In January 2010, his 12-year-old daughter Johina wrote a letter to Gordon Brown asking for her father's release.[29][2] August, 2010, protesters disrupted a meeting that discussed plans to create a US Embassy near Battersea, the home of Aamer and his family.[45][68] On 11 December 2010, hundreds took to the streets in London near the US embassy to demand Aamer's release.[45][69] In February 2011, Amnesty International called Aamer's incarceration a "mockery of justice" and denounced the "cruel limbo" he was held in.[45][70] At the same time The Guardian reported that people had sent 12000 emails to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UK MPs in support of Aamer.[45][71] In May 2011, students of University of St Andrews protested for the release of Aamer.[45][72] In early 2012, as Aamer neared ten years' imprisonment in Guantánamo, campaigners stepped up efforts for his release.