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Last Updated: Tuesday, 19 August, 2003, 17:03 GMT 18:03 UK
Questions over Pakistan prisoners
The Indian Supreme Court has asked the federal government to clarify under which law 11 Pakistani nationals have been held in Indian jails for more than a decade.

The Supreme Court's intervention came after one of the prisoners wrote to the court from a jail in Jammu.

Human rights groups have expressed concern over the fate of some of these prisoners.

The Supreme Court has held several hearings over the past three weeks on cases related to Pakistani prisoners.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service



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