Posted on 02/11/2011 9:22:45 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The ongoing incarceration of the last British resident held at Guantanamo Bay is making a "mockery of justice", according to human rights campaigners. Shaker Aamer, 43, will have been held without charge for exactly nine years tomorrow.
Amnesty denounced the "cruel limbo" he has been left in as the campaign group renewed calls for him to be tried or released back to his wife and children in the UK.
Aamer is originally from Saudi Arabia but is married to a British citizen and has four British children.
Aamer was captured in December 2001 by the US, which has claimed he was fighting with the Taliban, and moved to Guantanamo the following year, but no charges have ever been brought.
In February 2002 Aamer was transferred to the US military detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, where he has languished ever since.
He led the first hunger strike at Guantanamo and was one of the detainees who claimed that he was tortured numerous times in Afghanistan, including by US officials while British personnel were present.
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Club Where? Never heard of it.
This guy sure picked the wrong place and time to be selling magazine subscriptions.
Pack the bitch up and fed ex his a$$ to Brittan.
Otherwise, charge him with something and try him, at least.
If he pops up again somewhere acting against us, pop him dead.
Which country is number one in Human Rights violations reported by Amnesty International? You’ll never guess. What? You ‘re right! You must have peeked.
Country Number of reports
United States 133
Israel 117
Indonesia 117
Turkey 111
China 106
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 104
United Kingdom 95
India 80
Russia 75
Rwanda 64
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