Bassiouni was allowed to visit Kabul’s notorious Pul-i-Charkhi jail, run by the Afghan authorities, where some 725 members of the Taliban militia and their Pakistani allies are being held.
Bassiouni pronounced conditions there “inhuman” and said the prisoners should be freed.
“These persons should be released immediately. There is no legal, human or even political justification to keep them,” he said. But added that at least he had been allowed in to see the prison.
The rights controversy was stirred by the arrest of three US citizens in Kabul in early July for illegally detaining and torturing Afghans. The leader of a vigilante group, Jonathan “Jack” Idema said no torture was used during interrogations and his group colluded with US security agencies as well as the Department of Defense. The US authorities have denied any link with Idema’s group, and their trial resumes on Monday.
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