Omar Deghayes
Omar's mother, sister and brother still
live in Brighton
Download worksheet for
citizenship on the subject of Omar Deghayes
Omar
Deghayes is a 35 year old married man and father, originally from
Libya, but a resident of Saltdean in Brighton since 1987, who was
arrested in
Pakistan and has been held in solitary confinement in Camp Delta, Cuba
since 2002.
He has not been charged with any offence and the only evidence produced against him is a video tape,which the Americans claim links Mr Deghayes with terrorists but which experts have dismissed as a case of mistaken identity.
His lawyer Clive Stafford Smith claims his client has been tortured by American soldiers, leaving him blind in one eye.
The British Government, which had previously claimed it could not help, as he is a British resident, not a British national, has bowed to public pressure, and agreed to present the family's concerns about his treatment to US officials.
His supporters believe he should be charged and tried or released back to the U.K., and not to Libya from whence his family fled persecution and where he would certainly be in mortal danger. We do not claim his innocence or guilt but his human rights and entitlement to due process.
What you can
do
1. Write a
letter of support to Omar, in
as many languages as you can, and e-mail it to jackie.chase@virgin.net who
will send it on to his lawyer, and copy it to Charles Clarke and Jack
Straw if you wish.
2. Send gifts of
shampoo, toothpaste, books, particularly poetry, music, boxer shorts,
and anything else you can think of to
Omar Deghayes,
c/o Brighton Peace
and Environment Centre,
39-41 Surrey St,
Brighton
BN1 3PB.
His lawyer
will despatch these things to Camp Delta.
3 Use the case in Citizenship lessons, use and adapt the worksheet
4 Visit the website http://www.save-omar.org.uk to keep up to date on the campaign
5 Fax your MP using the free website and
get others to do likewise.