The conventions protect prisoners from “insults and public curiosity.” The Pakistani government may have violated that with a video.
window.havePowaBoot=true; By Alex Horton Alex Horton General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow February 27 at 1:46 PM The captured Indian pilot appeared resolute underneath the blindfold, his face bloodied, soon after his MiG-21 fighter jet was shot down in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.
Asif Ghafoor, said the pilot was being treated “as per norms of military ethics.” Indian media outlets identified him as Abhinandan Varthaman. Anthony H. Cordesman, a security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the Geneva Conventions are broadly written and difficult to enforce in this particular instance. “In this case, probably by that standard almost every handling of prisoners of war involves violation of laws of war,” he said Wednesday.
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