6000 held prisoner in Iraq

[cal04]

THOUSANDS of people are detained in Iraq without due process in apparent violation of international law, the United Nations said today, adding that 6000 of the country's 10,000 prisoners were in the hands of the US military.

In Iraq, "one of the major human rights challenges remains the detention of thousands of persons without due process", Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report to the 15-nation UN Security Council. According to the Iraqi Justice Ministry, there were about 10,000 detainees in all of Iraq as of April, "6000 of whom were in the custody of the Multinational Force" commanded by the United States, Mr Annan said.

"Despite the release of some detainees, their number continues to grow. Prolonged detention without access to lawyers and courts is prohibited under international law including during states of emergency," his report said.

A Security Council resolution adopted a year ago ending the US-led occupation of Iraq let the US military keep taking and holding prisoners even after the June 2004 handover of power to Iraqis, in apparent contradiction of the Geneva conventions.




http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15557823%255E1702,00.html

[VegasWolf]

1. Gee, I wonder who really runs Iraq. Sovereign my royal ass. n/t

[liberaliraqvet26]

2. When I was stationed at Camp Bucca

near Basra, 95% were cab drivers and other poor slobs who were in the wrong place at the wrong time

[bemildred]

3. Thank you for your testimony.

Welcome to DU. :hi:
And I hope you are clear of the Iraq mess now.

[liberaliraqvet26]

4. yep...

i wasn't dumb enough to reenlist and was lucky enough to be let out

[NNN0LHI]

5. U.S.-led forces in Iraq hold 6,000 prisoners -UN

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5856022&cKey=1118270115000

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Thousands of people are detained in Iraq without due process in apparent violation of international law, the United Nations said on Wednesday, adding that 6,000 of the country's 10,000 prisoners were in the hands of the U.S. military.

In Iraq, "one of the major human rights challenges remains the detention of thousands of persons without due process," Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report to the 15-nation U.N. Security Council.

According to the Iraqi Justice Ministry, there were about 10,000 detainees in all of Iraq as of April, "6,000 of whom were in the custody of the Multinational Force" commanded by the United States, Annan said.

"Despite the release of some detainees, their number continues to grow. Prolonged detention without access to lawyers and courts is prohibited under international law including during states of emergency," his report said.

[dogday]

6. Just another day in the Iraq War........

Those abuses just keep on coming folks......