Commenting, Clive Stafford Smith, Shaker Aamer’s lawyer, said:
British politicians may bombasticate about our ‘robust and effective systems to deal with suspected terrorists’ but Shaker is not and never has been a terrorist, and has been cleared by the Americans themselves for 8 years. I hope the authorities will understand that he has been tortured and abused for more than a decade, and what he wants most is to be left alone with his family to start rebuilding his life."
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1. For further information, please contact Reprieve’s press office: + 44 (0) 207 553 8161 or in the USA 00 (1) 917 855 8064
Commenting, Clive Stafford Smith, Shaker Aamer’s lawyer, said:
British politicians may bombasticate about our ‘robust and effective systems to deal with suspected terrorists’ but Shaker is not and never has been a terrorist, and has been cleared by the Americans themselves for 8 years. I hope the authorities will understand that he has been tortured and abused for more than a decade, and what he wants most is to be left alone with his family to start rebuilding his life."
ENDS
1. For further information, please contact Reprieve’s press office: + 44 (0) 207 553 8161 or in the USA 00 (1) 917 855 8064