Red Cross: U.S. Confirms Denial of Access

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Red Cross: U.S. Confirms Denial of Access

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GENEVA - A senior State Department official has confirmed that the United States has yet to grant the international Red Cross access to all its terror detainees, the Red Cross chief said Friday.

ICRC Jakob Kellenberger was commenting on a remark Thursday by State Department legal adviser John B. Bellinger III, who was asked during a visit to Geneva whether the ICRC has access to all other similar prisoners held by the United States elsewhere in the world. Bellinger replied, "No," and declined to say any more.

Kellenberger said that he has been urging top U.S. officials for at least two years to make sure the ICRC has access to all U.S. detainees. The agency is assigned under the Geneva Conventions on warfare to check on conditions of detainees.

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