detention here in the Bureau if Immigration detention holding facility in Manila, Philippines, trying to legally fight my way out of this rotten hole, so that I can go home to my wife and kids in Subic Bay.
Sadly... I have come to the realization that due to so many forces against my release or bail (USA & Philippine governments), I would be incarcerated here for many more years before the unlikely event that I would ever see real justice in my case.
My latest appeal, based upon illegal arrest & detention, attempted extra-judicial rendition, lack of due process of law, and ignoring my constitutional rights, filed against the Philippine Bureau of immigration (B.I) has purposefully been stalled by an 'Unknown Entity' indefinitely in the Supreme Court along with my plea for bail.
So without knowing when/if or how I will ever see an end to this legal process and my detention, I have decided to give in to this corrupt, constipated and antiquated legal system and opt for voluntary deportation to the UK, where it's possible that I may find much swifter and beneficial justice concerning my case.
To be able to deport, I must first drop the case/charges I have against the B.I. or they will not let me go.
Essentially I am being held hostage/captive by the B.I. and the ransom that will gain my freedom to deport is to drop the case I have against their illegal deeds concerning myself.
If they do actually allow me to deport, once I have dropped this very credible case. I will most probably have an Interpol red notice out on me and be greeted in the UK with some extradition warrant from the USA upon arrival at Heathrow airport. Then I will fight to try and stop the federal US justice department from being able to extradite me from the UK to face these ridiculous conspiracy charges in the USA.
I do have some faith that I might well be able to beat this extradition with the help of the UK courts, because cannabis seed is not illegal, and not considered a drug or 'narcotic' in the UK, as it is in the USA. Plus recently the US senate voted to allow cannabusinesses to use the US banking system...
For sure it will be an interesting extradition trial due to their never having been such a case of this nature before the British courts, in all it's history. And hopefully I will at least be able to be free on bail while this extradition trial takes place in the UK, which is likely since the US charges of conspiracy to manufacture a narcotic (seeds), and money laundering (taking funds for seed sales) etc, hardly constitute a threat to the public.
The hardest part of doing this is having to leave my wife and kids here in the Philippines as I deport to face an uncertain future.
Currently it is VERY difficult, (particularly in my current situation) for the foreign spouse of a British citizen (outside the EEC) to get a visa to reside in the UK, even if you are legally married and have children together. My kids both have British passports, but my wife is a Filippina, and I cannot separate the kids from the wife as I deport back to the UK to face an uncertain future. So tragically I will have to leave them here in the Philippines until such time comes about that I am able to find a way to be reunited with them in Europe, hopefully not too distant in the future.
It's been a grueling, sweltering, stressful 2 years in this fetid dump, and although I have been able to see my family every weekend there will be no end to my incarceration, unless I drop my case against the B.I....and they allow me to deport.
Lets just hope that once I have signed the papers to drop the charges against the B.I. they hold good to their word and actually let me get on that plane to London (I even have to buy my own ticket!)...
I made the Philippines my home as a legal registered immigrant, back in 2006, so I will have to leave my home, land and family here, not knowing when I will ever see any of it ever again. It's a big step for me, but the only possible way out of here that I can fathom.
Those of you that have kindly contributed towards my bail/bond fund I thank you all, and any funds that have been raised now will go towards my legal costs, and the plane ticket that I hope to be able to buy, to get me out of here.
If I make bail in the UK, then I will gladly be back on the forums of ICMAG once again, amongst you all, and I'm looking forward to that very much indeed!
For a little insight as to what has been the conditions of my life for the past two years,
Check this link:
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-...eigners-notorious-philippine-detention-centre
Thank you all for your help and kind indulgence ....
Gypsy Nirvana
Heyaaa!...ICMAG guests,members, moderators, and administrators...
Appropriate salutations to all and sundry.
On the 28th August 2015 it's been 2 years that I have been held in detention here in the Bureau if Immigration detention holding facility in Manila, Philippines, trying to legally fight my way out of this rotten hole, so that I can go home to my wife and kids in Subic Bay.
Sadly... I have come to the realization that due to so many forces against my release or bail (USA & Philippine governments), I would be incarcerated here for many more years before the unlikely event that I would ever see real justice in my case.
My latest appeal, based upon illegal arrest & detention, attempted extra-judicial rendition, lack of due process of law, and ignoring my constitutional rights, filed against the Philippine Bureau of immigration (B.I) has purposefully been stalled by an 'Unknown Entity' indefinitely in the Supreme Court along with my plea for bail.
So without knowing when/if or how I will ever see an end to this legal process and my detention, I have decided to give in to this corrupt, constipated and antiquated legal system and opt for voluntary deportation to the UK, where it's possible that I may find much swifter and beneficial justice concerning my case.
To be able to deport, I must first drop the case/charges I have against the B.I. or they will not let me go.
Essentially I am being held hostage/captive by the B.I. and the ransom that will gain my freedom to deport is to drop the case I have against their illegal deeds concerning myself.
If they do actually allow me to deport, once I have dropped this very credible case. I will most probably have an Interpol red notice out on me and be greeted in the UK with some extradition warrant from the USA upon arrival at Heathrow airport. Then I will fight to try and stop the federal US justice department from being able to extradite me from the UK to face these ridiculous conspiracy charges in the USA.
I do have some faith that I might well be able to beat this extradition with the help of the UK courts, because cannabis seed is not illegal, and not considered a drug or 'narcotic' in the UK, as it is in the USA. Plus recently the US senate voted to allow cannabusinesses to use the US banking system...
For sure it will be an interesting extradition trial due to their never having been such a case of this nature before the British courts, in all it's history. And hopefully I will at least be able to be free on bail while this extradition trial takes place in the UK, which is likely since the US charges of conspiracy to manufacture a narcotic (seeds), and money laundering (taking funds for seed sales) etc, hardly constitute a threat to the public.
The hardest part of doing this is having to leave my wife and kids here in the Philippines as I deport to face an uncertain future.
Currently it is VERY difficult, (particularly in my current situation) for the foreign spouse of a British citizen (outside the EEC) to get a visa to reside in the UK, even if you are legally married and have children together. My kids both have British passports, but my wife is a Filippina, and I cannot separate the kids from the wife as I deport back to the UK to face an uncertain future. So tragically I will have to leave them here in the Philippines until such time comes about that I am able to find a way to be reunited with them in Europe, hopefully not too distant in the future.
It's been a grueling, sweltering, stressful 2 years in this fetid dump, and although I have been able to see my family every weekend there will be no end to my incarceration, unless I drop my case against the B.I....and they allow me to deport.
Lets just hope that once I have signed the papers to drop the charges against the B.I. they hold good to their word and actually let me get on that plane to London (I even have to buy my own ticket!)...
I made the Philippines my home as a legal registered immigrant, back in 2006, so I will have to leave my home, land and family here, not knowing when I will ever see any of it ever again. It's a big step for me, but the only possible way out of here that I can fathom.
Those of you that have kindly contributed towards my bail/bond fund I thank you all, and any funds that have been raised now will go towards my legal costs, and the plane ticket that I hope to be able to buy, to get me out of here.
If I make bail in the UK, then I will gladly be back on the forums of ICMAG once again, amongst you all, and I'm looking forward to that very much indeed!
For a little insight as to what has been the conditions of my life for the past two years,
Check this link:
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-...eigners-notorious-philippine-detention-centre
Thank you all for your help and kind indulgence ....
Gypsy Nirvana
