Shaker Aamer, the last British resident being kept in Guantanamo, has announced a hunger strike in protest against his delayed release from the prison after 13 years without charge.
He was seized in 2001 by bounty hunters in Afghanistan shortly after the 9/11 terror attacks. Aamer was placed in Guantanamo Bay in February 2002 and accused of Al-Qaeda links, but the accusations never went to trial. Now Aamer fears he may never get out.
Let's cross live to Clive Stafford Smith, Shaker Aamer's lawyer...
RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air
Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday
Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews
Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com
Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt
Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT
Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv
RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
