David Harrold says, "Free Shaker Aamer"

On July 18, 2013, I photographed David Harrold of the London Guantanamo Campaign at a vigil for Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison, whose British wife and four British children patiently await his return in south London. The vigil took place in Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament.
Disgracefully, Shaker is still held despite being cleared for release under President Bush and under President Obama. He is one of the many hunger strikers at Guantanamo, who have been refusing food since February to protest about their ongoing imprisonment without charge or trial, to which there appears to be no end in sight -- even for the 86 men (Shaker included) who were cleared for release by the inter-agency Guantanamo Review Task Force, which President Obama established shortly after taking office in January 2009.
The Save Shaker Aamer Campaign held lunchtime vigils outside Parliament every weekday for several months before Parliament's summer recess began, and will return in September if he is not freed. There is no excuse for Shaker still to be held, and it is disgraceful that (a) the US government wants to return him to Saudi Arabia, the country of his birth, where he would almost certainly be imprisoned, and not allowed to be reunited with his family, and (b) the British government has not done all in its power to demand and secure his return to the UK, as is their obligation.
For a video of Andy Worthington talking about Shaker at this protest, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/2013/07/22/video-andy-worthingt...
For Shaker Aamer's most recent accounts of the hunger strike in Guantanamo, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/2013/05/31/from-guantanamo-shak...
www.andyworthington.co.uk/2013/06/24/i-wish-i-was-dead-sh...
For his court submission, with other prisoners, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/2013/08/05/shaker-aamer-and-oth...
For an international petition calling for his release, see: www.thepetitionsite.com/1/shaker-aamerguantanamo-bay/
Also see the website of the Save Shaker Aamer Campaign: saveshaker.org/
For more on Andy Worthington, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/
For my most interesting photos, see: www.flickriver.com/photos/andyworthington/popular-interes...

Taken on: July 18, 2013

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