The Germans killed or allowed to starve some three million Russian prisoners of war, for instance.
Leaders of the latest group include McCain's fellow Vietnam prisoners of war Air Force Col.
No US rights for terrorist, treat them as prisoners of war not as citizens.
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By May 5th, the Pentagon was considering a reciprocal release of two Yugoslav prisoners of war.
The European Union has said the detainees should be afforded the same rights as prisoners of war.
The government says they have been "kidnapped", but the Farc has described them as "prisoners of war".
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Among those present were former prisoners of war in the Far East, as well as Japanese veterans.
It's also likely Mr. Obama will declare terrorists to be prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions.
The detainees were protected by the international human rights laws even if they were not prisoners of war.
The Pentagon has classified the captured Taliban and al Qaeda fighters as detainees rather than prisoners of war.
"Captured combatants must be treated as Prisoners of War in accordance with the Third Geneva Convention, " it added.
"They said we were not prisoners of war because there was no legal declaration of war, " Certain says.
Prisoners of war are said to have been held in the attic for interrogation purposes during World War II.
U.S. authorities have not classed them as prisoners of war, which would give them rights under the Geneva Conventions.
More than 90, 000 Pakistani soldiers and officers surrendered to the Indian army and were taken as prisoners of war.
Clinton singled out the service of veterans who were prisoners of war, and also remembered those missing in action.
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He was praised for tending to Dutch prisoners of war in Great Yarmouth.
The next, his ears hurt from the roars of a crowd cheering the return of former prisoners of war.
The underlying lawsuit, however, indicates that the prisoners of war were physically tortured, severely beaten, starved, and deprived of medical care.
Iraq's ambassador to Russia Tuesday pledged Iraq's commitment to abide by the Geneva Conventions concerning the treatment of prisoners of war.
The IRS issued a series of rulings in the 1950s and 1960s, involving prisoners of war, civilian internees and holocaust survivors.
Prisoners of war forced to play Russian roulette are not at play.
Members of the al Qaeda organization are not considered "prisoners of war, " and therefore, do not have protection under the Geneva Conventions.
Five other members of the company were seen on Iraqi television shortly after their capture and remain listed as prisoners of war.
Today, we pay solemn tribute to service members who bore war's tragic costs as prisoners of war and those missing in action.
Thanks to this campaign, Guantanamo detainees now enjoy unprecedented rights far beyond those afforded to lawful prisoners of war with full Geneva protections.
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However, the appeals court judges ruled that the 1949 convention on the rights of prisoners of war did not apply to members of al-Qaeda.
In 1992, fifty-seven prisoners of war, released after an average of six months in detention camps in the former Yugoslavia, were examined using EEG-like tests.
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They will not be handled as prisoners of war because they are "unlawful combatants" and therefore have no rights under the Geneva Conventions, Rumsfeld said.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A British soldier was being questioned Friday by military police over allegations that Iraqi prisoners of war were mistreated, officials said.
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