Okay, that's it.
The fact that these packages went to the minister's office, to my mind, removes any last vestige of doubt that ministers and senior officials knew that torture and abuse were rife in Afghan jails. How could they not know? How could the minister's office not be aware that torture and abuse were rife in Afghan jails if these reports were sent to them as “MINA alerts”? Even if the annual reports are not routinely given to ministers, by virtue of the access to information requests being given to the minister's office, they're made aware of it. Is that a fair conclusion to draw?