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The last British resident to be held at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay described some of the interrogation techniques he was subjected to at the Bagram air base in Afghanistan, in an interview with ITV News on 13 December. Shaker Aamer, a Saudi national married to a Briton, was suspected by US authorities of being an Islamist militant associated with al Qaeda but was never charged with any crime. He was released in October after 13 years detention at Guantanamo and has since returned to Britain.

Dec 15, 2015

Supermarkets, restaurants worldwide admit to using slave labour-processed seafood

Forced labourers worked 16 hours in the shrimp peeling factory to supply the market.

Dec 15, 2015

Strategic prosecutions to end modern-day slavery by changing company, government policies: Experts

Strategic litigation was successfully used to help end the British slave trade 250 years ago.

Dec 15, 2015

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Shaker Aamer: Guantanamo prisoner says UK police witnessed his torture

The last British resident to be held at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay has told media that British security officers witnessed him being tortured by American soldiers at Bagram air base in Afghanistan.

Dec 14, 2015

Mosques in US step up security in the wake of shrill anti-Muslim rhetoric

Muslims fear an anti-Islamic backlash at mosques and community centers.

Dec 14, 2015

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