The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners...

The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners being held in Cuba intensified as the United Nations demanded that the detainees' human rights were respected.
Mary Robinson, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said they were "entitled to the protection of international human rights law and humanitarian law".
As 30 more prisoners were flown on to the island from Afghanistan, taking the total to 80, including three Britons, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair sought to defuse the escalating crisis by claiming the detainees were being "humanely treated" in accordance with the Geneva Convention.
The inmates had their ankles chained together and wore bright orange jumpsuits, dark jackets, knit caps, surgical masks and goggles that had been blacked out for security reasons.