Iraqi woman says U.S. imprisoned her husband – and said he’d go free when her father surrenders<\/b><\/p>\n
By Mohamad Bazzi
\nMiddle East Correspondent<\/p>\n
May 26, 2004<\/a><\/p>\n BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. troops wanted Jeanan Moayad’s father. When they couldn’t find him, they took her husband in his place.<\/p>\n Dhafir Ibrahim has been in U.S. custody for nearly four months. Moayad insists he is being held as a bargaining chip, and military officials have told her he will be released when her father surrenders. Her father is a scientist and former Baath party member who fled to Jordan soon after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime.<\/p>\n “My husband is a hostage,” said Moayad, 35, an architect who carries a small portrait of Ibrahim in her purse. “He didn’t commit any crime.”<\/p>\n Dozens detained<\/b><\/p>\n In a little-noticed development amid Iraq’s prison abuse scandal, the U.S. military is holding dozens of Iraqis as bargaining chips to put pressure on their wanted relatives to surrender, according to human rights groups. These detainees are not accused of any crimes, and experts say their detention violates the Geneva Conventions and other international laws. The practice also risks associating the United States with the tactics of countries it has long criticized for arbitrary arrests.<\/p>\n “It’s clearly an abuse of the powers of arrest, to arrest one person and say that you’re going to hold him until he gives information about somebody else, especially a close relative,” said John Quigley, an international law professor at Ohio State University. “Arrests are supposed to be based on suspicion that the person has committed some offense.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n Amnesty Slams ?Bankrupt? Vision of US in Damning Human Rights Report<\/b><\/a> The unilateral nature of the conflict to unseat Saddam Hussein in Iraq had additionally ?virtually paralyzed? the United Nations? role in guaranteeing human rights on a global level, the Amnesty report said.<\/p>\n ?The global security agenda promulgated by the US administration is bankrupt of vision and bereft of principle,? wrote Amnesty?s Secretary-General Irene Khan in the report?s introduction.<\/p>\n ?Sacrificing human rights in the name of security at home, turning a blind eye to abuses abroad and using pre-emptive military force where and when it chooses have neither increased security nor ensured liberty.?<\/p>\n The notion of fighting a campaign against terrorism so as to support human rights, while simultaneously trampling on them to achieve this, was no more than ?doublespeak?, she said.<\/p>\n ?The United States has lost its moral high ground and its ability to lead on peace and human rights elsewhere,? Irene added at a press conference in London to launch the annual report.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ?China Gave Techniques to Guantanamo Interrogators<\/b>?<\/a> BEIJING, 27 May 2004 ? China, which has expressed ?shock? at the US abuse of Iraqi prisoners, sent officials to Guantanamo Bay to help in tough interrogation of its own nationals, Amnesty International said yesterday.<\/p>\n A Chinese delegation visited the US military prison in Cuba in the autumn of 2002, and in some instances told their American hosts how to get their prisoners to talk, the London-based rights group said.<\/p>\n ?It is alleged that during (the delegation?s visit), the detainees were subjected to intimidation and threats, and to ?stress and duress? techniques such as environmental manipulation, forced sitting for many hours and sleep deprivation,? it said. Citing ?credible? reports, Amnesty said some of the interrogation techniques were ?alleged to have been on the instruction of the Chinese delegation?.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iraqi woman says U.S. imprisoned her husband – and said he’d go free when her father surrenders By Mohamad Bazzi Middle East Correspondent May 26, 2004 BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. troops wanted Jeanan Moayad’s father. When they couldn’t find him, … Continue reading
\nPeter Walker, Agence France Presse <\/p>\n
\nPeter Harmsen, Agence France Presse <\/p>\n
![Amnesty Slams ?Bankrupt? Vision of US in Damning Human Rights Report<\/b><\/a>\nPeter Walker, Agence France Presse <\/p>\nThe unilateral nature of the conflict to unseat Saddam Hussein in Iraq had additionally ?virtually paralyzed? the United Nations? role in guaranteeing human rights on a global level, the Amnesty report said.<\/p>\n?The global security agenda promulgated by the US administration is bankrupt of vision and bereft of principle,? wrote Amnesty?s Secretary-General Irene Khan in the report?s introduction.<\/p>\n?Sacrificing human rights in the name of security at home, turning a blind eye to abuses abroad and using pre-emptive military force where and when it chooses have neither increased security nor ensured liberty.?<\/p>\nThe notion of fighting a campaign against terrorism so as to support human rights, while simultaneously trampling on them to achieve this, was no more than ?doublespeak?, she said.<\/p>\n?The United States has lost its moral high ground and its ability to lead on peace and human rights elsewhere,? Irene added at a press conference in London to launch the annual report.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n?China Gave Techniques to Guantanamo Interrogators<\/b>?<\/a>\nPeter Harmsen, Agence France Presse <\/p>\nBEIJING, 27 May 2004 ? China, which has expressed ?shock? at the US abuse of Iraqi prisoners, sent officials to Guantanamo Bay to help in tough interrogation of its own nationals, Amnesty International said yesterday.<\/p>\nA Chinese delegation visited the US military prison in Cuba in the autumn of 2002, and in some instances told their American hosts how to get their prisoners to talk, the London-based rights group said.<\/p>\n?It is alleged that during (the delegation?s visit), the detainees were subjected to intimidation and threats, and to ?stress and duress? techniques such as environmental manipulation, forced sitting for many hours and sleep deprivation,? it said. Citing ?credible? reports, Amnesty said some of the interrogation techniques were ?alleged to have been on the instruction of the Chinese delegation?.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iraqi woman says U.S. imprisoned her husband – and said he’d go free when her father surrenders By Mohamad Bazzi Middle East Correspondent May 26, 2004 BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. troops wanted Jeanan Moayad’s father. When they couldn’t find him, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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-508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdXTf-8c","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508","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=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/?page=4§ion=0&article=45740&d=27&m=5&y=2004&pix=world.jpg&category=World\"){kind=link}