Ask for the Iraqi Detainees Basic Rights

The detention and imprisonment system in Iraq needs a lot of work before it starts to function in a way that respects Human Rights and local laws. This campaign asks for three very simple and achievable points, and further campaigns will follow in case the goals of this one are achieved. This campaign aims to help detainees in Iraqi get the basic rights during the first three days of detention.

1-Detainees should have the right to inform their families about their location in the first 24 hours of being detained. The US and Iraqi authorities should allow the detainees to contact their families via phones once they're detained, and after charges are officially named against them. Detainees should be also informed by their legal rights as soon as they reach the holding center.

2-Detainees should have the right to appear in front of a judge within the first 48 hours of being detained. Any confessions and statments taken under torture or duress should not be concidered by the judge.

3-Detainees should have the right to a public defender, and the right to use the help of their own lawyer if they should so request.

Let me suggest the following contacts:


US Embassy Baghdad (Baghdad, Iraq)
Consular Section
Email: usconsulbaghdad@state.gov


Multi-National Force Iraq (Baghdad, Iraq)
Email: CPICPRESSDESK@Iraq.centcom.mil
You can also send snail mail to the US army at this address:
Office of the Chief of Public Affairs,
1500 Army Pentagon,
Washington, DC, 20310-1500

Iraqi Ministry of Foriegn Affairs
Email: press@iraqmofa.net


The Iraqi Embassy in the US:
Consular Section
Mohammed Al-Humaimidi: Minister Counselor / Consul
Email: consul@iraqiembassy.org
Email: admin@iraqiembassy.org
You can also send snail mail to the Iraqi Embassy in the US at this address:
Embassy of the Republic of Iraq
1801 P Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20036, USA


In addition to the above contacts, our dear friends: Najma and Liminal have arranged a long lists of contact infomation for Congress, Senate, Governors, State Legislators, UNITED NATIONS PERMENENTE MISSIONS, man a lot of contact infomation of US and International Media.


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