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| Shaker Aamer: Last UK Guantanamo Bay detainee released | |
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| The last British resident to be held in Guantanamo Bay has been released, having been detained there for 13 years, the foreign secretary has said. | |
| Philip Hammond said Shaker Aamer had left the US military base and the BBC understands he on his way to the UK. | |
| The Saudi national, 46, was held in the military prison in Cuba since 2002 but has never been charged or put on trial. | |
| Mr Aamer, who has four children, has permission to live indefinitely in the UK because his wife is British. | |
| He was detained in Afghanistan in 2001. US authorities alleged he had led a unit of Taliban fighters and had met former al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. | |
| But Mr Aamer has maintained he was in Afghanistan with his family doing charity work. | |
| Since 2007 he has been cleared for release twice, by US presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama. | |
| Andy Worthington, co-director of the We Stand With Shaker campaign, said he was "delighted" Mr Aamer's "long and unacceptable ordeal has come to an end". | |
| "We hope he won't be detained by the British authorities on his return and gets the psychological and medical care that he needs to be able to resume his life with his family in London," he said. | |
| His imminent release was confirmed by the UK government last month, when his daughter, Johina, 17, tweeted: "We can't believe we might finally see our dad after 14 years." |