Comment Re:arrested/detained? (Score 1) 637
Arrest would be reasonable grounds to believe the person is involved.
Detention would be reasonable grounds to suspect the person is involved.
Law enforcement agencies didn't make up the word "detention" to get around limits of the law. It has been tried and tested in courts as a means to investigate suspicions further and gather information / stop the destruction of evidence.
In the Third Geneva Convention under Article 4.1.2 a prisoner of war includes:
Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, provided that they fulfill all of the following conditions:
- that of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;
- that of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance (there are limited exceptions to this among countries who observe the 1977 Protocol I);
- that of carrying arms openly;
- that of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.
Does the Taliban meet all four criteria? I didn't think so.