"Why Is My Dad in Guantanamo"

"No one knows what the meaning of four years without a dad," said Anas who walked to Blair's Number 10 Downing Street with his nine-year-old brother Mohammed seeking information about their father, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).

"No one knows how my life has changed after my dad was kidnapped from my life only because he didn't have British passport," wrote the ten-year-old child.

The father, Jamil, was arrested with a friend during a business trip to Gambia in 2002 on suspicion of links to terrorist groups.

They were handed over to US security officers and transferred to the notorious detention camp in Cuba.

The child's letter to Blair is part of worldwide protests to mark five years since Guantanamo was opened on January11 ,2002 .

Washington has been holding hundreds of detainees at the notorious detention facility, mostly arrested in Afghanistan after the toppling of Taliban following the 9/ 11attacks. Only ten of them have been indicted for charges.

Guantanamo's buildings hide behind multiple rows of12 -foot chain-link fences covered in green tarpaulins and topped with tight spirals of barbed wire.

Old wooden and newer steel watchtowers dot the perimeter.

Heartbreaking

Anas, in his fourth letter to Blair, one each year for the four his father has been held, asked the prime minister if he really cares for the fate of his father.

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