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PRESS RELEASE
OF IRAQ COMMITTEES
- JANUARY 6, 2004 -
Français
- English - Español
INTERNATIONAL APPEAL
The “International
Action to Defend the President Saddam Hussein” (IADSH)
and the “Iraq Committees”, in total solidarity,
suport the call launched in France by the “AMITIES
FRANCO-IRAKIENNES” (French-Iraqi Friendship) for the respect
of the rights of the legitimate President of Iraq.
SADDAM HUSSEIN: PRISONER OF WAR
APPEAL FOR THE RESPECT
OF THE 1949 CONVENTIONS OF GENEVA
The
unworthy treatment reserved to President Saddam Hussein
violates all the principles of international law : drugged and
manhandled by his abductors, he has been exhibited before
medias and has been interrogated illegally by the occupation
troops and their collaborators. He is sequestrated in a place
held secret without representatives
of the Red Cross being able to meet him.
With
the exception of the Vatican that deplored the revolting lot
reserved to the Iraqi head of state and condemned that he is
treated “like an animal”, the international community
closes indulgently its eyes on the questionable intrigues of
the United States hose leaders behave like the decadent
Caesars who delivered prisoners of war to public condemnation.
Trampling
on the enemy has never made anybody grow in stature. In the
ase in point, the treatment reserved to Saddam Hussein has
only accentuated the feeling of humiliation and
anger felt by the Iraqi people and a big part of the Arab and
Moslem people.
In
these conditions, it is advisable to apply strictly the
arrangements of the international law to President Saddam
Hussein and the other Iraqi prisoners, civilian and military.
Article 13 of he Convention of Geneva on prisoners of war
stipulates notably that they “must be treated in all time
with humanity” and that they must “be protected in all
time notably against all act of violence or intimidation,
against abuses and the public curiosity”. It is prohibited
publishing photographs that could give of the prisoner
a degrading picture. Finally, according to
article 14 “prisoners of war have right in all
circumstances to the respect of their person and their honour”.
Otherwise, the international Committee of the Red Cross must
have access to all persons protected by the Convention of
Geneva.
Signers recall
solemnly that President
Saddam Hussein is a prisoner of war and that to this title he
has the right to fully benefit of the 1949 Conventions of
Geneva.
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Answer to:
IADSH – Luc MICHEL – 39 Maagdenstraat – B/1000 Brussels (Belgium)
defendsaddamhussein@yahoo.com
Fax : + 32 22187359
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