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Press Conference
The Permanent Secretariat of the Afro Asian Peoples Solidarity
Organization (AAPSO) held a conference on 1/9/2004 with the
participation of the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) and the
Arab Lawyers Union in support of the hunger strike staged by Palestinian
detainees in Israeli prisons.
They issued the following press statement:
In Defence of Palestinian Detainees
Israel occupies Palestinian territory
Israel demolishes Palestinian homes
Israel uproots Palestinian trees
Israel builds the racist isolation wall
Israel commits genocide against the Palestinian people with tanks,
artillery, gases, concentration camps and prisons
Israel assassinates national Palestinian leaderships with missiles
Israel acts with impunity regarding all legal and customary
interdictions and violates all fundamental human norms attained by
mankind and exercises the worst policies in the 21st century.
Palestinian human rights have no place in the Israeli dictionary.
Israeli occupation forces detain youth and children haphazardly and
throw them in prisons. The number of detainees in the past three years
reached 32 thousand Palestinians. This terrorist policy basically aims
at instilling terror and insecurity, and that a Palestinian is not free
to assume his own responsibility except through Israeli will.
Israeli prisons: Talmond and Ramleh, Jalbou, Nafha, Askalan as well as
Magdu, Shatta, Hadrim, Central Bir Sabei, Bir Sabei Eshel and Bir Sabei
Al Ezel, Tritsa and Aíaleet, Majdu and Nakab Al Sahrawi, Oufar, Huwara,
Kudumeem, Salem and Kafa Aatsiyun, Beit Eyl, Secret prison 1391 (Israeli
Guantanamu), Jalbou and Kafaryuna. All these prisons are centers geared
to destroy Palestinian will and terrorize those who live outside in
terms of acts perpetrated inside prison walls. Hence all Palestine is
transformed into a prison where everyone lives inside or outside its
walls.
This is purely a Nazi policy.
Actual number of detainees in Israeli prisons stood at 7500 including
474 children aged 16 - 17 years; as well as one hundred who gave birth
in confinement and mothers who were torn away from their children.
The detainee is subjected to torture as soon as he is caught, they break
into his house, crash doors and destroy property, attack the detainee
and his family, pouring out foul insults; they bind his hands and
blindfold him. All this is carried out without an arrest warrant and
without giving his family information to where he will be incarcerated.
The detainee is exposed to all forms of barbaric torture that exceed
those committed by tyrants throughout history.
Torture is carried out by electricity, strangling, sex, burning,
hanging, violent shakes, binding hands and feet, beating and kicking in
all parts of the body to the extent that some of them died. They are
crammed in refrigerators, their hair pulled out, gassed, deprived of
healthy food, sun and fresh air, a matter that leads to the spread of
disease; they are sexually abused and raped, have no medical care, their
eyes are exposed to bright light and some to hot air currents. Some are
imprisoned with Israeli criminals who assault them with boiling water
and oil. Moreover, 150 were killed directly when they were arrested.
Torture is not only physical but also psychological in that they are
insulted, humiliated and left naked; they are threatened with rape
against their wives, mothers or sisters, they are menaced by having
their relatives detained, they are deprived of visits, books and paper,
and their relatives are thoroughly searched before visits. Financial
punishment is imposed and their money is sequestrated as collateral in
prison.
Israeli prisons and acts perpetrated against Palestinian detainees are a
replica of German prisons which held many Jews. In fact, the
international community that condemned Nazi practices should not permit
the repetition of the same tragedy with the Palestinian people.
The Israeli occupation forces and its acts against Palestinian prisoners
and detainees violate:
Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates, “No
one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment”.
Article 2 of the Convention against Torture and racial discrimination
stipulates: “Each State Party shall take effective legislative,
administrative and judicial measures to prevent acts of torture in any
territory under its jurisdiction”, as well as, “No exceptional
circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war,
internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be
invoked as a justification of torture.”
Article 21 enunciates in the 4th Geneva Convention that, “No physical or
moral coercion shall be exercised against protected persons, in
particular to obtain information from them or from third parties.”
Articles 16, 72, 82, 83, 85, 89, 91, 97 of the 4th Geneva Convention
that stipulate all detainees shall have opportunities for physical
exercise, sports and recreational activities, and continue their
studies; their right to receive sufficient food rations in quality and
quantity; to have due medical care; that places of internment should not
be set up in areas exposed to dangers of war these should afford
safeguards as regards hygiene; the right to receive visits; detainees
from the same family shall be lodged in the same premises; non
imposition of financial penalties and right to have professional
lawyers.
Israel has replaced these international laws and conventions with its
own terrorist, Nazi, Zionist racist laws. Such as:
Military decree 132 that permits arrest of Palestinian children between
12 -14 years.
Military decree 1500 of the year 2002 detaining Palestinian children as
prisoners for long periods without trial.
Military decree 101 that allows punishment up to 10 years for
participation in an assembly consisting of more than 10 persons Israel
deems as a political gathering.
Military decree 1500 of 5/4/2002 that permits the detention of any
Palestinian without giving any reasons or without order of arrest for a
period of 18 days without legal measures.
Military decree 378 of the year 1970 that gives the regional military
commander the right to set up military courts whose chief justice and
judges are military officers regardless of their legal qualifications.
These are the illegal courts that sentence Palestinian prisoners.
The Israeli Supreme Court of Justice issued a decision on 18/11/1996
that permits the use of physical torture and violent shaking. It is the
only country in the world that legally condones torture. Hence the
highest judicial authority approved total legitimacy to torture crimes.
The practices exercised by Israel against Palestinian detainees from the
West Bank and Gaza and 1948 Palestinians is the epitome of state
terrorism and constitutes total disdain of international legitimacy and
violation of human rights.
Israeli detention camps in Israel and Abu Ghreib prison and Guantanamo
are horrendous prisons where man’s dignity is degraded, prisons based on
destroyed a human being’s will and transforming prisoners into human
skeletons devoid of spirit and close to collapse and servitude.
These acts in Israeli prisons are but premeditated genocide by means of
disease, hunger and torture, a form of execution without sentence,
psychological oppression; it is another form of death.
Israeli prisons remind us of Nazi prisons, namely Buchenfeld, Auswich
and Dachau. Nevertheless Israel finds support and blatantly accuses
others of breaching international legitimacy and violating human rights.
Therefore, we the signatories of this statement, namely AAPSO, AOHR and
Arab Lawyers Union condemn all these criminal Israeli practices that
contravene all customs, human and judicial law and demand the prompt
release of all detainees and total acceptance of their demands until
they are set free. We demand Israel to withdraw immediately from the
Palestinian territories and to implement Security Council, UN and
International Court of Justice resolutions. Moreover, we demand the UN
and its Secretary General, the Security Council and all UN committees to
intervene promptly with a view to halt all practices perpetrated against
all norms and values and to impose the implementation of international
legitimacy resolutions, to impose sanctions on Israel for its position
vis-à-vis these resolutions. It is incumbent upon the UN to send a fact
finding committee to Israel prisons to expose to the world the truth of
acts committed therein. We also demand the International Red Cross to
visit these prisons and reveal what is happening there.
Furthermore, we urge local, regional, continental and international
organizations, particularly human rights organizations to close ranks
against the prevailing policy, the policy of international silence and
disregard, to the extent of forgetting the Palestinian prisoners” issue.
They have to stand against war crimes and crimes against humanity
committed by Israel. We demand the immediate release of all these heroic
detainees who raised the banners of defence and honour of their homeland
before Zionist invaders. They have to accept the demands of Palestinian
detainees until their release. We demand that all measures must be taken
to bring to trial all those involved in war crimes and crimes against
humanity perpetrated by Israel regardless of their positions. We demand
the implementation of UN resolutions pertaining to the legitimate rights
of the Palestinian people in their right to return and self
determination as well as establishment of their independent State with
Al Quds as its capital.
* Long live the struggle of the Palestinian people
* Long live the heroes of the national Palestinian struggle
* Long live the struggle of the Palestinian detainees in defence of
their humanity
We support you until victory is achieved
AAPSO
AOHR
Arab Lawyers Union
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Summary of violations perpetrated by the
occupation forces
against Palestinian human rights
Number of martyrs since the outset of the Intifada in 28/9/2000 until
31/8/2004 reached 3135. These include 791 children, 740 pupils,
university students and teachers, 314 men from the Palestinian security
forces, 148 women, 117 before military barriers, 456 assassinations and
executions, 45 shot by settlers, 66 handicapped. Number of injured
casualties stood at 55718 including 16 thousand who were treated on
site, 15560 were children, 2555 women, number of handicapped reached
6300 including 3015 children. Number of detainees during the Intifada
reached 30123, nearly 7500 of them remained in occupation prisons.
Number of uprooted trees and plants were 867773, number of destroyed
houses reached 46082 including 4285 that were totally demolished.
28 medical personnel were martyred on duty, 465 cars and ambulances were
attacked, 420 of their team were injured, 40 ambulances were totally
destroyed, 59 cases of childbirth took place near military barriers, 31
newborn died as well as 116 ill persons because occupation soldiers
prevented them from reaching hospitals.
During August 2004, 47 Palestinians were martyred including 11 children
below the age of 18 years, 8 were executed in the field, 580 inhabitants
were injured including 154 children. 448 Palestinians were detained, 330
houses were destroyed, as well as 44 industrial establishment. The
occupation army razed 1480 donums, uprooted 5042 fruit trees, destroyed
115 vehicles. Moreover, occupation forces seized 2966 donums for
building the racist separation wall and for expanding settlements.
*****
Palestinian Council for Justice and Peace
Your Excellency
President Yasser Arafat
President of the Palestinian Authority
On behalf of our national committees in Asia and Africa, we wish to
convey to your Excellency our utmost support to the heroes of the Arab
struggle, the Palestinian children, women and men who have waged battles
in defence of their land and honour against the invading barbaric
forces.
The acts perpetrated by Israel and its invading forces in its different
prisons are aimed at destroying the Palestinian people’s will, this will
that could not be broken by Israel and its supporters as well as by its
military machinery.
The resolve and resistance of detainees are but the embodiment of the
Palestinian people’s resolve and resistance. We support these brave
heroes who truly stand at the forefront of the Arab peoples.
We held a press conference, along with AOHR and Arab Lawyers Union on
1st September 2004 in support of the detainees on strike and will
continue this support until victory is achieved.
We hope that your Excellency will convey our message to these heroes
individually.
Kindly accept our highest consideration.
Dr. Morad Ghaleb Nouri Abdul Razzak
AAPSO President Secretary General
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Your Excellency Mr. Kofi Anan
UN Secretary General
This message to your Excellency concerns acts perpetrated by Israel and
its forces which occupy Palestinian territories and detain thousands,
throwing them in inhuman prisons and practicing torture, humiliation and
attempts to break their will in contravention of basic and humanitarian
law.
Israel’s acts perpetrated in Palestinian territory by killing human
beings, demolishing homes and infrastructure, uprooting trees and
haphazardly detaining men, women and children, breaches all norms and
resolutions passed by the UN and its agencies and all international
conventions. Israel declares its total intransigence of all
international legitimacy resolutions pertaining to the Palestinian issue
and exacerbates its violations in unlimited defiance.
Acts committed in Israeli prisons against Palestinian and Arab detainees
shames humanity and contradicts all customs and norms and international
law. In fact, the continuation of Israel’s actions and its oppression
are due to the silence and neglect of the Palestinian detainees” issue.
It was time that the world should realize the truth about Israel and its
policy against the Palestinian people.
We, as a non governmental organization urge your Excellency to dispatch
a fact finding committee to Israeli prisons and to declare to the entire
world what is occurring there.
We equally request you that the UN should intervene promptly for the
release of these heroic prisoners who are accused of loving their
country and struggling for its independence and to answer their demands.
Israel is the only State in the world that defies the UN and is not
punished. We demand the imposition of sanctions on Israel for breaching
international legitimacy and that Israelis who have committed war crimes
and crimes against humanity be brought to trial regardless of their
positions.
Kindly accept our sincere gratitude and consideration.
Dr. Morad Ghaleb Nouri Abdul Razzak
AAPSO President Secretary General
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Your Excellency President
of the International Red Cross
This message to your Excellency concerns acts perpetrated by Israel and
its forces which occupy Palestinian territories and detain thousands,
throwing them in inhuman prisons and practicing torture, humiliation and
attempts to break their will in contravention of basic and humanitarian
law.
Israel’s acts perpetrated in Palestinian territory by killing human
beings, demolishing homes and infrastructure, uprooting trees and
haphazardly detaining men, women and children, breaches all norms and
resolutions passed by the UN and its agencies and all international
conventions. Israel declares its total intransigence of all
international legitimacy resolutions pertaining to the Palestinian issue
and exacerbates its violations in unlimited defiance.
Acts committed in Israeli prisons against Palestinian and Arab detainees
shames humanity and contradicts all customs and norms and international
law. In fact, the continuation of Israel’s actions and its oppression
are due to the silence and neglect of the Palestinian detainees” issue.
It was time that the world should realize the truth about Israel and its
policy against the Palestinian people.
We, as a non governmental organization urge your Excellency to dispatch
a fact finding committee to Israeli prisons and to declare to the entire
world what is occurring there.
We demand that the IRC assume its humanitarian and legal responsibility
and resume its visits to all Israeli prisons and exercise its rights
stipulated by international laws in order to support the detainees who
are subjected to the worst forms of physical and psychological torture
as well as back their legitimate rights enunciated in international
laws.
Dr. Morad Ghaleb Nouri Abdul Razzak
AAPSO President Secretary General
*****
AAPSO Issued the following statement:
Hunger Strike for Better Imprisonment Conditions
Around 1800 Palestinian and Arab Prisoners of War (POWs) started a
hunger strike in the Israeli prisons, calling for the improvement of
their living and detention conditions. This was the first group of
strikers that is to be followed be the rest of the 8000 POWs in the
Israeli prisons.
Commencing a hunger strike means facing death voluntarily, and no one so
does unless the conditions in which one lives are worse that death
itself. In such conditions, voluntary death because of hunger strike or
subjecting oneself to death because of hunger strike becomes better than
going on with the bitter conditions in which Palestinian POWs live.
The "empty bowels" slogan raised by the prisoners reflects a cruel image
that unveils the Israeli claims of civilization. The prisoners in the
horrendous Nazi camps of Buchenwald, Auschwitz and Dachau used to find
their food and even used to live in better conditions than those of the
Palestinian POWs in the camps of Hadarim, Nafha and Eshel. The
humiliation of POWs by searching them while they are naked, entering
their rooms forcibly, destroying their possessions or confiscating them,
imposing fines on them, refusing to provide them with necessary medical
aid, forcing them to solitary detention and the inadequate food in
quality and quantity offered to them: all such forms of humiliation
establish the fact that we are in front of a process aiming at slow
death and executing thousands of prisoners without and execution
sentences.
The moral killing by humiliating the prisoner and destroying their will
is no better than material killing, as both of them end the real
existence of the human being.
The Israeli prisoners are not less horrible than the German Nazi
concentration camps, against which the Jews filled the whole world with
their cries. They are not less horrible than the prisons of the
occupying forces in Iraq, such as the Abu Gharib prison.
AAPSO calls for the immediate release of those POWs and treating them
humanely until released, in the way that answers their ordinary and just
demands and goes in conformity with international rules and customs. We
urge all justice and democracy living forces and all human rights
activists to raise their voices against the Israel's violations of
international legitimacy and basic human rights and to stand solidly
beside Palestinian and Arab POWs in the Israeli prisons.
*****
Statement by the Egyptian Solidarity Committee
The Egyptian Solidarity Committee expresses its rejection and
condemnation of the statement made by the Israeli Minister of Internal
Security who said, “Security prisoners can go on a hunger strike until
they die”. We deem that this is a shame for Sharon’s racist government
that exercises a policy of coercion and oppression against the freedom
detainees, thus completely disregarding all international covenants and
norms.
The Committee denounces these cruel methods and collective punishments
carried out by the Israeli government and stands steadfastly with the
Palestinian detainees and support their just humanitarian demands that
should be met. The Committee appeals to all with a live conscience in
the world to show their solidarity.
The Committee emphasizes that a just peace with the Palestinian people
will not be realized unless all detainees are set free from occupation
prisons and that they may return honourably to their homeland, their
families and loved ones.
President of the Egyptian Solidarity Committee
Ahmed Hamroush
*****
The Arab Programme for Human Rights Activists
Urgent
Palestinian Detainees
and a New Intifada
Call for Solidarity
The Programme for Human Rights Activists follows with great concern
developments of the hunger strikes staged by Palestinian detainees - in
its third week - in Israeli prisons, and the support to them by
international public personalities such as the grandson of Mahatma
Gandhi.
The Intifada of empty stomachs is a new chain in the struggle of the
Palestinian people and protest against occupation authorities - to the
extent of death - for the coercive acts exercised against Palestinian
activists whether within or outside walls. This also implies the
weakness of international instruments in confronting the occupation
forces’ violations especially in light of Israel’s disregard of all
international customs and conventions related to human rights.
The Arab programme urges the Arab civil and international community, its
active and democratic forces to stand by the detainees on a hunger
strike and to realize the following:
1 - Release of all Palestinian and Arab detainees in Israeli prisons.
2 - To commit the occupation forces to implement the four Geneva
Conventions.
3 - To empower the IRC and human rights organizations to visit Israeli
prisons and concentration camps and to investigate them especially those
that hold Palestinian detainees.
The Programme calls upon all righteous people worldwide particularly
human rights organizations to go on a hunger strike for one day on 30
August 2004 in solidarity with detainees in Israeli prisons.
*****
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Palestinian National Authority
President
Brother Morad Ghaleb
President of AAPSO
Brother Nouri Abdel Razzak
Secretary General of AAPSO
We have received your fraternal message with gratitude in which you
expressed your resolute support and solidarity with our Palestinian
people and our brave detainees in Israeli occupation prisons and your
strong denunciation of the suppressive and criminal acts by the
occupation against them. We are grateful for your sincere brotherly
feelings and your valuable and firm stances and support you have always
adopted as well as all brothers in the Arab Republic of Egypt. This,
especially in the sensitive and dangerous stage and tragic circumstances
we are experiencing. We are certain that these fruitful efforts and
positions will continue as well as movement on all fronts to expose
crimes perpetrated by the occupation and savage violations against our
people and families,. As they consider them prisoners of war then they
should be treated according to the Geneva Conventions. The policy of
detention, humiliation, collective punishment and destruction must cease
and detainees must be set free and their demands to live a decent life
like all human beings should be met.
We reiterate to you and to AAPSO our sincere thanks and appreciation and
wish you success. We will remain to stand steadfastly in our land and
hold on to our rights. Their tanks or their siege do not intimidate us.
We will continue our legitimate struggle until our noble objectives are
achieved, crowned by the establishment of our independent State with Al
Quds as its capital.
Our profuse thanks and appreciation to you and together God willing
until Al Quds Al Sharif.
Ramallah 4/9/2004
Yasser Arafat
President of the State of Palestine
President of the Executive
Council of PLO
President of the Palestinian National Authority
*****
Permanent Mission
of the State of Palestine
To the League of Arab States
To: Brother Nouri Abdul Razzak
The Permanent Mission conveys its best wishes to AAPSO.
We wish to recall that 18th August is a day for a general strike in all
Israeli prisons and concentration camps in protest against Israel’s
oppressive policy and torture against Palestinian detainees and
prisoners. For numerous methods of torture are used savagely and
barbarically in contravention with all international human rights norms
and laws..
Israeli policy intentionally resorted to break the will of prisoners and
detainees, by humiliation, electrocution, stripping them naked, savage
beatings in sensitive parts of the body, coercing mothers and daughters,
incarceration with male criminals and female prostitutes, sleep
deprivation, using cold water in winter and hot in summer, isolation in
a cell where wild and hungry dogs are kept, solitary confinement,
continuous insults and famine policy.
Israel’s racist and cruel policy in exercising abuse and all forms of
torture against Palestinian prisoners and detainees is accelerating. For
the detention department intentionally launches a ferocious campaign
against Palestinian and Arab prisoners and detainees on a daily basis
perpetrating the worst forms of torture. Some of the political
leaderships are Abdel Rahim Malouh, member of the Executive Committee,
Marawan Barghouti and Hussan Khedr, members of the Palestinian
legislative Council. Detention is not only confined to men but also to
women, children, the injured and the sick.
Whatever transpired in Abu Ghreib prison in Iraq is but torture,
humiliation and coercion based on the experience of practices exercised
in Israeli prisons against Palestinian and Arab detainees, notorious
prisons such as Al Nakha and other secret prisons in Israel.
We demand a conscientious stand to defend these heroes, we need a
responsible humanitarian stance to alleviate their suffering, to set
them free and to subject Israeli prisons especially those that are
secret to investigation. This, in order to stop indiscriminate arrests
and continuous abductions and to permit families to visit the detainees
and to cease any financial penalties.
*****
General Association
for Palestinian Women
Egypt Branch
Dr. Morad Ghaleb, AAPSO President
Honourable Members
In support of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, the Palestinian
Women’s Alliance (General Association for Palestinian Women in Cairo)
will hold a day of solidarity with our heroes in the occupation prisons
on Saturday 21/8/2004 from 12 noon to 6pm in the premises of the
association in 119 Ramses Street - near the new Al Gumhureya newspaper.
Kindly call us by telephone or fax 5789727 if you are unable to attend.
We hope you will participate with us in solidarity with Palestinian
detainees.
Cairo 18/8/2004
Samira Abu Ghazala
President of the Palestinian
Women’s Association in Cairo
*****
General Association
for Palestinian Women
Egypt Branch
The Palestinian Women’s Association in Cairo called for a sit in, in the
premises of the Association on Saturday 21/8/2004 in solidarity with
Palestinian detainees in the prisons of Israeli occupation.
The following statement was issued and a number of appeals were launched
and annexed herewith:
* Steadfast and heroic people.
* Appeal to organizations concerned with women’s rights.
* Appeal to all organizations concerned with the rights of the child.
* Appeal to humanitarian institutions and agencies.
* A message to our families in Israeli prisons
Palestinian Women’s Association in Cairo
*****
General Association for Palestinian Women
Message to our families in Israeli prisons
To our heroes-your hunger strike is one of the endless effective tools
in the resistance waged by our brave people. Such a means exposes the
practices of the Israeli enemy to the world in that they disdain the
concept of humanity and human rights and are not affiliated to civilized
societies.
Your strike ignites enthusiasm in us and bolsters our resolution to hold
on to our rights, our lands and our right to return.
Palestinian Women’s Association
21/8/2004
*****
WFTU Calls For International Solidarity
With Hunger Strike Of Palestinian Political Prisoners
Held In Israeli Prisons
Over seven thousand Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli
prisons have begun a hunger strike on 15 August to protest against the
inhuman conditions in Israeli jails, the brutal repression by the jail
authorities, the gross violations of their basic human rights and to put
an end to their unfair and illegal imprisonment.
As the Committee for the Families of Political Prisoners and Detainees
in the West Bank has pointed out, the treatment of Palestinian prisoners
in Israel violates both international and Israeli laws, as well as rules
governing the administration of Israeli prisons.
The WFTU appeals to trade unions and democratic organisations all over
the world to observe September 4, 2004 as an International Day of
Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners and urge the UN and Member
Governments to compel the Israeli authorities to end the brutal
repression unleashed on the Palestinian political prisoners and to
release the prisoners immediately.
*****
Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue Committee
Freedom for the prisoners
of freedom
The shameful and irresponsible statement made by the Israeli Minister of
Interior that Security detainees can go on a hunger strike until death’
is a disgrace for Sharon’s racist government that exercises coercion and
suppression against the prisoners of freedom, thus disregarding all
international charters and norms. We strongly condemn these ferocious
practices and collective punishment and support their humanitarian
demands that should be fulfilled. We appeal to live consciences in the
world to express their solidarity with these detainees.
Once again, we reiterate that a just peace with the Palestinian people
will not be attained unless all freedom prisoners are released from the
abhorrent occupation prisons and that they all return to their homeland,
to their families and their loved ones.
Let this be our slogan
Freedom to the prisoners of freedom.
*****
Israeli – Palestinian Dialogue Committee
Brother Marawan, we want you alive and well and militant
We turn to you brother Marawan despite the heinous occupation prisons
and appeal to you along with your people and peace advocates everywhere,
to stop your hunger strike which has entered its 23rd day.
We want you with us, alive and sound to continue your resolute struggle
to end occupation and achieve your noble objective for the release of
freedom detainees and establishment of an independent Palestinian state
with Al Quds as its capital.
*****
Congratulations
H.E. Mr. Kim Jong II
General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea
Chairman of the National Defence Commission of
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
I am very happy to send my warmest congratulations and greeting to your
Excellency, and the people on the occasion of the 56th anniversary of
the founding Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
I am convinced that Korea would reunified in near future and Korean
People will enjoy happy life in reunified Korean nation.
I take this opportunity to heartily wish you good health and great
successes for the Korean People.
With best regards,
Nouri Abdel Razzak Hussain
Secretary-General
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Congratulation
To Mr. Nouri Abdel Razzak
We heartily congratulate you on the occasion of the date marking the
70th anniversary of your birthday. We wish you a very strong health and
success in your responsible activity as Secretary General of Afro-Asian
solidarity movement.
Your name is widely known among the societies living in the countries of
Asia and Africa. Your experience and practical knowledge have allowed to
enhance and reinforce the authority of the AAPSO. You greatly
contributed to the development and reinforcement of relations between
Russia and the countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Dear Nouri Abdel Razzak, once again we congratulate you on the occasion
of this jubilee and express hope that you will contribute further to the
development and reinforcement of relations between the Organization of
Solidarity and Cooperation of the Peoples in Asia and Africa of Russia
and the Afro-Asian solidarity movement.
The Council of the Organization of Solidarity
and Cooperation of the Peoples in Asia and Africa
*****
Happy Birthday
The Korean Committee Afro Asian Solidarity
Pyongyang, 19th August 2004
Mr. Nouri Abdul Razzak
I warmly congratulate you on your 70th birthday on behalf of the Korean
Committee for Afro-Asian Solidarity.
You have much contributed to ensuring the peace and security of the
world against the imperialist’s domination, war and terrorism, and
strengthening the unity between Afro-Asian peoples.
And you have also extended active support and solidarity to our people
firmly united around the great leader Kim Jong II in their struggle to
achieve the cause of socialism and independent reunification, which we
feel very grateful.
Taking this opportunity I wish you a good health and happiness and
greater success in your responsible work
With regards.
Kim Jin Bom
Vice Chairman
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Condolences
Mr. Alexander Dzasokhov,
President of North Ossetia
Russian Federation
Dear Comrade,
The shocking news of hostage taking and the killing by the terrorists of
hundreds of innocent children, women and men aggrieved all of us here.
This news has awakened the entire world of the dangers of international
terrorism.
AAPSO strongly condemns this cowardly and dastardly act and call upon
all peace loving people to mobilize against international terrorism as a
grave menace to humankind.
While sharing the sentiments of the whole world, AAPSO associates with
the grieving people of Russia in this tragedy. Of all the leaders, you
bear a heavy responsibility in soothing the shock and fear of the people
in North Ossetia.
We express our deep condolences to you and to all the members of the
bereaved families.
Nouri Abdul Razzak Dr. Morad Ghaleb
Secretary – General President
*****
Mr. Sergei A.Kampaneet,
First Vice President
Russian society for Solidarity and Cooperation of Afro-Asian Peoples'
Dear Comrade,
The shocking news of the hostage taking and the killing by the
terrorists of hundreds of innocent children, women and men in Northern
Ossetia aggrieved all of us here. This news has awakened the entire
world of the dangers of international terrorist.
AAPSO Strongly condemns this cowardly and dastardly action and call.
upon all peace loving people to mobilise against international terrorism
as the greatest menace to humankind.
While sharing the sentiments of the whole world, AAPSO associates with
the grieving people of Russia in this tragedy.
We express our deep condolences to your committee and through you to the
members of the bereaved families.
Nouri Abdul Razzak Dr. Morad Ghaleb
Secretary - General President
*****
Condolences
Attention Mr. K. P. Oli, President
Mr. Gopal Pokharel Biwash, Deputy Secretary-General
Dear Comrades,
We were relay shocked about the kidnapping and brutal killing of twelve
Nepal Nationals by the terrorists in Iraq. No peace loving people
anywhere in the world condone these actions of the terrorists
organizations which is taking place in several parts of the world.
AAPSO strongly condemn this terrorist action and firmly believe that
culprits will be apprehended and justice done.
We convey our heartfelt condolences to you and request to convey the
same to bereaved families.
Nouri Abdul Razzak Dr. Morad Ghaleb
Secretary - General President
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Africa Civil Society
To His Excellency the Ambassador of TANZANIA in Cairo
Dear Excellency the Ambassador,
The AAPSO Permanent Secretariat is pleased to acknowledge receipt of the
reply to our letter from the Embassy of the united Republic of Tanzania
with reference to the desire of the AAPSO to promote and sustain
relationship with civil society in your country.
The AAPSO Permanent Secretariat would like to express its thanks to your
Excellency for the valuable cooperation regarding this matter and uses
this opportunity to wish you all success in your highly responsible
function.
Nouri Abdul Razzak Hussein
Secretary-General
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Arab Programme
for Human Rights Activists
Mr. Fakhri Labib
The Arab Programme for Human Rights Activists will hold a
workshop on “Extending the emergency condition and reform allegations”
on Thursday 26th August in the premises of Saeed Association for
Development. The programme includes a publications exhibition, therefore
we would like you to send us some of your publications and posters.
We hope you will set a date in this regard before the workshop commences
Workshop Coordinator
Waddah Ibn Idris
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Thirty-fifth executive session of the
Trade and Development Board
The thirty-fifth executive session of the Trade and Development Board
will be held on Tuesday, 21 September 2004. The session will open at 10
a.m. in Palais des Nations, Geneva.
Trade and Development Board
Fifty-first session
The fifty-first session of the Trade and Development Board will open at
10 a.m., 4 October 2004, at the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
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Expert Meeting on Good
Governance in Investment Promotion
The Expert Meeting on Good Governance in Investment Promotion, convened
in accordance with the decision taken by the Commission on Investment,
Technology and Related Financial Issues at its eighth session, will be
held from 1 to 3 November 2004 (3 full days). The Meeting will open at
the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
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Expert Meeting on Financing Commodity-based
Trade and Development
The Expert Meeting on Financing Commodity-based Trade and Development
will be held from 16 to 17 November 2004 at the Palais des Nations,
Geneva.
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