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Shaker Aamer

The last British resident in Guantanamo Bay

Shaker Aamer is the last British resident in Guantanamo Bay who remains imprisoned despite having been cleared for release by the Bush and Obama administrations. Shaker Aamer (http://www.reprieve.org.uk/cases/shakeraamer/history/) was born in Saudi Arabia but moved toLondon as a young man and is now a legal British resident. Shaker’s wife and four children are all British citizens; they live in South London. Shaker has been cleared for release by the Bush and Obama administrations and yet he remains held in Guantanamo Bay with neither charge nor trial.

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