Obama says US ‘will prioritise’ release of Guantanamo Briton Shaker Aamer who has been held without charge for 13 years

‘Barack Obama last night agreed to ‘prioritise’ the case of the last British resident held in Guantanamo Bay after David Cameron raised his plight in talks at the White House.

Sources said the US President had acknowledged the ‘importance’ of speeding up consideration of Shaker Aamer for release to the UK in talks at the White House.

The Prime Minister cautioned it would take time to secure Mr Aamer’s return, but said President Obama was committed to closing the controversial detention camp established by George W Bush before leaving office in 2016.

‘Obviously I’ve raised this case in the past. It’s important. I know that the policy of the US government to close Guantanamo Bay,’ the Prime Minister said.’

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