PRISONERS IN AFGHANISTAN

Early day motion 589, tabled 13 December 2001 by Ann Clwyd (Labour). Signed by 90 members.

That this House notes that prisoners of war are entitled to the protection of the Geneva Convention; calls on the Government to support an international inquiry about reported events at Mazar-e-Sharif during which serious abuses of international humanitarian law may have been committed; supports an international inquiry called for by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch; and further notes that allegations regarding massacres and serious ill-treatment of prisoners continue to emerge from Afghanistan, despite repeated reminders to all parties of their obligations under international humanitarian law.

Signatures by party: Labour 69, Liberal Democrat 10, Labour/Co-operative 6, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 2, Conservative 1.