Ill treatment of prisoners is a general practice
in Iraq
One of the reasons a massive revolt is taking
place in Iraq
By Ibrahim Ebeid
The
International Red Cross Committee was informed many times about the ill
treatment and torture of the detainees but no stand was taken by this
institution. The INCRC kept silent. The members of the legitimate leadership of
Iraq succumbed to severe torture and inhumane treatment. The Martyred President
of Iraq was mistreated and tortured, the Martyred Vice President, Taha Yassin
Ramadan, had to treat his wounds with water and salt: no one was spared the
abuse. Some of the detainees died from torture or by depriving them medical care
or good nourishment, such as Hikmat Ibrahim Azzawi. Some became very frail and
are dying in their cells that are not fit for animals, much less for human
beings. All the prisoners in occupation detentions were transferred to the jails
of the sectarian government created by the US and Iran to be lynched and
eliminated.
Mr. Tareq Aziz, the legitimate Deputy Prime
Minister of Iraq is no exception. His health is deteriorating rapidly; he is
approaching his death, in a small cell that according to his lawyer, is not fit
for dogs. The cells where the leaders of Iraq are kept do not see the sun, only
darkness, and the prisoners are not allowed to exercise or see daylight more
than a few minutes a day.
The family of Mr. Aziz appealed several times to
the Vatican, to The Pope, and to many prominent Christian and Human Rights
Organizations to intervene on his behalf to help his release but there was no
response. Not one organization, religious or otherwise acknowledged the human
cries of the family of this great human benign, they did not respond to his
agony and suffering.
I have seen many appeals from the families of the
detainees asking the world, in the name of humanity, to intervene for the
immediate release of their relatives.
The prisoners are old, frail and sick; they suffer from chronic and
critical diseases. Their families are in need for them since they were expelled
from Iraq and all of their belongings were confiscated, They became refugees
outside of their beloved country. They are penniless and desperate. They are
waiting for the release of their beloved ones.
The prisoners were tried for resisting the
occupation of their land and for saying
no to US Iranian occupation. The trials were taking place for vengeance
and the courts were supervised directly by Iran with US blessing and
cooperation.
How many times do we have to appeal to the Human
Rights Organizations, Anti war Movements and the world to take a courageous
stand against the war in Iraq, and to help release all prisoners and detainees.?
Do they have ears to hear our calls for help or deafness fell upon them?
Do they have eyes and they cannot see the atrocities committed by the forces of
sectarianism and occupation, or blindness fell upon their eyes? Are they ignored
because they are Arabs and considered "terrorists" by the Western World? Or has
the world just fallen under the spell of the United States and Zionism?
We hope that the citizens of the world wakeup
from their slumber and pressure their governments, their anti war movements and
human rights organizations to intervene to release all Iraqi prisoners and
detainees and to stop the atrocious occupation of Iraq immediately.
10/1/2014
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