Day 3652

Today, Shaker Aamer, a long-term British resident with the right to return, will have been unlawfully imprisoned and tortured at Guantanamo Bay for ten years - 3652 days - by Britain's closest ally, the United States (US).

During his time in US detention, in Afghanistan as well as in Guantanamo Bay, Shaker has been subjected to sustained, continuing inhuman and degrading treatment. The torture suffered by Shaker Aamer in US detention that lacks any legality has included lengthy interrogations, exposure to extreme cold, sensory deprivation, stress positions, white noise, sleep deprivation, long-term solitary confinement and forced feeding.

Shaker Aamer has been charged with absolutely no offence by the US, and has in fact by now twice been "approved for transfer" from Guantanamo Bay. However, successive British governments have failed entirely to achieve his return to his British wife and children who wait patiently in London.