Campaigners demanding the release of the last British resident in Guantanamo Bay have organised a day of action this Saturday - which will start outside the site of the new US embassy in Battersea.

The case of Shaker Aamer, a father-of-four from Battersea, was again thrown into the spotlight after the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Foreign Secretary William Hague, raised the issue with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.

Mr Aamer has been held by the US inside the Cuban detention centre since February 2002 despite never being charged with any offence, and both the UK and US have blamed each other for delays in his release.

Campaigners deliberately chose the site of the new embassy, in Ponton Road, to start the rally as it is less than a mile from where Mr Aamer’s wife and children - the youngest of whom has never met his dad - live.

The Save Shaker Aamer Campaign, Amnesty International - which is asking members to lobby MP’s and senators - and a wealth of unions and other organisations are demanding a timetable for his release.

They are also campaigning for the closure of prisons in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Bagram in Afghanistan.

Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International UK, said 4,517 of its members had sent messages to MPs, urging them to raise the case with the Foreign Secretary.

Miss Allen said her American counterpart at Amnesty was also due to meet Mrs Clinton, adding calls to free Mr Aamer were gaining momentum.

“When you have the Foreign Secretary and the deputy Prime Minister raising these issues with the secretary of state and using meeting time on Shaker then I think you have more than the usual suspects campaigning here,” she said. “So that is progress and we’ll carry on pushing. It is outrageous Shaker is still held in Guantanamo, it is shocking that a man is detained with no charges and no trial for nine years and separated from his family with all that entails.

“From our perspective we will continue to do everything we can . . . we will stand by his family until he comes home and we will use all our skills in terms of campaigning to get him back.

“We need to make sure there is a continued sense of pressure and urgency from the UK government about this - that is where we can make a difference, with over 200,000 members in the UK and we can make sure the American administration understands the political pressure here for the return of Shaker.

“The very fundamental thing here with Shaker, and those still in Guantanamo is nobody has been charged and nobody has been brought before court. That is the legal black of Guantanamo. That is the outrage we all feel about Guantanamo and the shocking nature of what is happening.”

The increased media attention follows the announcement the Government had settled a number of civil claims with 16 Guantanamo detainees - including Mr Aamer - over alleged torture allegations.

Last month the Wandsworth Guardian exclusively revealed all detainees involved offered to forego the cash settlement in return for Mr Aamer’s release.

Saturday's Timetable

Noon - Rally starts Ponton Road, Nine Elms, Battersea. Speakers include Martin Linton, former Battersea MP and Stop the War campaigners.

12.30pm - March through the streets to Battersea Arts Centre to demand “Free Shaker, Close Guantanamo and Bagram.”

2pm - Public Meeting in the Grand Hall, Battersea Arts Centre. Speakers include Moazzam Begg, Victoria Brittain, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Gareth Peirce, Anas Altikriti, Yvonne Ridley, Imam Suliman Gani, Kate Hudson, Weyman Bennett and Lindsey German.

4.30pm - “Outside the Law – Stories from Guantanamo” a new film by Spectacle Productions followed by Q&A with former Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes and journalist Andy Worthington.