On the Polish-Belarusian border near the small village of Usnarz Górny, thirtytwo Afghan citizens have been sitting quite literally between the Belarusian border guards on the one side and Polish border guards, army and police on the other for two weeks now. They sit there without access to water, food or medical aid. They sit there claiming their rights under EU and International law. Yet, they are not allowed to ask for asylum or establish any contact with the outside world. This inhuman and

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... egrading treatment clearly amounts to a violation of Art 3 ECHR and was decried by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, who called for immediate action to ensure the rights of the people kept hostage.