We, as obviously everybody, are very concerned about the developments in Mauritania and in particular about the loss of life in the Atlantic Ocean between Mauritania and the Canary Islands.
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As far as the treatment of prisoners is concerned ... it is clear that all 25 member states having signed up to European Convention on Human Rights, and to the International Convention Against Torture, are due to respect and fully implement the obligations deriving from those treaties.
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