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K.U.L.U. - Women and Development:
Copenhagen, November 24 2000
URGENT ATTENTION:
Condemn the bloody
cleansing of prostitutes
by the Iraqi Government
We are deeply concerned about horrific reports of an anti-women crusade taking
place in Iraq since October 2000. According to reliable sources a bloody clean
up campaign targetting female prostitutes has been launched by the Iraqi
government and its supporters.
More than 80 prostitutes have been executed by beheading outside their homes,
and their heads hung on their doors or put on their doorsteps as a deterrent.
This has taken place in major cities like Bagdad, Basra, Mousel and other
cities in Iraq.
According to the British paper The Guardian on 3. November, one of the groups
carrying out the barbaric drive against prostitutes is known to be the Fedayeen
Saddam militia, which is a group under Saddam Hussein's Al-Baath party. While
chanting slogans like "Long live honoured ladies - Down with prostitutes"
the squads attack the women's homes and beheads them using swords. According to
the arabic daily paper al-Hayat on 29th October 2000 The National Union of Women
in Iraq is supporting the bloody clean-up campaign.
The women victimised are poor and unemployed, suffering from the economic
sanctions against the country - struggling to make a living for their families.
According to latest reports also women, whose sons or husbands are connected
with opposition forces, are now targetted and accused of being "prostitutes"
and their lives thereby endangered.
Before this barbaric campaign sanctioned by the Iraqi authorities the punishment
for prostitution in Iraq was three to five years jail. The recent drive is seen
to be part of a socalled Islamization of Iraq by the Government.
We strongly condemn the lack of any effective judicial protection and rights of
individuals expressed in these criminal acts against humanity. The beheading of
the women prostitutes are extrajudicial executions, where people and powerfull
groups take the law in their own hands.
We strongly urge the Iraqi government to stop the bloody and unlawfull
executions of women prostitutes and others in Iraq and
- to restore law and order, incl. ensuring fair trials for women facing charges
on prostitution
- to provide effective judicial protection to anyone in danger of extrajudicial
execution, including those receiving threats
- to protect and respect human rights and the human rights of the women
prostitutes.
- ban "death squads", private armies and paramilitary forces acting
outside the official chain of command.
- to demonstrate their total opposition to extrajudicial executions and "disappearances"
and make clear to security forces that these abuses will not be tolerated in any
circumstances;
- to respect the fundamental standards of human rights and international
humanitarian law, including the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Declaration on the Elimination of
Violence against Women.
What can you do to:
(1) Please circulate this information as widely as possible
(2) Write letters of protest directed to President Saddam Hussein:
H.E. President Saddam Hussain
President of the Republic
Presidential palace
Karadat Mariam
Baghdad, Iraq
Telegrams: President Hussain, Baghdad, Iraq
Telexes: 212299 alqasr ik
or to Iraqi Embassies (see attached list of adresses below).
Please do not hesitate to contact Nahid Riazi, coordinator for the campaign in
Denmark, for further information: nahid@mail.danbbs.dk
or tel. +45 20 49 30 98 (mobile).
And Please also send a copy of your protest to Nahid Riazi nahid@mail.danbbs.dk
and azam_kamguian@yahoo.com
The following is a list of Iraqi Embassies abroad, please Email/fax your protest
letters to one or more of the addresses below and send us a copy.
Iraqi's Embassies:
THE PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC
OF IRAQ TO THE UNITED NATIONS - UN
HEAD OF MISSION: MR. SAEED AL-MUSAWEE
ADDRESS: 14 EAST 79 STREET,
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021 / USA
TELEPHONE NO. 212-7374433
FAX NO: 212-7721794
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ - AUSTRALIA
HEAD OF MISSION: MR. NATEEK ALI RADI
ADDRESS: 48 CULGOA CIRCUIT
MALLEY A.C.T 2606 - AUSTRALIA
TELEPHONE NO:(02)-62861333
FAX NO: (02)-62901788
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ- BULGARIA
HEAD OF MISSION: MR. HASSAN MAGEED AL-SAFAR
ADDRESS: 21-23 ANTON TCHEKHOV STR.
1113 SOFIA
TELEPHONE NO: 9733348
FAX NO: 9711197
TELEX NO: 22307
E-mail: iraqiyah@asico.net
THE PERMANENT MISSION OF IRAQ
TO THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES - EGYPT
HEAD OF MISSION: MR. SULTAN ABDUL KADEER
ADDRESS: 9 MOHAMMED MODHEER STR. ZAMALEK - CAYRO
TELEPHONE NO: 3408087 / 3412442.
FAX NO: 3415075
IRAQI INTERESTS SECTION - EGYPT
HEAD OF MISSION: MR.HUMAM HASHEM AL-ALUSI
ADDRESS: 1ABDUL MINEM READ ST,ALMOUHANDISEEN,
ALGEZA, BOX 11111/CAYRO
TELEPHONE NO: 3361448 / 3376188
FAX NO: 3609766
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ - FINLAND
HEAD OF MISSION: Dr. MOHAMMED REHDA ABED JASSEM
ADDRESS: LARS SONCKIN TIE 2, 00570 HELSINKI, FINLAND
TELEPHONE NO: 6849177
FAX NO: 6848977
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ - GREECE
HEAD OF MISSION: MR. ABDUL MEHSEN MOHAMMED SAEED
ADDRESS: 4 MAZARAKI STR. 154 52 PALED PSICHICO
ATHENS - GREECE
TELEPHONE NO: 6722330 / 6749690
FAX NO: 6717185
TELEX NO: 214480
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ - SWEDEN
HEAD OF MISSION: MR. MEHSSON ABDUL KAREM AL-HAIDARI
ADDRESS: IRAKS AMBASSAD
BOX 26031, 100 41 STOCKHOLM / BALDERS GATAN 6
TELEPHONE NO: 4114443
FAX NO: 7968366
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ - JORDAN
HEAD OF MISSION: Dr. SABAH YASEEN
ADDRESS: AMMAN MOUNTEN-FIRST SQUARE
BOX 2025-AMMAN
TELEPHONE NO. 4623175 / 4623178
FAX NO: 4637328 / 4619172
FAX NO: 2414331
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ - OMAN
HEAD OF MISSION: MS. FADEL ABDUL-GAFFOR SHAHER
ADDRESS: SULTAN KABOS CITY, D STR, HOUSE NO.2803
ROAD NO.1737 MASKAT / OMAN
TELEPHONE NO: 604179 / 604178
FAX NO: 605112
TELEX NO: 5110=20
THE PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ
TO THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE - SWITZERLAND
HEAD OF MISSION: MR. MOHAMMED ABDULA AHMMED
ADDRESS: 28 A,CHERMIN DU PETIT-SACONNEX
1209 GENEVE-SUISSE
TELEPHONE NO. 004122 / 9180980
E-mail:mission.iraq@ties.itu.int
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ - SUDAN
HEAD OF MISSION: MR. NADEM AHMMED AL-YASSEN
ADDRESS: GARDEN CITY/AL-SHAREEF AL-HINDI ST./BOX 1969
TELEPHONE NO: 271867 / 271866 / 271863
FAX NO: 271855
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ - SPAIN =20
HEAD OF MISSION: MR. HEKMAT MOHAMMED ABDUA
ADDRESS: PARQUE CONDE DE ORGAZ / RONDA DE SOBRADIEL
N 6728043 MADRID - ESPANA
TELEPHONE NO: 917591282
FAX NO: 917593180
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ - TURKEY
HEAD OF MISSION: MR. FAROUK ABDLA YHIA
ADDRESS: TURAN EMEKEIZ SOKAK NO: 11 GAZOSMANPASA =20
ANKARA - TURKEY
TELEPHONE NO. 46871 / 4687422
FAX NO: 4684832
E-mail:irakemb@superonline.com.tr
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ - PORTUGAL
HEAD OF MISSION: MR. SABBAR AHMEED AL-HADITHI
ADDRESS: RUA DA ARRIAGA, 9-A LAPA
1200-806- LISBOA / PORTUGAL
TELEPHONE NO. 213-960944
FAX NO. : 213-960962
TELEX NO.: 14042
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLC OF IRAQ -YEMEN=20
HEAD OF MISSION: MR. TAHA YASSEN AL-BASRI
ADDRESS: AL-HAI AL-SEASI / SANA'A - YEMEN
TELEPHONE NO. :269574/269577/269575
FAX NO. : 269566
Email:iraq@un.int
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLC OF IRAQ -FRANCE
HEAD OF MISSION: DR. GHAZZI FAISEL HUSSAIN
ADDRESS: 53, RUE DE LA FAISANDERIE 75116 PARIS/FRANCE
TELEPHONE NO. :00-33-145-53-33-70
FAX NO. : 00-33-145-53-33-80
E-mail:paris@embassyiraq.com
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLC OF IRAQ -CANADA
HEAD OF MISSION: MR. MOHAMMED HUSSAIN AL-SAFAAR
ADDRESS: 215 MCLEOD STREET
OTTAWA,ONTARIO
K2P 0Z8 CANADA
TELEPHONE NO. :613-236-9177/613-236-2302
FAX NO.613-567-1101
TELEX NO.: 0534310
E-mail:iraqyia@on.aibn.com
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