Release Of Shaker Aamer From Guantanamo

EDM number 413 in 2015-16, proposed by Andrew Mitchell on 09/09/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights, International politics and government, North America and Prisons.

That this House calls on the US administration to release Shaker Aamer from his imprisonment in Guantanamo Bay; notes that he has now been incarcerated for 13 years without charge; further notes that he has twice been cleared for release and transfer, under President Bush in 2007 and President Obama in 2009; supports the call made by the Prime Minister for his release and return to the UK; notes the unanimous resolution of the House of 17 March 2015 that Shaker Aamer be released; and asserts that the defeat of terrorism will only be achieved by upholding the principle of the rule of law - to the protection of which Mr Shaker Aamer is entitled.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.