- Music
- 06 Aug 13
Listen: PJ Harvey's song for Guantanamo prisoner
Her new single 'Shaker Aamer' is streaming on Soundcloud.
With Yasiin Bey, alias rapper Mos Def,recently undergoing a horrific Guantanamo-style forcee-feeding, the music community continues to speak out against the conditions in the US-run prison camp.
Polly Jean Harvey has just unveiled a new song, 'Shaker Aamer', named after the sole remaining British resident detained in Guantanamo Bay. Following arrest in Afghanistan in 2001, he has been held there for over 11 years without being charged or given a trial. This is despite both George Bush and Barack Obama clearing him for release in '07 and '09 respectively.