Afghans 'unlawfully held' by UK forces at Camp Bastion

Name: Afghans 'unlawfully held' by UK forces at Camp Bastion
Uploaded: 2013-05-29T05:58:52.000Z
Duration: 2 min 50 s
Description: British forces are detaining up to 85 Afghan nationals in a holding facility at Camp Bastion, in what could amount to unlawful detention and internment, documents obtained by the BBC suggest.

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Up to 90 Afghans held at Camp Bastion are set to be returned to the Afghan authorities, the Ministry of Defence has said, after lawyers argued that their detention could be unlawful.

British lawyers acting for eight of the men said that they had been held for up to 14 months without charge.

Clive Coleman reports.

29 May 2013