Il Silenzio assordante difronte alla tragedia dei profughi Eritrei nel Sinai

Ore 19.05, ho potuto parlare con gli ostaggi nel Sinai, con due dei tanti gruppi di ostaggi nelle mani delle bande dei trafficanti che ora sono padroni assoluti del deserto e città nel Sinai. Le persone con cui ho parlato sono 32 nel primo gruppo erano 39 quando nel mese di settembre mi hanno chiamato, 2 di loro sono morti sotto tortura il primo morto il 12.09.2011 si chiamava Medhanie, il secondo è morto il 03.11.2011 si chiamava Teaghes. Altri 5 sono stati rilasciati perché hanno pagato $ 25.000 dollari US a testa, questo il lucroso affare che spinge questi predoni a commettere ogni efferatezza indicibili. Il secondo gruppo attualmente sono rimasti in 14 persone, due settimana fa erano in 22 persone, domenica  04.12.2011e morto un ragazzo di 19 anni a causa dei maltrattamenti e tortura subite da parte dei trafficanti, Lunedì 05.12.2011un altro uomo di circa 36 -37 anni, padre di una famiglia numerosa 6 figli anche questo ultimo morto sotto i colpi dei suoi carcerieri.
Le donne sono 8 che non ce la fanno più delle continue violenze sessuali e fisiche, quasi tutte sono rimaste incinte a causa delle violenze, i carcerieri non hanno nessuna pietà difronte anche alla donna all'ottavo mese di gravidanza, costretta a subire maltrattamenti, bruciature di sigarette sul seno, colata di plastica sciolta nel fuoco, capelli date al fuoco, tutto questo sommato a gli abusi sessuali ogni giorno.
Per i maschi vengono sottoposti alla tortura sistematica con delle scariche elettriche, la colata della plastica bollente sulla pelle, sono tutto il corpo pieno di ferite e piaghe che nessuno potrà curarli, molti hanno delle infezione in corso. In questi giorni hanno tagliato il dito di diversi ostaggi, tutto questo per costringerli a chiedere aiuto.
Una umanità devastata, queste persone di cui stiamo parlando, ammesso che usciranno vivi da questa drammatica situazione, se non finiranno sotto i ferri per fornire il mercato del traffico di organi, queste presone vivranno con questo incubo per tutta la loro vita.
Perché le potenze di questo mondo tacciono difronte a tanto grave crimine contro l'umanità, perché questo silenzio anche dei organismi internazionali per la tutela dei diritti umani? Perché il Parlamento Europeo tace di fronte a tanto orrore? Perché nessuno mette i governi della regione difronte alle loro responsabilità?
Chiediamo al Commissario Europeo per i diritti umani, di investire il parlamento europeo affinché il parlamento voti una risoluzione che metta il governo egiziano difronte alle sue responsabilità, ha lasciato che i predoni si impadroniscano di una buona parte della penisola del Sinai, non sta facendo tutto il necessario per stroncare questo crimine Contro l'Umanità.
Anche lo stato di Israele non sta vigilando abbastanza, dato che ci sono i complici dei trafficanti a TelAviv, alcuni famigliari dei ostaggi, ieri sera hanno consegnato ad un intermediario arabo, migliaia di dollari USA, sperando che i loro congiunti vengano rilasciati dai trafficanti, serve un azione della polizia per scovare questi complici che fanno da collettori del denaro del riscatto, in Israele, Sudan, Egitto, Dubai, Eritrea.
don Mussie Zerai

The deafening silence in front of the plight of Eritrean refugees in Sinai

19.05 hours, I could talk to the hostages in the Sinai, with two of the many groups of hostages in the hands of gangs of traffickers who are now masters of the desert and cities in the Sinai. The people with whom I spoke are 32 in the first group were 39 in September when they called me, two of them died under torture on the first death was called Medhane 09/12/2011, the second died on 3/11/2011 was called Teaghes. Other 5 were released because they paid $ 25,000 U.S. dollars each, this is the lucrative business that drives these robbers to commit every unspeakable cruelty. The second group were present in 14 persons, two weeks ago were 22 people who died Sunday 04.12.2011e a boy of 19 years because of ill-treatment and torture suffered by the traffickers, Monday 05.12.2011un another man of about 36 - 37 years, father of 6 children including a large family this last died under the blows of his captors.Women are 8 that do not make more of continuous sexual and physical violence, nearly all became pregnant due to violence, the jailers did not have no mercy even to the woman in front of the eighth month of pregnancy, forced to suffer abuse, burns of cigarettes on the breast, pouring melted plastic in the fire, fire given to hair, all this added to the sexual abuse every day.For the males are subjected to systematic torture with electric shock, pouring boiling water on the plastic skin, the whole body is full of wounds and sores that no one can heal, many of the current infection. These days they cut the finger of several hostages, all of this to force them to seek help.A devastated humanity, these people we're talking about, if they come out alive from this dramatic situation, if you do not end up under the knife to provide market organ trafficking, they reveal about how people will live with this nightmare for all of their lives.Because the powers of this world are silent in front of so serious a crime against humanity, because this silence also international bodies for the protection of human rights? Why the European Parliament is silent in the face of such horror? Because nobody puts governments in the region in front of their responsibility?We ask the European Commissioner for Human Rights, the European parliament in order to invest the parliament vote on a resolution that the Egyptian government puts in front of his responsibilities, he let the robbers take over a good part of the Sinai Peninsula, is not doing everything you need to nip this crime against humanity.And the state of Israel is not taking care enough, since there are accomplices of the traffickers in TelAviv, some relatives of the hostages, last night delivered an intermediary Arabic, thousands of U.S. dollars, hoping that their relatives be released by the traffickers,need a police action to root out those who are accomplices of the ransom money collectors, Israel, Sudan, Egypt, Dubai, Eritrea.Fr. Mussie Zerai

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di Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher

Nobel per la pace 2011 alle donne africane: spettacolo 18 dicembre a Roma

IL DONO DELLA DIVERSITÀ

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GIORNATA D’AZIONE GLOBALE CONTRO IL RAZZISMO E PER I DIRITTI DEI MIGRANTI, RIFUGIATI E SFOLLATI

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Il Nobel alle donne africane

Con

Cecilia Moreschi e Oriana Fiumicino

Scritto e diretto da
Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher

 

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Umiliazioni e sevizie contro i detenutiUna «squadretta» a Regina Coeli

Richiesta di rinvio a giudizio: coinvolti guardie carcerarie e un medico. Nel mirino soprattutto stranieri

(foto Proto)

ROMA - Umiliazioni, percosse, violenza, sevizie: nella «squadretta», come la chiamavano a Regina Coeli, militavano almeno in sei. Non solo guardie carcerarie ma anche personale sanitario. Fra cui il medico del reparto della settima sezione, Rolando Degli Angioli, per il quale il pm Francesco Scavo ha chiesto il rinvio a giudizio per abuso, falso e violenza privata. E infermieri come Luigi Di Paolo, ora accusato di violenza privata.

Contro di loro, militanti di una sorta di «codice rosso»in vigore dietro le sbarre, ci sono le testimonianze delle stesse vittime. «Mi tenevano in piedi per non farmi dormire - racconta ai magistrati Oltean Gavrila, uno dei romeni accusati dello stupro di gruppo della Caffarella, il 14 febbraio del 2009 e finito nel carcere di Regina Coeli e vittima della "squadretta" -. Arrivavano da me alle undici di sera e mi dicevano di stare in piedi, non dormire, poi dopo un po' mi dicevano "puoi dormire venti minuti" e in venti minuti non ce la facevo...». Per sottrarsi a un supplizio durato giorni, Gavrila si attacca a una bottiglia di detersivo e il 19 febbraio viene trasferito in infermeria. Da qui chiede di parlare con un magistrato al quale racconta tutto. Si tratta di Vincenzo Barba, uno dei pm del caso Cucchi.

Un detenutoa Regina Coeli (Proto)

Anche in quell'occasione, Degli Angioli, medico con una predilezione per la professione di agente carcerario (nel suo armadietto era custodita una giacca della divisa penitenziaria) era presente. Ma allora, sarebbe intervenuto solo per consigliare il ricovero in ospedale di Cucchi, già con lividi e fisicamente compromesso. Sono serviti due anni di indagini per rompere l'involucro omertoso del penitenziario e ricostruire, almeno in parte, quello che accadeva da anni. La «squadretta» entrava in gioco con detenuti accusati di delitti sessuali o reati particolarmente allarmanti sul piano sociale. Spesso contro immigrati o comunque stranieri. Meglio ancora se con patologie invalidanti che rendevano ancora meno credibile la loro (già improbabile) denuncia.

Sarà Julien Monnet la vittima «illustre» che farà scattare le indagini. L'ingegnere francese di 37 anni, accusato di tentato omicidio nei confronti della figlia (le avrebbe sbattuto la testa sui gradini dell'Altare della Patria: era l'agosto 2008) subì il «trattamento». Ma Monnet non è un extracomunitario qualunque. Il suo caso fu seguito, giorno per giorno, dall'ambasciata di palazzo Farnese. Dunque l'uomo denuncia e in procura, spiega il suo difensore Michele Gentiloni Silveri, viene aperto un fascicolo.

Legato a un letto di contenzione (ce n'è uno nella settima sezione, utilizzato in caso di crisi suicide o raptus omicida del detenuto) «con della stoffa marrone» Monnet racconta: «A un certo punto, la persona con il camice bianco che mi stava schiaffeggiando in viso... si è spostato alla mia destra...». Nel frattempo una seconda persona «continuava a picchiarmi sui piedi» con un grosso bastone. Monnet spiega che, a un tratto, uno dei due prende un tubo: «E approfittando che ero legato ha cominciato a inserirmi un catetere. Questa operazione si è conclusa dopo almeno quattro tentativi, durante i quali io urlavo per il dolore a ogni tentativo fallito. Ricordo perfettamente che tutti e due erano incuranti del dolore che mi stavano provocando, il primo per il modo in cui tentava di inserirmi il tubo, l'altro perché ad ogni grido riprendeva a picchiarmi sui piedi». Monnet denuncerà la tortura subita, mentre della «sonda vescicale» che gli venne applicata è scomparsa ogni traccia dal registro degli interventi effettuati quel giorno. Resta la domanda: qualcuno controlla quei registri?

Il carcere (Ansa)

È in seguito alla denuncia di Monnet che si apre anche l'inchiesta interna della polizia penitenziaria, al termine della quale vengono presi provvedimenti disciplinari nei confronti di Degli Angioli. Il medico viene allontanato. Ma il francese non è solo. La squadra punitiva prende di mira anche un giovane filippino B. R., arrestato con in corpo tanto shaboo (allucinogeno) da dover richiedere l'intervento di una decina di agenti per placarlo. Su di lui si sbizzarriscono fino a incaprettarlo e a spegnergli sigarette accese sul corpo. E A. R., omosessuale, con patologie psichiatriche gravemente invalidanti, arrestato per violenza sessuale, racconta: «Per farmi desistere dal desiderio di avere rapporti mi facevano camminare lungo il corridoio della sezione in maniera da essere veduto da tutti mentre ripetevo ad alta voce "sono scemo, sono scemo"». Per intimidirlo si svolgevano anche «rappresentazioni di pericolo» nei confronti della sua famiglia, racconta A. R. Una sorta di perverso gioco dei mimi nel quale si allude a ritorsioni a donne «della mia famiglia, mia madre, mia zia, mia cognata». Minacce che si sarebbero realizzate in caso di denuncia.

Ilaria Sacchettonihttp://roma.corriere.it/roma/notizie/cronaca/11_dicembre_6/la-squadretta-delle-punizioni-che-seviziava-i-detenuti-ilaria-sacchettoni-1902430548813.shtml

CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2011

DEMANDS FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT MUST BE HEEDED

Public outcry at corruption, impunity and economic instability sent shockwaves around the world in 2011. Protests in many countries quickly spread to unite people from all parts of society. Their backgrounds may be diverse, but their message is the same: more transparency and accountability is needed from our leaders.

The 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index shows that public frustration is well founded. No region or country in the world is immune to the damages of corruption, the vast majority of the 183 countries and territories assessed score below five on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 10 (very clean.) New Zealand, Denmark and Finland top the list, while North Korea and Somalia are at the bottom.

The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories according to their perceived levels of public sector corruption. It is an aggregate indicator that combines different sources of information about corruption, making it possible to compare countries.

The 2011 index draws on assessments and opinion surveys carried out by independent and reputable institutions. These surveys and assessments include questions related to the bribery of public officials, kickbacks in public procurement, embezzlement of public funds, and the effectiveness of public sector anti-corruption efforts. Perceptions are used because corruption is to a great extent a hidden activity that is difficult to measure. Over time, perceptions have proved to be a reliable estimate of corruption.

“This year we have seen corruption on protestors’ banners be they rich or poor. Whether in a Europe hit by debt crisis or an Arab world starting a new political era, leaders must heed the demands for better government,” said Huguette Labelle, Chair of Transparency International.

Public sector governance that puts the interests of its citizens first is a responsibility that transcends borders. Governments must act accordingly. For their part, citizens need to continue demanding better performance from their leaders.

If we work together, the situation shown by this year’s Corruption Perceptions Index can improve. These are our countries and our future.

http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2011/results/?mid=5414697

Eritrean minister speaks out

Tuesday, 17 April, 2001, 11:23 GMT 12:23 UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1281386.stm?mid=540 By Alex Last in Asmara A former Eritrean Government minister has openly criticised the president. It is the first time in Eritrea that a leading politician has dared speak out against President Isaias Afewerki. Mahmud Sherifo, who was sacked two months ago, said in an interview with a local newspaper that the president did not support the creation of political parties. Mr Sherifo hinted that the reason for his dismissal as local government minister was his involvement with a committee drafting a law on political parties. Democracy The draft law details the rules for the establishment of political parties ahead of Eritrea's first general election in December. Mr Sherifo outlined the events leading up to his sacking. President Isaias's commitment to democracy has been questioned He said President Isaias stopped publication of the draft laws and then sacked him before his committee met to discuss the delay in publication. According to the Eritrean constitution, the draft laws have to be made public in order to be debated in open meetings around the country. They then have to be ratified by the national assembly. It is widely known that after this process there will be little time for political parties to form before the elections. Response Presidential adviser Yemane Gebremeskel said it was the prerogative of the president to appoint or sack any minister at any time. He denied that there was any connection to the draft law. Mr Sherifo was one of the highest-ranking members of the government before he was sacked in February. There has been much speculation in Asmara as to the reasons for the sacking. According to some Mr Sherifo was openly critical of the president during government meetings. News of Mr Sherifo's interview spread rapidly around Asmara, with copies of the newspaper quickly selling out. It is unheard of in Eritrea for a senior politician to speak out publicly against the ruling establishment.

International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent

                                                         

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE HOLY SEE

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Statement by H.E. Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, Apostolic Nuncio,

Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other Specialized Organizations at  the 31st  International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent

Geneva, 28 November - 2 December 2011

Madame Chairperson,

1. Today’s crises can arrive totally unexpected. Economic, political and humanitarian upheavals worries both the ‘developing’ and the ‘developed’ world. Centres of tension multiply. Violent conflicts are fought in urban conglomerates and it is difficult to distinguish between combatants and civilians who continue to be, by far, the first victims, dead, injured, disabled, of armed conflicts. Action for humanity becomes urgent and demands concrete answers. ‘Public conscience’ as referred to in the “Martens’ Clause” needs to be reawaken.[1]

2. Areas of concern targeted for discussion are the worldwide impact of natural disasters and related displacement; the rapidly changing nature of human vulnerability; the evolving human and material cost of contemporary armed conflicts and other situations of violence, that make access to health more difficult; increasing global migration. These concerns indicate new developments that provoke human suffering. Life moves ahead of legislation and thus ‘public conscience’ serves well while the international community awaits for legal measures to catch up with life. In the meantime the same effort must continue to develop rules that prevent suffering and save lives that marked the emergence of international humanitarian law from its beginning.  The acquired  patrimony of values ​​and norms has to be preserved, applied and made more relevant and responsive to new situations. Yet the inhumanity of conflicts, particularly when the use of arms is chosen to resolve tensions and controversies that could be solved by means provided by dialogue and negotiation, and the inadequate response to some recent emergencies, are before our eyes. International humanitarian law, in the name of a common good, is always a warning to renounce violence on any person, civilian or combatant, prohibiting the indiscriminate and unrestraint use of violence and weapons. Increasingly it should  become the basis for action inspired by solidarity toward the direct or indirect victims of  natural or man-made disasters.

3. There are moments when peoples and nations are compelled to claim the right to protect their existence, dignity and freedom. ‘Public conscience’, common to the human family, makes us aware that unfortunately this goal of protection often becomes an occasion to use degrading means both distant from the legal achievements of international law and ineffective in resolving conflicts and disputes. The adoption of dialogue and negotiation, including through the intervention of an impartial third party or of an international authority with sufficient powers, now is a choice no longer to be postponed.[2] Responsible dialogue will guarantee to opposing parties the respect of their legitimate aspirations and a durable peace.

The end of conflicts always carries with it the problem of repatriation of prisoners of war, a humanitarian problem par excellence, that from the perspective of the Holy See includes the reunification of families and the resumption of normal affections, effective ways to ensure reconciliation and justice.

Following the indications of this Conference it will be necessary to consolidate  proposals for effective action plans. The international community can not ignore the persons kept away from their loved ones and their country without a justifiable reason; the victims of the devastating effects of violent conflicts and the civilians suffering from civil conflicts that by now have become endemic. Our thoughts turn to children victims of war or  uprooted from their families and recruited as child soldiers. Millions of refugees and displaced persons also are  anxious to return to their land especially since, while forcibly relocated in other regions, they see threatened their ethnic, religious or linguistic identity, and even their very existence.

4. International humanitarian law should be able to respond to emergency situations determined by natural and man-made disasters. Effective action should be guided by solid ethical and moral principles. This task can not be ignored by the various currents of thought, nor by faith-communities, and the way forward is to retrace the same path that led to the great achievements of the protection of the human person. In such conflicts, humanitarian action, if inspired by solidarity, a spirit of brotherhood and loyal service[3], it will be integrated in a comprehensive and effective plan that includes, inter alia, reconstruction, medical care and a sense of justice.

5. The Holy See does not present technical solutions for the problems posed by today’s emergencies. It considers it her duty, however, to point out at this Conference that no principle, no tradition, no claim - whatever its legitimacy - authorizes to inflict on a people repressive actions or inhuman treatment - more so when it consists of innocent and defenceless civilians. It does so in the name of the supremacy of those «principles of international law…and the requirements of public conscience» that remain the solid foundation of international humanitarian law. In this context, we are reminded that the simple application of the law is not sufficient. Pope John Paul II, reflecting on his experience under Nazi and Communist totalitarianism, wrote: «True peace … is the fruit of justice, that moral virtue and legal guarantee which ensures full respect for rights and responsibilities, and the just distribution of benefits and burdens. But because human justice is always fragile and imperfect, subject as it is to the limitations and egoism of individuals and groups, it must include and, as it were, be completed by the forgiveness which heals and rebuilds troubled human relations from their foundations».[4]

6. In the search for solutions, the Catholic Church offers a concrete contribution through education and action. It teaches that the source of human dignity and inalienable rights resides  in the  spiritual and physical unity of the person. Through the formation of conscience, citizens can be prepared to promote those values ​​of humanity that international humanitarian law, more than juridical norms, has made operational exactly in situations where the dignity of the human person is violated and denied. When humanitarian action is reduced to a mere application of norms and procedures there is the risk to weaken the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment enshrined in the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, and perhaps to return to the excesses that those instruments have solemnly and appropriately condemned. Catholic organizations all over the world carry out  humanitarian assistance and promote humanitarian law in this spirit as the 2011 Report of the Holy See to the ICRC shows.

7. These, Madame Chairperson, are some thoughts that the Delegation of the Holy See wants to present this Conference to encourage governments and international institutions to help break existing stalemates; to take specific and timely steps to overcome conflicts; to look in  a new light at victims of cluster bombs, mines and other weapons; to renew concern for refugees and displaced persons; to enact generous forms of solidarity with all victims of disasters, catastrophes and conflicts and thus fulfil the aspiration for unity of the human family.

Thank you, Madame Chairperson!

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[1] According to the Martens’ Clause: «populations and belligerents remain under the protection and empire of the principles of international law, as they result from the usages established  between civilized nations, from the laws of humanity and from the requirements of the public conscience»; 1899 Hague Convention No. II, Preamble, 9.

[2] See Pope Benedict XVI, Encyclical Letter Caritas in Veritate, 67.

[3] See Pope Benedict XVI, Encyclical Letter Caritas in Veritate, 19.

[4] Message for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace, January 1, 2002.