Shaker Aamer gives disturbing account of Guantanamo Bay torture

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Shaker Aamer with two of his four children, in a picture taken before his detention at Guantanamo. Credit: PA Wire.

Shaker, Aamer, the last British detainee in Guantanamo Bay gives a disturbing account of his torture, in his own words and he claims British spies witnessed the abuse.

The interview was recorded by Emily Keram, a doctor asked to assess his mental and physical well-being.

The transcript, obtained by a national newspaper, also details how he was kept awake for days on end. If we tried to close his eyelids a guard would beat him he said.

Shaker Aamer who lived in South London has never been charged and remains a prisoner despite being cleared for release, by the Bush administration in 2007, and by Barack Obama in 2009.