{"id":15164,"date":"2011-02-20T18:09:15","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T00:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=15164"},"modified":"2011-02-20T18:09:15","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T00:09:15","slug":"the-brussells-tribunal-support-iraqi-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=15164","title":{"rendered":"The BRussells Tribunal: Support Iraqi protests!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWSLETTER OF THE BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL &#8211; SPECIAL EDITION<\/p>\n<p>20 February 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brussellstribunal.org\/IraqiProtests200211.htm#action\">Take action!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0millions across the world watched live 18 days of dramatic revolution that\u00a0ousted the US-allied torture-friendly regime of Hosni Mubarak, no one is\u00a0offered\u00a0live feed from Iraq of its people\u2019s uprising against an enemy much worse.<\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0while President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton are being lauded for their\u00a0supposed support for Egyptian democracy, no one is asking the key\u00a0question\u00a0Washington can\u2019t answer: When will members of this US administration and the\u00a0three previous face trial for crimes against humanity in Iraq?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Despite\u00a0US hypocrisy, nothing will prevent the collapse of US geostrategic goals in the\u00a0Arab region. It is not by direct confrontation that this is happening, nor\u00a0by\u00a0ideology. The interests of the people are opposed to the model of underdevelopment\u00a0Washington and allies propose and police.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The year of\u00a0revolutions<\/strong><br \/>\nAcross\u00a0the Arab world, 2011 appears set to be remembered as the \u201cyear of revolutions\u201d.\u00a0In Iraq, ravaged by eight years of US occupation, plunder, destruction\u00a0and\u00a0death, protests have burst forth in Baghdad, Kut, Basra, Kirkuk, Ramadi, Sulaymaniyah and tens of other locations. As usual, the people face live fire.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0declare our solidarity with the people of Iraq in protest. We declare our\u00a0solidarity with the martyrs of the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions, and all\u00a0martyrs of Arab uprisings. We put Washington on notice that it is your policies\u00a0that are being defeated, and it is your alliances that are falling apart.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0region is witness to a rolling tide of Arab renaissance, led by the aspirations\u00a0of the Arab youth. No injustice will be spared criticism. No lie will remain\u00a0unexposed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support Iraqi\u00a0protests!<\/strong><br \/>\nStand\u00a0in support of the Iraqi people in their struggle against state terrorism and\u00a0repression, generalised corruption, a falsified political process and its state\u00a0apparatus, generalised lack and collapse of public services, poverty and unemployment, systematic abuse of human rights by the government and its\u00a0militias,\u00a0illegal contracts, treaties and a constitution imposed under\u00a0occupation, and foreign plans to destroy Iraqi culture, economy and unity.<\/p>\n<p>Stand\u00a0in support of the Iraqi people\u2019s struggle for freedom, democracy, dignity,\u00a0unity and social justice.<\/p>\n<p>Stand\u00a0in support of the Iraqi people in their uprising, and in solidarity with all\u00a0Arabs at this dawn of a new era!<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0game is over! We demand that Maliki\u2019s government leave without shedding the\u00a0blood of innocent Iraqis on 25 February, Iraq\u2019s \u201cDay of Peaceful Anger\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0demand that other states withdraw support from Maliki and not provide cover for\u00a0a government bloodbath.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0are certain the people of Iraq will achieve victory, like their Tunisian and\u00a0Egyptian brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Ian Douglas<\/strong>, member of\u00a0the\u00a0B<em>Russell<\/em>s\tTribunal\u00a0Executive\u00a0Committee and coordinator of the\u00a0International\u00a0Initiative to Prosecute US genocide in Iraq\u00a0\u2013\u00a0UK\/Egypt<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abdul Ilah Albayaty<\/strong>, political analyst and\u00a0activist, member of the \u00a0B<em>Russell<\/em>s Tribunal Executive Committee and the\u00a0International Initiative to Prosecute US\u00a0genocide in Iraq\u00a0\u2013\u00a0France\/Iraq<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hana Al Bayaty<\/strong>, political analyst and\u00a0activist, member of the \u00a0B<em>Russell<\/em>s Tribunal Executive Committee and the\u00a0International Initiative to Prosecute US\u00a0genocide in Iraq,\u00a0\u2013\u00a0France\/Iraq<\/p>\n<p><strong> Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad<\/strong>,\tPresident Perdana Global Peace Foundation \u2013 Malaysia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Denis Halliday<\/strong>,\u00a0former UN Assistant Secretary General\u00a0&amp; United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq 1997-98 \u2013 Ireland<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prof Dr Lieven De Cauter<\/strong>,\u00a0philosopher, K.U. Leuven \/Rits,\u00a0initiator of the\u00a0 B<em>Russell<\/em>s\u00a0 Tribunal\u00a0\u2013 Belgium<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Curtis F J Doebbler<\/strong>,\u00a0international human rights lawyer \u2013\u00a0USA\/Palestine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Felicity Arbuthnot<\/strong>,\u00a0journalist \u2013 UK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paola Manduca<\/strong>, professor of genetics DIBIO, University of Genoa \u2013 Italy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lamis Andoni<\/strong>, journalist\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Palestine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Serene Assir<\/strong>, writer\/journalist\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lebanon\/Spain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dirk Adriaensens<\/strong>, member of the\u00a0B<em>Russell<\/span><\/em>s\u00a0Tribunal\u00a0Executive Committee, coordinator\u00a0SOS Iraq\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Belgium<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthias Chang<\/strong>, law specialist,\u00a0Perdana Global Peace Foundation and the Kuala Lumpur Foundation to\u00a0 Criminalise War\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Malaysia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cynthia McKinney<\/strong>,\u00a0Green Party US Presidential Candidate\u00a0\u2013\u00a0USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Zulaiha Ismail<\/strong>,\u00a0Perdana Global Peace Foundation \u2013 Malaysia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sigyn Meder<\/strong>, member of the Iraqi Solidarity Association in Stockholm\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sweden<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Powers<\/strong>, member of the Iraqi Solidarity Association in Stockholm\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sweden<\/p>\n<p><strong>Perdana Global Peace Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ad-Hoc Committee for Justice for Iraq<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Take action!<\/strong><br \/>\n1.\u00a0Endorse this statement by writing\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:hanaalbayaty@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (<a href=\"mailto:hanaalbayaty@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">hanaalbayaty@gmail.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0There is a virtual blackout on the uprising in Iraq in the Western media. Take\u00a0initiative and demand that news outlets put Iraq back on the agenda where\u00a0you\u00a0are.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0For updated information on the uprising in Iraq follow\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/Iraqe.Revolution\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (Arabic) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/pages\/IraqRevolutionEnglish\/183511915024574\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (English)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWSLETTER OF THE BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL &#8211; SPECIAL EDITION 20 February 2011 Take action! While\u00a0millions across the world watched live 18 days of dramatic revolution that\u00a0ousted the US-allied torture-friendly regime of Hosni Mubarak, no one is\u00a0offered\u00a0live feed from Iraq of its &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=15164\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdXTf-3WA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15164"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15172,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15164\/revisions\/15172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}