The evidence about MI6’s knowledge of the rendition and torture of Shaker Aamer and many others must not fester any longerShaker Aamer,the sole remaining British resident incarcerated and tortured in Guantánamo Bay, has repeatedly said he was brutally tortured in Afghanistan even before he was flown to the US military prison in Cuba. in addition, and he has said officers from British intelligence knew about his torture at the notorious US prison in Bagram,north of Kabul.
His lawyers say he has now been cleared for release by the US Department of Defense after 13 years detained without trial or charge. He says he is still being subjected to physical abuse and may not approach out of Guantánamo Bay alive. He was seized in Afghanistan in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks, and was said to be close to Osama bin Laden. He denies this, and saying he went to Afghanistan to work for a charity,but was kidnapped by villagers and sold to the Americans.
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Source: theguardian.com