English-Swedish translations for prisoner of war

• krigsfånge
  Det är helt oacceptabelt att Gilad Shalit har förvägrats de rättigheter som krigsfånge som Goldstonerapporten tydligt fastlägger att han har rätt till.It is totally unacceptable that Gilad Shalit has been denied his rights as a prisoner of war to which the Goldstone Report categorically states he is entitled.
  Hamas påstår att organisationen är en laglig aktör som iakttar Genèvekonventionerna och därför är han en krigsfånge, men Israel betraktar honom som kidnappad från den stund han greps.Hamas claims it is a legal actor observing the Geneva Conventions and therefore he is a prisoner of war, but Israel, in my view rightly, regards him as an abductee from the moment he was seized.

Definition of prisoner of war

• A soldier or combatant who is captured by the enemy. Abbreviations ,

Examples

• As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors

Related words

• prisoner
• imprisoner
• prisoner in a concentration camp
• prisoner of conscience
• prisoner number
• prisoner transport
• prisoner for interrogation
• prisoner who will talk
• prisoner's dilemma