Shaker Aamer’s daughter appeals for his release from Gitmo

19th June 2013

This short video was produced by human rights organisation Cageprisoners about London resident Shaker Aamer who has been detained without charge or trial in Guantanamo Bay for the last 11 years. Shaker has even been cleared for release but he still languishes in his cell.

But for Johina Aamer, her brothers and her mother, the technical aspects of Shaker case come second to their daily worry. They have not been with Shaker for 11 years – soon to be 12 years. Everything else becomes peripheral to this.

This family just wants their father home and a wife wants her husband back. It is easy to dismiss 11 years as another statistic in this case without really thinking about how long it is. So Johina wants to ask you: “What have you done in the last 11 years?”