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>Il giorno 6-09-2003 23:23, Elisabetta Filippi,
>elisabettafilippi1@??? ha scritto:
>
> > Inoltro questo importante documento sulle violenze in Iraq. Chi può
>traduca
> > e lo divulghi il più possibile.
> > Grazie.
> > Ciao.
> > Elisabetta
> >
> >
> > Subject: Activists Disrupt General Sanchez Press Conference
> > Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 02:48:26 -0800
> >
> > Last tuesday, August 26th, 8 VITW activists disrupted one of General
> > Sanchez' regular press briefings on occupation force activities and
> > casualties, intitally asking difficult questions of the General before
> > escalating into a protest:
> >
> > Ramzy Kysia asked why the forces did not investigate civillian killings
> > with any semblance of the same effort as they do when soldiers are
> > killed. 'Is this because Iraqi lives are not deemed as valuable as
> > American lives?' he asked. The reply was that investigations are always
> > held into any civillian death at the hands of 'coalition forces' and
>that
> > any civilian death is taken very seriously.
> >
> > After a volley of various, fobbed off questions, Ewa Jasiewicz got on
>the
> > mike and read out the names of six civillians killed in the Sulleikh,
> > North baghdad, on August 7.
> >
> > Troops from the first armoured brigade from the first armoured division
> > opened fire on three cars driving down Rabbia street at approx 9.30pm on
> > a power-cut darkened summer night.
> >
> > The first car, carrying Saif Raed Azawi (20) and his two friends was
> > fired upon over 20 times (we counted the bullet holes), Saif was shot to
> > death, his friends managed to exit the car, suffering from bullet wounds
> > themselves (confirmed by Captain John Mostellar, head of the First
> > Brigade of the First Armoured Division) and were beaten, blindfolded,
> > arrested and taken away. Up to five witnesses were also shot and two US
> > soldiers suffered injuries too, sustained from their own crossfire.
> >
> > The second car, also shot at over 20 times, contained Adel Abdul Kareem
> > (42, father), Hadir Al-Kawas (19, son), Ola Al Kawas (16, daughter),
> > Mervit al Kawas (8, daughter) and Hadeel (14, daughter) and his wife
> > Anwar (40). Anwar and her daughter Hadeel were the only members of the
> > Kawas family to survive, the rest were shot to death. The cause of their
> > deaths in their death certificates, issued at the Medical Legal
>Institute
> > at Medical City Hospital in Baghdad, was left unwritten, the space for a
> > reason being left starkly empty, something the director of Medical City
> > said he'd never come across in his lifetime and was 'impossible'.
> >
> > The third car was inhabited by Ali Hekmat (31) alone who fled the scene
> > at the sight of the carngae unfolding infront of him, was fired upon,
>and
> > lost control of his car, swerving into a palm-log road block,
>overturning
> > and dying in the impact.
> >
> > Ewa held up a beautiful portrait picture of the Abu Kawas family, taken
> > two years ago, and read out the names of the dead, in honour of their
> > lives, following on to say '..All killed by US troops from the first
> > brigade first armoured division in Sulleikh. And there has been NO
> > response, NO comment, NO apology (at this point her mike was cut and she
> > stood up and continued loudly) and NO accountability from occupation
> > troops. (At this point Caoimhe Butterly stood up, holding a copy of the
> > portrait family picture and unfurled a black and white 'mourning' banner
> > with 'THE KILLING CONTINUES' written upon it in Arabic and English. Ewa
> > went on to say, 'You say there was an investigation but what is the
> > criteria for this investigation when none of the survivors have been
> > interviewed, none of the witnesses have been interviewed (at this point
> > she was grabbed by the waist by a soldier who attempted to steer her
> > out)under the Geneva conventions crimes against humanity must be tried
>in
> > an international court (at this point three soldiers have Ewa and are
> > dragging her away) The Geneva conventions have been broken! Under
> > convention 146, those responsible for war crimes must be brought to
> > justice. Your soldiers have no respect for human life! This family needs
> > justice! You killed this family',(holding the picture of the family
>aloft
> > all the while. Two soldiers have Caoimhe at this point and are steering
> > her out, she shouts: 'The family are calling for an independent and
> > transparent international investigation into the killings. Why is there
> > no accountability? (she resists and is forcibly dragged further) Your
> > soldiers are in breach of the Fourth Geneva Conventions if they are not
> > brought to justice how will you prevent this from happening again? The
> > families have no access to this place. It is your responsibility to meet
> > with them, why will you not speak with them, what are you hiding? you
>owe
> > them at least that'.
> >
> > Both activists were then shoved outside with the picture of the Al Kawas
> > family snatched off both Ewa and Caoimhe crumpled into a ball and thrown
> > on the ground.
> >
> > Outside the conference hall, the two were threatened with being taken to
> > a detention centre and had their pictures taken without their consent.
> > These pictures have now been published in the Occupation Forces weekly
> > newspaper 'The Liberator' so that quote (from the same soldier who
> > threatened Ewa and Caoimhe with detention): 'Wherever they go, any
> > checkpoint or patrol, they can be recognised'. They both refused to give
> > their names.
> >
> > The first person to be pointed to by General Sanchez to continue asking
> > questions following the discruption and ejction of Ewa and Caoimhe was
> > Kathy Kelly, co-founder of Voices. Sanchez groaned and appeared drawn
>and
> > harrangued as she introduced herself, and laughter and disbelief
>errupted
> > in the hall. She asked a challenging question about the treatment of
> > detainees and prisoners and why all human rights had been suspended with
> > regards to them.
> >
> > Following the conference, all the Voices activists were detained and had
> > their passports confiscated, photocopied and filed by Occupation troops.
> >
> > Ewa and Caoimhe have been banned from the Convention Centre and
> > journalists now have to sign their names, write their emails and phone
> > numbers and hand over their (photo) press ID to get into press
> > conferences. When journalists complained at the tediousness of the 1 and
> > a half hour process, they were told, collectively, on the mike by one of
> > Sanchez's representatives: 'Well, dont blame us! If you want to blame
> > someone, blame those two young ladies which disrupted the conference
>last
> > week'. Journalists were also told that the reason they had been moved
> > into a smaller room was because if anyone had any plans to bring out
> > banners or disrupt the conference, they would be ejected far more
>swiftly
> > and unceremoniously than in the larger room.
> >
> > Many Iraqi people expressed their gratitude and applauded (literally, in
> > the street)the action taken by Voices in the Wildreness and other
> > journalists said they wished they had the leeway to take the same stand.
> >
> > The protest was broadcast live on CNN and was carried five times on the
> > popular Arabic channels Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera (headline news) and Abu
> > Dhabi. BBC Middle East Radio also covered the action and broadcast
> > interviews with Ewa and Caoimhe in Arabic, and many newspapers, both
> > local and international, wrote it up.
> >
> > Irish legal firm Magden and Finucane, currently representing victims of
> > the Bloody Sunday massacre have been advising the Al Kawas, Hekmat, and
> > Azawi families with regards to bringing about a major lawsuit against
>the
> > Occupation Forces and the US government for the killing of their loved
> > ones. New York law human rights firms have expressed an interst in
>taking
> > on the case Pro Bono.
> >
> > Under Occupation Administration Regulations, no Iraqi is allowed to
>raise
> > legal proceedings against any Coalition Force body. Article 146 of the
> > Fourth Geneva Conventions states that it is the responsibilty of an
> > occupying power to ensure that if a criminal incident is committed by
> > their forces, an criminal investigation must be conducted into the
> > circumstances and perpetration of the crime.
> >
> > Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time
>of
> > War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.
> >
> >
> >
> > Part IV : Execution of the convention #Section I : General provisions
> >
> > ARTICLE 146
> >
> > The High Contracting Parties undertake to enact any legislation
>necessary
> > to provide effective penal sanctions for persons committing, or ordering
> > to be committed, any of the grave breaches of the present Convention
> > defined in the following Article.
> > Each High Contracting Party shall be under the obligation to search for
> > persons alleged to have committed, or to have ordered to be committed,
> > such grave breaches, and shall bring such persons, regardless of their
> > nationality, before its own courts. It may also, if it prefers, and in
> > accordance with the provisions of its own legislation, hand such persons
> > over for trial to another High Contracting Party concerned, provided
>such
> > High Contracting Party has made out a ' prima facie ' case.
> > Each High Contracting Party shall take measures necessary for the
> > suppression of all acts contrary to the provisions of the present
> > Convention other than the grave breaches defined in the following
> > Article.
> > In all circumstances, the accused persons shall benefit by safeguards of
> > proper trial and defence, which shall not be less favourable than those
> > provided by Article 105 and those following of the Geneva Convention
> > relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949.
> >
> > see
> >
> > www.occupationwatch.org
> >
> > and
> >
> > www.electroniciraq.net
> >
> > for more details
> >
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