Guantanamo detainee demands apology from US
3 Nov 2015 5:09 AM IST
Britain’s last detainee at Guantanamo Bay detention camp released last week today demanded an apology from the US government for holding him 14 years behind bars without trial over terror charges.
Shaker Aamer’s lawyer Clive Stafford Smith told the BBC he would sue the US for compensation but did not expect to win as “American law is pretty insane”.
“Compensation is not what Shaker’s about. What Shaker wants is a simple apology where they say ‘we’re really sorry we did this we’ll make sure we set rules in place in future so we don’t do it to other people’s,” he said.
The father-of-four, who returned to the UK on Friday, is receiving medical care and was keeping “very private”, Stafford Smith said.
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a US military prison established to detain, interrogate top terror suspects and prosecute detainees for war crimes.
Shaker Aamer’s lawyer Clive Stafford Smith told the BBC he would sue the US for compensation but did not expect to win as “American law is pretty insane”.
“Compensation is not what Shaker’s about. What Shaker wants is a simple apology where they say ‘we’re really sorry we did this we’ll make sure we set rules in place in future so we don’t do it to other people’s,” he said.
The father-of-four, who returned to the UK on Friday, is receiving medical care and was keeping “very private”, Stafford Smith said.
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a US military prison established to detain, interrogate top terror suspects and prosecute detainees for war crimes.
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