Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer to sue UK government

Name: Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer to sue UK government
Uploaded: 2012-12-14T18:44:41.000Z
Duration: 2 min 16 s
Description: A man detained at Guantanamo Bay whose family live in south-west London has started a defamation suit against the UK security and intelligence services.

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A man detained at Guantanamo Bay has started a defamation suit against the UK security and intelligence services.

Shaker Aamer, the last remaining British resident at the facility, claims MI5 and MI6 made "knowingly false statements" to his US captors.

His wife and children live in Wandsworth in south-west London.

London

14 December 2012