Lawyers and human rights groups criticize proposed UK torture inquiry, as the government fails to address the return of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in Guantánamo
Andy Worthington on dissent regarding the planned UK torture inquiry -- and the urgent need for Shaker Aamer's return from Guantanamo.
Tell the UK government we need a deadline for the return of Shaker Aamer from Guantánamo
Andy Worthington points out that incessant pressure on the UK and US governments is required to secure Shaker Aamer's return.
Send a letter to William Hague asking him to demand Shaker Aamer's return to the UK from Guantánamo
Andy Worthington keeps the case of Shaker Aamer in the public eye with a draft of a letter to William Hague.
“Blood on British Hands”: The Fate of Guantanamo Detainee 239 British National Shaker Aamer
"How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it." (Henry David Thoreau,1817-1862.)
UK government to overhaul interrogation policy
The British government indicated Monday that it will issue a new set of regulations regarding the use of information obtained via torture.
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