Cari amici,
giovedì 8 dicembre, è il giorno in cui i rapitori di Norman Kember, membro del Baptist Peace Fellowship e del Fellowship of Reconciliation (Movimento della Riconciliazione) inglese, Tom Fox, Harmeet Singh Sooden, James Lonely, gli altri componenti del Christian Peacemaker Team sequestrati a Baghdad il 26 novembre, hanno minacciato di ucciderli.
Il Coordinatore Internazionale dell'IFOR ci comunica che i Christian Peacemakers Team non vogliono pressioni politiche sui governi ma chiedono che i musulmani, soprattutto i religiosi, facciano appello ai rapitori attraverso i media arabi per il rilascio degli ostaggi.
Vi preghiamo di chiedere ai vostri amici o contatti musulmani o arabi di scrivere o chiamara Al Jazeera e ogni altro media arabo per supportare il rilascio degli ostaggi.
I messaggi possono essere mandati nella "feedback section" del sito www.Aljazeera.net; La versione inglese è: http://english.aljazeera.net/
Questo sito web pubblica commenti che possono essere visti dai rapitori: http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=10045
Sul sito http://www.freethecpt.org è possibile firmare la seguente petizione scritta da Arundhati Roy ed altri, cui hanno aderito oltre 20.000 persone:
An Urgent Appeal
Add your name at: http://www.freethecpt.org
Four members of Christian Peacemaker Teams were taken this past Saturday, November 26, in Baghdad, Iraq. They are not spies, nor do they work in the service of any government. They are people who have dedicated their lives to fighting against war and have clearly and publicly opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq. They are people of faith, but they are not missionaries. They have deep respect for the Islamic faith and for the right of Iraqis to self-determination.
C.P.T. first came to Iraq in October 2002 to oppose the US invasion, and it has remained in the country throughout the occupation in solidarity with the Iraqi people. The group has been invaluable in alerting the world to many of the horrors facing Iraqis detained in US-run prisons and detention centres. C.P.T. was among the first to document the torture occurring at the Abu Ghraib prison, long before the story broke in the mainstream press. Its members have spent countless hours interviewing Iraqis about abuse and torture suffered at the hands of US forces and have disseminated this information internationally.
Each of the four C.P.T. members being held in Iraq has dedicated his life to resisting the darkness and misery of war and occupation. Convinced that it is not enough to oppose the war from the safety of their homes, they made the difficult decision to go to Iraq, knowing that the climate of mistrust created by foreign occupation meant that they could be mistaken for spies or missionaries. They went there with a simple purpose: to bear witness to injustice and to embody a different kind of relationship between cultures and faiths. Members of C.P.T. willingly undertook the risks of living among Iraqis, in a common neighbourhood outside of the infamous Green Zone. They sought no protection from weapons or armed guards, trusting in, and benefiting from, the goodwill of the Iraqi people. Acts of kindness and hospitality from Iraqis were innumerable and ensured the C.P.T. members' safety and wellbeing. We believe that spirit will prevail in the current situation.
We appeal to those holding these activists to release them unharmed so that they may continue their vital work as witnesses and peacemakers.
Maria Antonietta Malleo
Movimento Internazionale della Riconciliazione
Si allega la dichiarazione rilasciata dal network delle NGO palestinesi
Dichiarazione del Network palestinese delle organizzazioni nongovernative (PNGO)
30 novembre 2005
Il Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) condanna con forza il rapimento dei quattro operatori per i diritti umani del Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) Tom Fox, Norman Kember, James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden, sequestrati da un gruppo sconosciuto di militanti. I volontari CPT sono stati presenti in Iraq sin dal 2002 per lavorare a sostegno dei diritti dei prigionieri iracheni illegalmente detenuti e vittime di abusi da parte degli USA e per documentare le violazioni dei diritti umani. I volontari CPT inoltre sono stati molto attivi in Palestina nell'accompagnamento dei palestinesi, soprattutto a Hebron, per offrire una protezione civile dalle violazioni israeliane.
PNGO condanna con forza il sequestro di civili per scopi politici e chiede l'immediato e incondizionato rilascio di tutti gli ostaggi presenti in Iraq.
PNGO considera il sequestro degli ostaggi dannoso per la causa della liberazione dell'Iraq e per la giusta lotta dell'Iraq per l'autodeterminazione e la libertà, oltre che negativa per l'intera causa araba.
PNGO chiede alle organizzazioni della società civile palestinese di mostrare solidarietà con le vittime e le loro famiglie facendo sentire la propria voce e condannando esplicitamente il sequestro di ostaggi in Iraq.
PNGO chiede alle organizzazioni della società civile irachena di usare tutti i mezzi a loro disposizione per ottenere l'immediato rilascio degli ostaggi attualmente detenuti in Iraq e di lavorare con misure preventive per assicurare che tali atti non vengano ripetuti.
Il network PNGO
CPT volunteers have been present in Iraq since 2002 to work for the rights of Iraqi prisoners who have been illegally detained and abused by the USA, and in documenting human rights abuses. In addition, the CPT volunteers have been very active in Palestine in accompanying Palestinians mainly in Hebron city to provide a civil protection for them against Israeli's violations.
PNGO strongly condemns the hostage taking of civilians to attain political goals and calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages held in Iraq.
PNGO considers the act of hostage-taking to be harmful to the liberation of Iraq and Iraq's just struggle for self-determination and freedom, apart from being detrimental to the Arab cause as a whole.
PNGO calls on all Palestinian civil society organizations to show solidarity with the victims and their families by raising their voices and explicitly condemning the hostage-takings in Iraq.
PNGO urges Iraqi civil society organizations to use all available means to bring about the immediate release of the hostages currently held in Iraq and to work on preventive measures to ensure that such acts are not repeated.
PNGO network
Dear Friends,
Tomorrow, Thursday 8th December, is the day on which Norman Kember and the other Christian Peacemaker Team people, Tom Fox, Harmeet Singh Sooden and James Loney are being threatened with death.
Please keep them all in your prayers.
If you wish, please consider adding your name to the petition below, please do so.
If your IFOR branch, group or affiliate would consider posting a message on the al Jazeera website, then please do so.
With thanks to all those who have sent messages, participated in prayer vigils, written letters and kept those who have been abducted in their thoughts and prayers.
David Mumford
International Coordinator
International Fellowship of Reconciliation
Spoorstraat 38
1815 BK Alkmaar,
Netherlands
tel: +31 72 512 3014
fax: +31 72 515 1102
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