AFGHAN PRISONERS

Early day motion 649, tabled 14 January 2002 by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). Signed by 49 members.

That this House believes that all detainees and prisoners taken in the course of the conflict in Afghanistan should be treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention; notes that the hooding and chaining of prisoners prior to their removal to a US base in Guantanamo Bay to face special military tribunals has no basis in international law; and calls on the UK Government to dissociate itself from this process and reiterate the principle of the primacy of the Geneva Convention.

Signatures by party: Labour 33, Liberal Democrat 6, Labour/Co-operative 4, Plaid Cymru 3, Scottish National Party 3.