Danish Red Cross deplores Guantanamo detentions

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Danish Red Cross deplores Guantanamo detentions

The head of the Danish Red Cross is accusing the Danish Government of complicity in the United States' detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

Freddy Karup Pedersen, head of the Danish Red Cross Society, says it is the duty of his organisation to "shout it loud and clear when the rules of war are not respected" or when governments fall short of their human rights pledges under the Geneva Convention.

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"We're concerned when we hear Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen say that the United States respects all international conventions, including that of the Geneva Convention, with regard to Guanatanamo."

He says such remarks "risk setting a precedent and we will have difficulty convincing other states to respect international conventions on the treatment of prisoners-of-war when democratic states like Denmark and the US pretend to respect them when in fact they undermine them".

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