A/HRC/13/42*
page 164
Date of release
At time of the interview he is in prison in Sale serving his sentence.
Additional Information
During his second period of detention in Morocco, his wife searched for him by asking the
Moroccan Ministry of Justice of his status. The office of the Prosecutor in Casablanca
guaranteed that he was not being detained in Morocco. It was not until the alleged detainee’s
brother reported his disappearance on 18 September 2003, that the family became officially
informed that the alleged detainee was being held in prison in Sale.
According to the alleged detainee’s wife, he now suffers from many physical problems as a
result of the treatment inflicted upon him during his periods of detention.
*
Information contained is from an interview with interviewee’s wife, Ms. Khadija
Anna Lucia Pighizzini, and other credible sources.
Case 8 - Biographic details
Name
Nationality/country of origin
Mr. Omar Deghayes*
Libyan/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (UK
resident)
Male
Gender
Detention
Date of initial detention
April 2002
Location of the detention
He was detained at his home located in Lahore, Pakistan
Grounds of initial detention
Not formally charged and never brought before a judge. At the moment of detention he was
requested to hand over his weapons.
The authority(ies) involved in the arrest/detention
Pakistan: Pakistani, CIA and UK Security Services officers
Afghanistan: American military, CIA, FBI and UK Security Services officers
Guantanamo Bay: US officers
Site(s) of detention, including sites of possible transit
1. Police station (April 2002: after arrest and only for some hours)
2. Building described as an old castle near Lahore, Pakistan (April - May 2002)
3. Military barracks in Islamabad, Pakistan (May - June 2002)
4. Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan (June - August 2002)
5. Guantanamo Bay (August 2002 - December 2007)
Total period of detention
Approximately 5 years and 8 months
Duration of secret detention
Approximately 5 months (April 2002 - August 2002)
Conditions and treatment during secret detention
- Building described as an old castle near Lahore, Pakistan: He was placed alone in a room.
The first 3 days he was interrogated, by Pakistani persons in civilian clothes, about bombs and
about his family’s opposition to the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (his father was allegedly killed
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