In his first television interview since being freed early this year, Aamer said guards also kept bright lights on detainees at all times, confiscating anything they might use to cover their faces to go to sleep.
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Login Search Menu. Log in. Line height Increased Default. Contrast High contrast Default. Action for individuals. A message of thanks from Shaker Aamer Shaker Aamer sent us a photo of him back in the UK and this message for everyone who fought for his release: 'I can't tell you how much I want to speak to all of you and stand with all of you, carrying on the struggle for justice for everybody who has been oppressed and needs our help.
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Remember, Shaker Aamer is about to meet his youngest son for the first time. Can any of us imagine what that must be like, to have a son who is nearly 14, and be about to meet him for the first time? Crider said Aamer was very concerned about his own health, had been on a number of prolonged hunger strikes and had family health issues.
A number of doctors had come forward to offer to assist him, she added, and he wanted a thorough medical checkup. Until he does, he deserves our respect, support, prayers and right to family life and privacy. Judging by the descriptions given by Clive Stafford Smith, the director of Reprieve, Aamer will need prolonged treatment. He has been on hunger strike and held in solitary confinement. In , officers from the Metropolitan police visited Aamer at the US military jail in Cuba where they questioned his allegations of British security and intelligence agency complicity in his mistreatment.
Binyam Mohamed agreed to such measures, including regular reports to a police station, when he was released.
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