INTERNATIONAL
CALL TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE IRAQI DETAINEES AND PRISONERS
OF WAR IN IRAQ
London- A group of 120 politicians, academicians and Journalists
from several countries issued an urgent appeal to protect the
rights of the Iraqi detainees and prisoners of war in the
American jails in Iraq. The Group also announced the formation
of International Solidarity Committee with them and demanded
that their treatment conforms with the Geneva Protocol vis-à-vis
the detainees and prisoners of war.
The signatories on the Appeal stated: “While we demand the
release of the Iraqi detainees and prisoners of war, we insist
that the US occupation force in Iraq apply the articles of the
Geneva Protocol respecting the prisoners of war, and to cease
and desist from all forms of torture against the detainees, and
to allow international judicial and constitutional committees
and the International Red Cross Organisation to visit all
detaining camps in Iraq and examine the state of their
occupants.”
The Appeal stated that the American occupation force in Iraq
detains more than one hundred and fifty thousand detainee and
prisoners of war scattered over more than 28 detaining camps,
and that several thousands of them have been there more than
five years under appalling conditions that contravene the
articles of the Geneva Protocol respecting the prisoners of war.
The Appeal also stated that “the majority of the detainees are
elderly and suffering from health problems that may threaten
their lives. There are also thousands of teenagers, females and
kids who were detained as hostages in lieu of their spouses or
their fathers.”
The Appeal affirms that all detainees and prisoners of war are
constantly subjected to all kinds of extreme torture,
degradation, and deprivation of self esteem and human dignity.
All detainees are forbidden from communicating with the outside
world, and most of them from visitations by their families or
relatives.
Among the signatories are eighty dignitaries; Members of
European Parliaments, Party Leaders, Political activists from
various parts of the world, and thirty nine politicians,
experts, academicians and journalists from Iraq and several
Arab countries.
The followings are the text of the Appeal and the list of the
signatories:
The International Committee for
Solidarity with Prisoners and Detainees in American Jails in
Iraq
(Nida', the Call)
The roaring of
millions of the earth's people growled on the month of February
2003 in the streets of major cities in rejection of the choice
of war on Iraq. Those millions have been aware that peace
cannot be achieved through destruction, war, and the clash of
civilizations.
Events have
proven this position to be right. The United States and the
foreign armies supporting it have occupied Iraq and promised its
people democracy, freedom, and prosperity. But the Iraqi
people, five years into the occupation, still cannot find a
place in its homeland that would be safe from American soldiers,
the mercenaries of Blackwater, or from terrorists and militias
who remain a product of the occupation - be they in agreement
with it or not.
Moreover, Iraqis
still see no hope in the future if conditions remain as they
have been under the occupation. Today more than three million
Iraqis have turned to refugees in the diaspora for fear of
murder and arrest. Those who remain continue to suffer the
pains of the occupation. Some of them have been incarcerated in
the ugliest jails on earth.
At the present
time, the forces of American occupation are holding more than
one hundred and fifty thousand Iraqi prisoners and detainees
dispersed over 28 detention camps. Thousands of those have been
held for more than five years in harsh conditions violating the
Geneva Conventions pertaining to the handling prisoners of war
(POW's), many of them older folks suffering from health problems
or difficulties which threaten their lives. Thousands of other
prisoners and detainees are young men, women, and children who
have been taken hostage instead of their husbands and fathers.
All of the prisoners and detainees are continuously subjected to
the meanest possible forms of torture, insults, and debasement
of human dignity. All of them are deprived of any means of
communication with the outside world, and most are forbidden
from meeting with their families and parents.
Because we do
not hold the American people responsible for the wars,
occupation, and human rights violations transpiring from the
policy of the current US administration,
Because we deem
ourselves responsible towards humanity first, and towards the
Iraqi people second, we declare, before its too late, our
opposition to the practices of the occupier running outlaw to
the Conventions on Human Rights. This position of ours is a
humanitarian one that is supportive of civilization, against all
who commit wrongs against it, regardless of their cultural,
ethnic, or geographical affiliation.
This position of
ours is not only a defense of the freedom and human rights of
Iraqis, but a defense of humanity, of civilized values, and the
system of justice and laws which should cover everyone,
including Iraqis.
We, in declaring
and affirming our solidarity with those defending their
legitimate rights in their homelands, and with Iraqi prisoners
and detainees, condemn and decry the continuation of their
detention, and call on all to initiate all possible activities
and events to demand their release.
We believe that
justice is intertwined with freedom. Grass does not grow on the
shields of American tanks of occupation, as the last five years
have shown. But it does grow in the hearts of those who believe
in man, his rights, and his dignity.
We, in demanding
the release of Iraqi prisoners and detainees, reaffirm the
importance of holding American forces of occupation in Iraq to
the letter of the Geneva Conventions pertaining to the treatment
of prisoners, to stopping all forms of torture against
detainees, and to allowing international legal and human rights
organizations, and the Red Cross, to visit all American
detention camps in Iraq to stay abreast of the situation of
prisoners and detainees there.
The International Committee for
Solidarity with Prisoners and Detainees in American Jails in
Iraq
(Nida', the Call)
April 26, 2008
1-Bruno
Dias Member of Portuguese
Parliament - Portugal
2- Carlos
Candal Lawyer , Ex – Member of
the European Parliament – Portugal
3- Maria Ilda
C. Figueiredo Member of the European Parliament –
Economist
4- Muricio
Miguel Collaborator of the GUE/
NGL European Parliament – Bruxelas
5- Manuela
Bernardino Member of the Secretariat of
the Central Committee of the
Portuguese Communist Party
6- Angelo
Alves Member of the Politic
Commission of Central committee of the
Portuguese Communist Party .
7- Graciete
Cruz Member Executive Committee
of CGTP – In . Portugal
8- Amador Filipe
Tomas Clemente Member of MPPM – Portugal
9- Antonio
Alves Peace Activist - Portugal
10- Antonio Jose
Avelas Nunes University Professor - Portugal
11- Aquilino
Ribeiro Machado Engineer - Portugal
12- Armando
Myre Dores Psychologist - Portugal
13- Regina
Marques Univirsity Professor, Member of
the Democratic Movement of
Women –
Portugal
14- Klaus
Hartmann Chairman of the German
Association or Freethinkers , Vice president
Of
Worldunion of Freethinkers.
15- John
Catalinotto managing editor of Workers
World , USA
16- Sara
Flounders co –director of the
International Action Center , USA
17- Carlos
Varea Coordinator of the Spanish
Campaign against Occupation and for the
Sovereignity of Iraq )
CEOSI(
.
18- Samir
Amin sociologist
19- Jorge
Figueiredo editor of Resistir .info ,
Portugal
20- Miguel
Urbano Rodriguez Former member of the European
Parliament , editor of Odiario.info – Portugal
22- Willi
Langthaler Spokesman of the Anti –
imperialist Camp , Austria
23- Abdul Ilah
al Bayaty writer / France
24- Ozgur
Der
) Free Thought Association
( , Turkey
25- Freedom
Socialist Party International Executive Committee ,
USA / Australia
26- Pedro
Rojo activist in the
) CEOSI
( - Spain
27- Dr. Mario
Novelli professor at Amsterdam University
28- Rosa
Regas Writer , former Head of the
National Spanish Library.
29- Maruja
Torres Spanish writer and journalist .
30- Gianni
Vattimo Filosofo ed ex Parlamentare
Europeo , Italy
31- Danilo
Zolo Universita di Firenze , Italy
32- Costanzo
Preve Filosofo , Torino , Italy
33-
Giovanni Franzoni [ Comunita Cristiane di Base]
, Italy
34-
Marino Badiale Universita di Torino , Italy
35-
Bruno Antonio Bellerate Universita Roma tre , Italy
36-
Ugo Giannangeli Avvocato , Milano ,
37-
Giuseppe Pelazza Avvocato , Milano , Italy
38- Tusio De
Iuliis Presidente Associazione
) Aiutiamoli a Vivere
( , Italy
39- Yukiko
Ueno Ricercatrice , Italy
40- Maria Grazia
Ardizzone Campo Antimperialista , Italy
41- Leonardo
Mazzei Comitato Nazionale < Gaza Vivra > ,
Italy
42- Helene
Charif University Academic , Sweden
43-
Francis Arzalier Collectif communiste polex
, France
44- Orlanda
Gonzalez University Professor , Spain
45- Jaime
Ballesteros President OSPAAAL , Spain
46-
Jose Reinaldo Journaliste / ecrivain ,
Brazil
47-
Doggui Sliman Neurologue , France
48-
Francis Combes Poete / Editeur , France
49-
Carmem Dolores Marques Journalist of TV1 –Portuguese TV ,
Portugal
50-Fernando Mauricio Translater-Interpreter ,
Portugal
51-
Gloria Marreiros da Cunha Writer – Museologist , Portugal
52-Gustavo
Carneiro Journalist , member of the Portuguese
Council for Peace and
Co
–operation National Direction , Portugal
53-
Henrique Luis P. Cunha Engineer , Portugal
54-Herbert Goulart Economist , Portugal
55-
Jose Ernesto Cartaxo Sindicalista , Portugal
56-
Jose Goulao Journalist , Portugal
57-
Luis Azevedo Lawyer , Portugal
58-
Manuel Duran Clemente Retired Colonel , Portugal
59-
Maria de Lourdes Alves Rodrigues Sociologist ,
Portugal
60-
Maria do Ceu Guerra Actress / Stage
Manager , Portugal
61- Maria Elvira
Palhinhas Member of the Portuguese Council
for Peace and Co-operation
National Direction , Portugal
62- Mario
Padua Medical doctor ,
Portugal
63- Jusev
Skala Writer , Rep.Tcheque
64- Stefan
Chnopek Lawyer , Rep .Tcheque
65- Kujera
Jaroslav Historian , Rep,Tcheque
66- Hlavaty
Jaroslav Retired officer , Rep. Tcheque
67- Lecko
Radik university professor , Rep.
Tcheque
68-
Sasa Novakova Journalist ,
Rep.Tcheque
69- Radosinski
Miche Enterpreneur , Rep. Tcheque
70- Natacha
Amaro Technical of international
relations, Member of the Democratic
Movement
of Women , Portugal
71- Rui Namorado
Rosa University Professor , President of the
Portuguese Council for
Peace and
Co-operation , Portugal
72- Sandra
Benfica Member of the Portuguese
Council for Peace and Co-operation
National
Direction , Portugal
73-
Sergio Vinagre Medical Doctor ,
Portugal
74- Silas
Cerquera Member of MPPM , researcher on
African Affairs , Portugal
75- Vitor Pedro
G. Silva Vice-President of the Portuguese
Council for Peace and Co-operation ,Portugal
76- Joao
Corregedor da Fonseca President of Democratic Intervention
Association , Portugal
77- Francisco
Navarro Manager , Portugal
78- Fatima
Amaral member of Democratic Movement
of Women , Portugal
79- Jose
Neves Member of MPPM , Portugal
80- Levy
Baptista Lawyer , Portugal
81- Manuel
Carvalho da Silva General Secretary of CGTP- In
82 –Al Mahdi al menjera
83-Dr.
Sameer Ameen
84-
Albaseer Bomeza
85- khaled
Aljame
86-
Professor Yahya Yahyawi
87- Mr
Mustafa Bakri ......... Chief Editor of Al-week Egyptian / Egypt
88- Mr -
Hamdin Sabahi ........ Member of the Egyptian People / Al Karama
/ Egypt
89-
Dr. Ashraf Bayoumi ........ Writer and political activist /
Egypt
99-
-- Engineer Abul Ela Mady Abul Ela .... Islamic political
activist / Centre Party / Egypt
91- Mr
Hamdan Hamdan ........... Writer and researcher / Palestine –
Syria
92-
Engineer Leith Shbeilat .......... Islamic political activist /
Jordan
93-
Dr. Ibrahim Alloush ......... Writer and political activist /
Jordan
94-
Mrs. Samira Rajab ........... Member of the Shura Council in
Bahrain and writer / Bahrain
95-
Mr. Hassan Ismail Abdel Azim, secretary-general counsel ...
party Democratic Arab Socialist Union / Syria
96- Mr.
Ahmed Fayez Fawaz ......... Chief Human Rights Association in
Syria / Syria
97 –Mr.
Haitham Maleh ............... human rights activist / Syria
98- MR. Mohammed Abdel-Maguid Majnona ... Arab Socialist Union
Party, the Democratic / ASG / Syria
99-MR.
Fateh Jamous ............ A leading Communist Labour Party /
Syria
100 – MR.Raja
Nasser .............. secretary of a rally in support of Jean
Iraq / Syria
101 – MR . Shukri Belaid .............. Counsel / Tunisia
102 – MR.Fawzi Bin Murad .............. Counsel / Tunisia
103 – MR. Abdul Nasser Al awini .......... lawyer / Tunisia
104 – MR. Ahmed Sadik ................. lawyer / Tunisia
105 – MR. Sami Tahiri ............ Union / Tunisia
106 – Mr. Al Habib Al Turifi ........... union / Tunisia
107 – Mr. Abdul Rahman Alhotheli ...... Tunisian League for the
Defence of Human Rights / Tunisia
108 – Mr. Mohammed bin hinda ............. Political activist /
Tunisia
109
– Mr.Sabah al-Musawi ......... Political activist / spaces
110 – Mr. Ahmed Buda ................. Prime radio station
Al-Manar and political activist / Belgium
111 – Mr. Ahmad Kareem ..... Chairman of the Communist National
Democratic Movement / Iraq - Jikia
112 – Mr. Qais Mohammad Nouri .... Researcher, university
professor / Iraq – Yemen
113 – MR Sabah Al Mokhtar ... Chairman of the Arab Lawyers
Association in Britain / Iraq
114 –MR Ali Alsraf ........ Writer and journalist / Iraq –
London
16 -Mr. Subhi Toma ........... Political activist / Iraq -
France
117 -Mr. Iman Al saadoon ......... Political activist / Iraq
118 – Dr. Saad Dawood kiryakos .... University professor in
Canada / Iraq
119 – Mr. Awni
Al-Kalamji
..... The official spokesman for the Iraqi National Alliance /
Iraq - Denmark
120 –Mr. Engineer Suleiman Abdul-Jabbar Al-Kubaisi ....
former Prisoner in the U.S. occupation camps / Iraq – France
Dr -Dia
al-Shamri Sculptor Iraqi Vienna