SHAKER AAMER was among five of Guantanamo’s former British inmates to assemble outside the US Embassy in London yesterday to demand the infamous prison’s immediate closure.

Mr Aamer, Moazzam Begg, Ruhal Ahmed and others met for the first time at a rally on Grosvenor Square on the day that marked the detention centre’s 14th anniversary.

There are still 104 men awaiting release in Guantanamo Bay, 45 of whom have long been cleared for transfer.

Having been the last British prisoner in Gitmo, Mr Aamer spoke with great emotion about the detention centre.

He said: “Closing Guantanamo truly is not about the individual — it’s about all of us, standing before justice.”

Mr Aamer was freed last October after being detained without charge or trial for 14 years.

He complained that while hundreds still needed to be free, those who have been released so far should be compensated.

“I believe I am one of the blessed ones. I could come back to this amazing country where I have my wife and four kids and can now live my life as normal,” he added.

“But it will never be normal again.”

The former detainee has spoken about being physically and psychologically tortured in both Guantanamo as well as a US base in Afghanistan he was held before his incarceration in Cuba.

Outside the US embassy he added that his daily life back in Britain is still affected by his detention, including the inability to eat great food without remembering Guantanamo’s gruel.

Fellow former detainee Mr Begg added that he stood with Mr Aamer outside the embassy to remind US President Barack Obama of the electoral promise he made to close down Gitmo.

Another inmate, Shafiq Rasul, who stayed in Guantanamo between 2002 and 2004 ,told the Star that meeting Mr Aamer again was very powerful.

He added that there is no chance for justice inside the prison, saying: “We were brought up to believe you’re innocent until proven guilty.

“But while we were there it was the other way around. It was guilty until proven innocent.

“It just feels that because we are Muslims we are already guilty, guilty of being Muslims that’s what it is.”

A candlelit vigil and demonstration took place some hours after the one-time detainees reunited, with dozens standing in the freezing cold showing their solidarity with Mr Aamer.