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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  REPORT: COALITION 'ABUSED' IRAQI CHILDREN IN CUSTODY Sun Jul 04 2004 19:59:15 ET [Translated from New edition of Gemrnay's DER SPEIGEL] According to information from the International Red Cross more than 100 children are being held in Iraqi prisons, as well as in the infamous Abu Ghreib. As the TV magazine �Report� reports, maltreatment of children and youngsters by coalition troops appears to have occurred. Mainz - �Between January and May we have registered a total of 107 childred, during 19 visits at 6 different detention centers,� said the spokesman for the International Red Cross (IRC), Florian Westphal, in Geneva facing the SWR-Magazine �Report Mainz�. He referred to the fact, that the detention centers are controlled by Coalition Troops. The number of children held in custody could also be higher, said Westphal. In addition The TV magazine reported tips and testimonies that US soldiers in Iraqi prisons are reportedly mistreating children and youth as well. Samuel Provance, an NCO stationed in the notorious Abu Ghreib prison said, Interrogation specialist had besieged a 16 year old girl in her cell. Military police only intervened when she was half undressed. Another time a 16 year old was showered with water, driven out into the cold weather and smeared with mud. The child welfare organization of the United Nations (UNICEF) confirms the capture of Iraqi children by the foreign military, according to �Report� with reference to an internal memorandum of the organization. Literally, according to the up to now unpublished document from June 2004: Children, arrested in Basra and Kerbela for alleged activities directed against the Coalitions forces, were according to the memorandum, routinely transferred to interment facility Umm Kasr. The classification of these children as prisoners is alarming, there is the indefinite imprisonment without contact with their family, without expectations of due process or a trial. The German branch of the Human Rights organization Amnesty International (AI) demanded an explanation of the allegations and a statement from the US government. http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,307200,00.html |
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