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Human rights activists urged the release of Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer yesterday as fears grow for his health.
Prisoner rights charity Reprieve issued an appeal for the immediate release of the last British person remaining at the US’s Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.
Mr Aamer’s health deteriorated and an independent doctor’s report filed this week diagnosed him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Calls have been made for the return to Venezuela of a two-year-old girl currently being held in the US, after being separated from her family by immigration officials, reports SUSAN GREY
