Lindsey German of the Stop the War Coalition supports We Stand With Shaker, and says, “One of the greatest blots on supposed western civilisation is the continued existence of Guantánamo. Hundreds are still imprisoned without trial, 8 years after Barack Obama first said it would close. Shaker Aamer is the last Londoner in Guantánamo. His imprisonment is a breach of his civil liberties. Meanwhile terrorism - far from being eradicated after 14 years of war - is spreading as a result of western policies. In its wake are further attacks on civil liberties and a wave of Islamophobia. We must reverse the policies which scapegoat the Muslim community. What better way of starting that process than to release Shaker Aamer now?”