This article was originally published by Waging Nonviolence.
“Fast for Shaker” supporters outside parliament. Credit: Waging Nonviolence/Twitter.
The texts and tweets started flying early in the morning of October 30 with the news: Shaker Aamer, as reported by the BBC, was on a jet plane from Guantanamo to London and to life as a free man. Detained since 2002, Aamer was the last U.K. resident held at the notorious prison.