Omar Deghayes, British resident imprisoned without charge or trial and currently being tortured in Guantanamo bay will be spending Christmas in prison while Blair and co are enjoying themselves.

The Save Omar campaign - whose only demand is that he should stand trial if he has committed any crime - are asking all supporters to post Christmas cards with anti-Guantanamo and Justice for Omar greetings to the Prime Minister and the relevant members of his cabinets. Here are their addresses:

Prime Minster Tony Blair
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA

Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
19 King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH

Home Secretary John Reid
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

I think the world has learnt a great deal about the nature of democracy from Guantanamo. It truly is an educational initiative.

Here I am replying to myself again but I got this from the campaign this morning.

You know there was a lot of discussion about this on the "other" education website. Perhaps this is because there are more supporters of torture over there?

Suggested letter to the PM

Insert your address

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Prime Minister Tony Blair
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA

Dear Prime Minister ¬¬¬¬

I am writing to request that the British government agrees to the
immediate release by the United States government of Omar Deghayes
from Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay allowing him to return to his family
and friends in the UK.

Omar Deghayes is a UK resident who has been living near Brighton for
twenty years. His family fled Libya in 1987 following the
assassination of his father who was a political opponent of
Gaddafi's regime. Omar's family are British citizens and they,
including him, were given refugee status. In March 2006 a judicial
review was heard in the High Court, London and it was noted
that "there is respectable academic support of the proposition that
refugees should be accorded diplomatic protection by the State which
has accepted that status".

Omar Deghayes has been held in Guantanamo Bay since September 2002.
There have been reports of torture in Guantanamo from the most
respected international bodies, including the United Nations. I have
concerns about the treatment of Omar Deghayes. There has been no
legal proceeding in a case against him and there has been no
evidence presented that has been made available to legal, public or
independent scrutiny.

The arrest, transportation, internment and torture of the detainees
held in Guantanamo may be breach of Articles 5, 9 and 10 of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights which state that:

• No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment.
• No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or
exile.
• Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public
hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal in determination of
his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

These principles are embodied in the European Convention of Human
Rights and Britain's 1998 Human Rights Act.

I will look forward to receiving your response to my concerns about
the torture of Omar Deghayes and what steps you are taking to enable
his return home to the UK.

Yours sincerely