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Shaker Aamer released from Guantánamo Bay –British man returning after 14-year detention without trial in US military camp where he was beaten | 30 Oct 2015 | Shaker Aamer has been released after 14 years of incarceration at Guantánamo Bay, where he was beaten by his American military jailers but never tried for any offence, the UK's foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, has confirmed. “The Americans announced some weeks ago that they were going to release Shaker Aamer from Guantánamo and I can confirm that he is on his way back to the UK now and he will arrive in Britain later today,” he said. According to the flight tracking firm FlightAware, a plane left Guantánamo Bay bound for London's Biggin Hill airport at 11.30pm local time (4.30am GMT).