High Court judges will deliberate for up to two weeks on whether Foreign Secretary Jack Straw should be ordered to seek the release of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Deghayes.
Lawyers acting for Mr Deghayes, a 37-year-old law graduate from Saltdean, and two other British residents in Camp Delta, have argued in a judicial review that the Government has both a legal and a moral responsibility to step in and help the detainees.
The Government argues it has no responsibility to help Mr Deghayes as he is not a British citizen and in any event, to do so might be "counterproductive".
Lord Justice Latham and Mr Justice Tugendhat reserved judgment at the end of a two-day hearing last week and are expected to give their decision in the next couple of weeks.
The Argus is campaigning for Mr Deghayes to be granted a fair trial and is calling on the Government to intervene.
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