Demonstration , Saturday April 9th, Brighton
A yatra style walk departing Jubilee Library, North Rd, 12noon to the Peace Statue in Brighton
A yatra style walk departing Jubilee Library, North Rd, 12noon to the Peace Statue in Brighton
Omar Deghayes is a 35year old married man and father, originally from Libya, but a resident of Saltdean 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.
We 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.
· Demonstration , April 9th A yatra style walk departing Jubilee Library, North Rd, 12noon to the Peace Statue
http://www.safp.org.uk
· Candlelit Vigil, north end of The Level April 16th, 6pm-8pm
· Anti-War Conference, Brighthelm Centre, April 23rd 11am-3.30pm www.watchingthewarmakers.org.uk
For more details contact www.save-omar.org.uk
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.
We 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.
· Demonstration , April 9th A yatra style walk departing Jubilee Library, North Rd, 12noon to the Peace Statue
http://www.safp.org.uk · Candlelit Vigil, north end of The Level April 16th, 6pm-8pm
· Anti-War Conference, Brighthelm Centre, April 23rd 11am-3.30pm www.watchingthewarmakers.org.uk
For more details contact www.save-omar.org.uk