SHAKER AAMER

Early day motion 2955, tabled 16 April 2012 by John McDonnell (Labour). Signed by 13 members.

That this House welcomes the demonstration in Parliament Square held on 16 April 2012 by the Save Shaker Aamer campaign to highlight the fact that British resident Shaker Aamer has been imprisoned without trial or charge for over 10 yearsin Guantanamo; and calls for a new initiative by the Government to secure his release and his return to his British family in the UK, given the worrying concern that his health is now seriously deteriorating to the point that his lawyers havestated that he is gradually dying in Guantanamo.

Signatures by party: Labour 7, Liberal Democrat 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Green 1.