Support is growing for the campaign against the detention of Omar Deghayes with a cross-party group of MPs condemning his inhumane treatment at Guantanamo Bay.

A Commons motion calling on the Government to stand up for Mr Deghayes has already been backed by 11 MPs within days of being tabled by Brighton Kemptown MP Des Turner.

Mr Deghayes, who grew up in Saltdean, has been detained without charge at Camp Delta in Cuba since he was arrested in Pakistan three years ago.

There have been repeated claims of mistreatment of prisoners at the camp and Mr Deghayes' lawyer, Clive Stafford-Smith, has claimed his client has lost the sight of one eye as a result of abuse.

Dr Turner's motion urges ministers to lobby the United States for Mr Deghayes' release unless charges are brought against him.

The MP is also stressing to the Government that the 35-year-old, despite being a Libyan national, is "normally resident in Brighton Kemptown".

Ministers have so far refused to help the former law student because he is a refugee rather than a UK citizen.

But MPs from all three main parties in Westminster have rallied behind Dr Turner's call.

Brighton Pavilion MP David Lepper and Hove MP Celia Barlow were among the first to back his motion, along with fellow Labour MPs Lynne Jones, David Drew, Jeremy Corbyn, Kelvin Hopkins and Ann Cryer.

From the Conservatives, West Worthing MP Peter Bottomley has signed the motion, as well as Liberal Democrats Mike Hancock and Bob Russell.

The motion reads: "That this House calls on the Government clearly to condemn the inhumane treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay and to urge the United States Administration either to charge them, to prosecute them under due process of law, to keep them in acceptable prison conditions, or to release them if there is no reasonable evidence against them, and in particular to make representations to the United States Administration for the release of Omar Deghayes, a Libyan national and refugee normally resident in Brighton Kemptown constituency."