www.save-omar.org.uk/

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ABOUT OMAR
Omar is one of eight British residents still imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay. The British government have thus far used the excuse that he holds only refugee status to deny all responsibility for him.
HISTORY OF PERSECUTION

Omar and his family left Libya for the UK in 1986, six years after his father, a democrat and trade unionist, was assassinated by Colonel Gaddafi's regime. They settled just outside Brighton, Omar with refugee status in the UK, and the remainder of his family as British citizens.
TRAVELLING

In 2001, after studying law at UK universities, Omar travelled with a friend to Malaysia, Pakistan and eventually to Afghanistan. There he met and married his Afghani wife, and had a son, Suleiman, who is now four years old.
Imprisoned

When war broke out, Omar moved his family to Pakistan, fearing for their safety, and en route back to the UK. There he was arrested by bounty-hunters along with his wife and young son (both later released) and taken to Bagram, which he describes as reminiscent of a Nazi prison camp. He was later sent on to Guantánamo, where he has suffered further human rights abuses.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
The only "evidence" for Omar's arrest is a video, allegedly showing Omar, from the Spanish authorities. However experts have confirmed what is seemingly apparent; that the person in the video isn't Omar.
TORTTURED AND BLINDED

On one occasion, guards attacked Omar with pepper spray, rubbing the chemical in his eyes, so that he is now completely blinded in one eye.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
Write to Omar Deghayes, Prisoner 727, 160 Camp Delta, Washington DC, 20053 USA.

Send gifts of eye-patches, shampoo, toothpaste, books, particularly poetry, music, boxer shorts, and anything else you choose to Omar Deghayes, c/o Brighton Peace and Environment Centre, 39-41 Surrey St, Brighton BN1 3PB. His lawyer will despatch these thngs to Camp Delta.

Write to your MP and ask him or her to support an early day motion put by Brighton MP Des Turner. To get a lobby pack, emil louise@dlsnc.freeserve.co.uk

Write to the home secretary, Charles Clarke, at his office:
2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF
& the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, ar the FCO:
King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AA
Let them know what you think.

Make a donation to the campaign.

Sign the petition for Omar and the other British dtainees at Guantanamo.

Join the 'Save Omar' email list for the latest updates.

If you live in Brighton, come to campaign meetings or help on the stall. Meetings are 7pm every other Wednesday. See diary dates for more details.