by Anna Karamanou (PSE) to the
Commission and Council
(6 February
2002)
Subject: Concern over the 110 prisoners in Guantanamo
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The treatment of the
110 prisoners in the American Guantanamo base in Cuba who are thought to have
had links with the al-Qa'ida network has aroused world-wide indignation.
Various international bodies and non-governmental organisations have
protested about both the inhumane transportation and detention conditions of
those in the American base, and the legal regime under which they are being
held. What steps does the
Commission intend to take to ensure that the conditions of transportation and
detention of the prisoners in Cuba are investigated and that a competent
tribunal pronounces on the legal status of the detainees and, in particular,
whether they are entitled under the provisions of the Third Geneva Convention
to prisoner of war status? How will it ensure that, in any case, their human
rights are fully respected and they are treated humanely, in accordance with
the Geneva Convention and the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights? |