UK singer Harvey backs Guantanamo detainee

Singer PJ Harvey has lent her vocal support to the last British person detained at Guantanamo Bay. Source: AAP

PJ Harvey has recorded a song in support of the last remaining British resident at Guantanamo Bay.

The musician has lent her vocals to the track about Shaker Aamer.

Shaker, who grew up in Saudi Arabia, has long been cleared for release by the United States and has never been charged with a crime in the country, according to legal action charity Reprieve.

The prisoner, who has four British children - the youngest of whom he has never met - and a British wife who all live in London, has been held at the Cuban detention camp since 2002.

Reprieve founder and director Clive Stafford Smith said the song, Shaker Aamer, is available as a free download and stream via soundcloud.com/reprieve.

"We hope that people listen to this song and think about Shaker Aamer's plight - detained for 11 long years at Guantanamo, without charge or trial," Smith said.

"The UK government must do everything it can to bring Shaker back home to his wife and kids in London, where he belongs."

Harvey's most recent album, the Mercury-winning Let England Shake, had a war theme, inspired by various conflicts and their effects, from Gallipoli to Afghanistan.

Other people in the public eye to have lent their support to Aamer's cause include the comedian Frankie Boyle and the actress Julie Christie who each spent a week on hunger strike to raise publicity for his plight.

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