http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jan/13/terrorism.afghanistan2The treatment of al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners by the United States offends basic human rights, international law and the Geneva Convention. Analysis by Peter Beaumont.The reality of what is happening to the prisoners of Afghanistan is a scandal of international proportions. Brutalised, often tortured, these are men who have been stripped of their most basic rights
The treatment of al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners by the United States offends a sense of justice
Sunday 13 January 2002 16.45 GMT
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