Mr. Neve is a better spokesman on this issue because Amnesty International tracks very closely the records of different countries. Afghanistan is in a part of the world where there are a number of countries with serious human rights records. Mr. Neve has mentioned the recent problems the United States has had, and I certainly had concerns about the practice of transferring directly to U.S. custody when we were doing that because of things like Guantanamo Bay. But it's a more general concern. With all respect, the current government has shown some real backbone when it comes to human rights in places like China and Burma, and I would think that improving this agreement would be entirely consistent with this government's stance.
On December 11th, 2006. See this statement in context.