European Parliament 7 February 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0239/02 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Council. Violation of the human rights of Afghan prisoners of war.

Fortunately, on 20 January 2002 the British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, declared: ‘Prisoners regardless of their technical status should be treated humanely and in accordance with customary international law. We have always made that clear and the Americans have said they share this view’.