P J Harvey has released a single called ‘Shaker Aamer’. Shaker is the last remaining British resident detained in Guantanamo Bay and was on a 4 month hunger strike, which the song recounts. He is a 46 year old, who has been held without charge at the prison for 11 years. He was cleared for release in 2007, and despite numerous requests from the UK, he has not been returned.

P J continues her series of protest songs, which started in 2011.

“We hope that people listen to this song and think about Shaker Aamer’s plight: detained for eleven long years at Guantanamo, without charge or trial – despite having been cleared for release by both Bush and Obama,” Clive Stafford Smith, Aamer’s lawyer and director of the prisoners’ rights nonprofit Reprieve, said in a statement on Harvey’s website. “The UK Government must do everything it can to bring Shaker back home to his wife and kids in London, where he belongs. PJ Harvey has written a wonderful song – I know Shaker will be deeply moved by it – and I only hope that, with the support of the public, he will one day be able to listen to it in freedom.”