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Omar Deghayes

July 2017

  • Abdullah Deghayes and his brother are thought to have been fighting with al-Nusra Front when they died in 2014.

    'Opportunities missed' to stop radicalisation of Brighton brothers

    News that Abdullah Deghayes, 18, and brother Jaffar, 17, had travelled to Syria came as shock to professionals, report finds

March 2016

  • The Guardian

    What makes a bunch of teenagers from Brighton go to Syria? – video

  • The Guardian

    The long read
    From Brighton to the battlefield: how four young Britons were drawn to jihad

April 2015

  • Abubaker Deghayes

    Father of jihadi brothers on Syria mission to save surviving son

    Two sons of Abubaker Deghayes have died fighting president Assad – now he must race to save last ‘Brighton Boy’

October 2014

  • Jaffar Deghayes

    Sister writes Facebook tribute to Brighton jihadi killed in Syria

  • Abubaker Deghayes described Jaffar’s actions as 'a young man’s attempt, with scarce experience of life, to fight a tyrant'

    Teenage jihadi from Brighton killed in Syria

November 2010

  • Former Guantanamo Bay detainees Omar Deghayes, Binyam Mohamed and Martin Mubanga.

    Guantánamo Bay prisoners to get millions from British government

  • Former Guantanamo Bay detainees Omar Deghayes, Binyam Mohamed and Martin Mubanga.

    Politics blog
    Guantánamo Bay prisoners: pay out and move on

January 2010

  • Omar Deghayes

    How I fought to survive Guantánamo

    For nearly six years, British resident Omar Deghayes was imprisoned in Guantánamo and subjected to such brutal torture that he lost the sight in one eye. But far from being broken, he fought back to retain his dignity and his sanity

March 2008

  • Jamil el-Banna and Omar Deghayes

    Jamil el-Banna and Omar Deghayes

    A Spanish judge has ruled that the two former Guantánamo inmates will not be extradited to Spain

December 2007

  • Profiles: the Guantánamo three

    Jamil el-Banna | Omar Deghayes | Abdennour Samuer

August 2007

  • Greenslade
    Brighton paper hopeful of prisoner's release

    The Brighton Argus reports that the Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes may be home within days. The paper has been campaigning for the release of the law student from Camp Delta since 2005. Though Deghayes is not a UK national he was granted refugee status and allowed to stay in Britain prior to being taken prisoner in Afghanistan in 2002. His family live in Saltdean, near Brighton. (Via Brighton Argus)

July 2006

  • Refusal to seek return of detainees 'unlawful'

    The refusal by the government to request the return of Bisher al-Rawi, Jamil el-Banna, and Omar Deghayes, three British residents held at Guantánamo Bay, is unlawful, the court of appeal was told yesterday.
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