Criticism of POW Treatment Criticism of POW Treatment News
Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty
International Amnesty International urged the United States to
ensure respect for the human rights of all people who have been
or may be transferred from Afghanistan to a US military base in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "The US is placing these people in a legal
limbo. They deny that they are Prisoners of War (POWs), while at
the same time failing to provide them with the most basic
protections of any person deprived of their liberty," Amnesty
International said. "The US has obligations under international
law to ensure respect for the human rights of all persons in
their custody -- including the duty to treat them humanely and
ensure that they have recourse to fair proceedings, regardless
of the nature of the crimes they are suspected of having
committed." Amnesty International considers that those who are
held in Guantanamo, who are said to have been captured during
the war in Afghanistan, are pres