“You cannot walk even half a meter without being chained. Is that a human being? That’s the treatment of an animal.” states Shaker Aamer in an interview with CBS. This is how the west treats the innocent in using torturous interrogation methods.
Shaker Aamer is a British resident, who has been put up in lock up in Guantanamo Bay since 2002. Without being charged for any wrong doing, he has been threatened by the U.S. for sending him back to his native land, Saudi Arabia.
He has been alleged by the British and U.S. army forces to have links with the Al-Qaeda networks and have association with the terrorists. Merely, because he has long beard and he is a Muslim. In Bagram jail of Afghanistan, he has been tortured inhumanely and questioned for the allegations leveled against him. Aamer has had always declined to the claims.
After so many years, Aamer was allowed to speak to the public through one of the media channels, the CBS’ 60 minutes show. It was during the show, he voiced for the torture inflicted upon the innocent men, who is being held up under tyranny for no reason. ‘Let the world know what is happening’, said the victim.
The UK Prime Minister David Cameron has held several talks with the U.S. President Obama, demanding return of Aamer to UK. But no productive results could be deduced.
But after the American new program aired Shaker’s voice, he has been allowed to get medical checkup by a doctor. This ‘freedom’ has been granted to the man, after almost a decade!