A host of Hollywood stars, musicians and politicians have called on US President Barack Obama to release Britain's last Guantanamo detainee on Independence Day.
In an open letter to Obama, actors including Ralph Fiennes and Sir Patrick Stewart and musicians such as Peter Gabriel have joined mounting calls to see Shaker Aamer freed.
British resident Aamer, 46, has been held without trial in the US maximum security prison in Cuba for 13 years despite being cleared for release in 2007.
London mayor Boris Johnson and comedian-turned-activist Russell Brand are also among more than 90 people who have signed the letter, published in the Guardian newspaper, to coincide with the US public holiday.
Earlier this year Obama said he would "prioritise" Aamer's case after Prime Minister David Cameron raised the plight of the father of four in high-profile talks.
His family and campaigners have made repeated calls for him to be released and reunited with his wife and children at their south London home.
Aamer was born in Saudi Arabia but his wife and four children are British citizens.
His youngest son Faris was born on the same day Aamer arrived at Guantanamo - on Valentine's Day 2002 - and has never met his father.
Aamer moved with his pregnant wife and young family to Afghanistan in 2001, where he says he was working for a charity.
But with coalition forces entering Afghanistan to drive out al-Qaeda after September 11, 2001, the legal aid group Reprieve claims Aamer was abducted and sold for a bounty to US forces.
He claims he has been beaten, tortured and starved of sleep and food inside Guantanamo.
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