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Afghan prisoners 'granted rights' New rights for Afghan prisoners
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Some of the 600 prisoners held by the US at the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan are to be given the right to challenge their detention, officials say. Some of the 600 prisoners held by the US at the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan are to be given the right to challenge their detention, the Pentagon says.
US defence department spokesman Bryant Whitman confirmed the move to the AFP news agency on Monday. US defence department spokesman Bryan Whitman said inmates would be allowed to go before a panel "periodically" to contest their detention, reports AFP.
Reports at the weekend said all inmates at the base would for the first time be able to submit evidence and summon witnesses to aid their defence. He told reporters they would be helped by a "personal representative" to help them through the process.
The Obama administration has been reviewing US detention policies.The Obama administration has been reviewing US detention policies.
Upon taking office in January, the US president vowed to close the Guantanamo Bay jail in Cuba.