§ Earl Attleeasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether Taliban and Al'Qaeda militants captured in Afghanistan and detained by forces of the United States are entitled to be treated as prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions; if not, why not; and what is their status. [HL2360]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Amos)I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave him in the House on 24 January (Official Report, col. 1572–73).
§ Earl Attleeasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the International Committee of the Red Cross has all the access it desires to Taliban and Al'Qaeda militants captured in Afghanistan and detained by forces of the United States. [HL2361]
§ Baroness AmosAs at 22 January, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegates had obtained access to all (more than 4,800) detainees in approximately 40 places of detention throughout50WA Afghanistan. On 18 January, ICRC delegates began visiting detainees held at the US naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and have since established an indefinite presence there.