article_snippet: MPs will also question whether the US authorities secretly negotiated to send Shaker Aamer to Saudi Arabia to face possible torture – despite repeatedly telling the Government Shaker Aamer would be sent back to Britain.
article_snippet: But redacted documents released under Freedom of Information requests show US officials continued to hold top-level meetings with Saudi ministers which indicate US officials were discussing sending Saudi-born Mr Aamer to the Arab kingdom instead.
article_snippet: ‘welcomed... discussing Saudi-born Mr Aamer case’, the US sent an ‘action request’ to the US embassy in Riyadh on the subject of ‘engaging Saudi Arabia on Saudi-born Mr Aamer’.
article_snippet: Another document reveals a meeting in Jeddah in August 2013 between high-ranking US officials and the Saudi interior minister in which Saudi-born Mr Aamer was described as a ‘Saudi citizen with significant ties to the UK’.
article_snippet: Bland reassurances that the Bush administration Barack Obama is prioritising Saudi-born Mr Aamer case are no longer enough.
article_snippet: We need a concrete timetable for Saudi-born Mr Aamer return home, and We must see answers on why this didn’t happen years ago. '
article_snippet: For a start, We need to know what happened in secret meetings between the UK and US, and the US and Saudi Arabia – are these indications of an attempt to silence Saudi-born Mr Aamer by handing Saudi-born Mr Aamer over to the Saudi regime?’
article_snippet: Saudi-born Mr Aamer was handed to the US military for $5,000 and tortured at a secret ‘black site’ prison.
article_snippet: Despite being cleared for release, US officials are determined Saudi-born Mr Aamer will be sent to Saudi Arabia, even though there are serious concerns Saudi-born Mr Aamer will face torture.
highlights_snippet: Will also question whether US negotiated to send him to Saudi Arabia .
  