About
Shaker Aamer is a British Muslim who has been unlawfully imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay for 12 years.
He was captured by the US government in 2002 whilst doing charity work in Afghanistan.
The government offered huge sums of money to local people who could identify a foreigner. These 'foreigners' were branded “the most dangerous, best-trained vicious killers on the face of the earth.”
He family fled back to the UK. Shaker has not seen them since, including his youngest child, age 12, whom he has never met.
There is no explanation for his imprisonment. He has been cleared for released twice, in 2007 and 2010.
A protest is held every Wednesday, 1-3pm at Parliament Square, London, to campaign for his release.
This website is about the protest on Wednesday 29th October 2014.
