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SHADOW chancellor John McDonnell joined celebrities, MPs and journalists yesterday in a defiant pledge to fast for the immediate release of Guantanamo Bay detainee Shaker Aamer.
The Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington will abstain from eating for 24 hours on October 22 during a fluid-only fast.
Mr Aamer, the last British detainee held at the US prison in Cuba, is currently on hunger strike protesting against the constant abuse and torture inflicted on him by guards. He fears that he will die before being released and reunited with his family.
As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports
Fears grow for flotilla activist Yvonne Ridley, abducted by Israeli soldiers and held in famous Ktzi'ot prison camp
Is there a political message in the scenario of a plague of raging zombies in the UK, and kids growing up with it, wonders MARIA DUARTE