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Lone Christmas plea for detainee | Lone Christmas plea for detainee |
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A lone figure wearing an orange boiler suit and black hood spent part of Christmas Day sitting on a beach as a reminder of a Brighton man's captivity. | |
Omar Deghayes, 37, has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba since his arrest in Pakistan in 2002. | Omar Deghayes, 37, has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba since his arrest in Pakistan in 2002. |
His family and supporters want him to be released, but a court agreed the government was not obliged to request his return to the UK. | His family and supporters want him to be released, but a court agreed the government was not obliged to request his return to the UK. |
Mr Deghayes is classed as a British resident, but not a citizen. | Mr Deghayes is classed as a British resident, but not a citizen. |
The Christmas Day protest on Brighton seafront was set up by the Save Omar campaign. | |
Mr Deghayes was accused of committing terrorists acts against the United States, but his lawyers claim his arrest was a case of mistaken identity. | Mr Deghayes was accused of committing terrorists acts against the United States, but his lawyers claim his arrest was a case of mistaken identity. |
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