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March 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The group urged the UK government to call on US president Barack Obama to shut down the notorious American prison camp in Cuba during his three-day visit to the country.
In a letter sent to David Cameron and Barack Obama on March 9, Joy Hurcombe, chair of the Save Shaker Aamer Campaign, accused the British government of not pressing the US hard enough, despite publicly calling for Aamer’s return to the UK.
“Reluctantly, we must conclude that the Government assurances appear to disguise the truth. It would appear that the Government is not pressing the US hard enough for Shaker’s release and/or the Government would rather Shaker remained in Guantanamo in order to silence him,” Hurcombe stated.
“We call on your government to respect Shaker Aamer’s wish to return to his family, all of whom are British citizens, honour his long-term right of return and indefinite leave to remain and act on your public statements that you are committed to Shaker Aamer’s release and return to the UK.”
Last month, the Saudi-born British resident’s handwritten letters published in The Independent described the deterioration of his physical and mental health, worsened by long periods in solitary confinement without ever being charged with an offence.
Shaker Aamer was kidnapped in 2001 in Afghanistan and accused of leading a unit of fighters in the Asian country. He was transferred to US military’s Guantanamo Bay prison facility later in 2002.
As there had been no evidence against Aamer, he was cleared for release under the administration of former President of the United States, George W. Bush in 2007 and also Barack Obama’s administration in 2009, but he was never set free.
As Aamer’s illegal confinement marked its tenth anniversary in February, Cameron claimed in the parliament that the UK Foreign Minister William Hague “is working very hard with the United States to try and secure this issue and to bring this chapter to a close.”
Meanwhile, activists established an international petition on the Care 2 Petition Site, which can be signed by people across the world, aiming to secure 10,000 signatures by May 14, which will be delivered to William Hague and the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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