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Die ungeheure Zahl von ca. 60.000 Gefangenen im Irak hat heute das
Internationale Rote Kreuz mitgeteilt. Zu vielen dieser Gefangenen hat die
Hilfsorganisation keinerlei Zugang. Siehe Artikel
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First Published 2007-11-13, middle east online
The ICRC is unaware of the fate of many Iraqi detainees
ICRC says around 60,000 detained in Iraq
International Committee of the Red Cross says accessed some Iraqis
deprived of freedom.
AMMAN - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday
that around 60,000 people are currently detained in Iraq.
"Today, there are some estimated 60,000 persons deprived of freedom and
detained by the Iraqi authorities or the US-led coalition in different places
all over Iraq," said Karl Matti, head of the Jordan-based Iraq delegation.
"The ICRC has access to part of them," said Matti, adding that the
international relief agency also has access to "permanent places of detention"
run by the coalition forces.
"The ICRC looks forward to sign soon an agreement with the Iraqi government
granting general access to all places of detention. Negotiations are ongoing,"
he told a press conference in Amman.
Matti, who completed his two-and-a-half-year term as head of mission, said an
ICRC delegation met last week with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who "promised to help" the agency.
In May, the Geneva-based ICRC announced a massive increase in its aid
operations in Iraq, and said the number of detainees held by US-led coalition
forces in Iraq had shot up by 40 percent in a year to 17,000.
The agency carries out regular visits to check on detainees held in four
coalition-run camps in Baghdad and southern Iraq as part of its overall relief
effort in one of the world's most dangerous countries for relief workers.
"Iraq will remain a difficult context for the ICRC. Nevertheless, I am sure
that the ICRC will do its utmost to come closer and closer to the Iraqi
people," Matti said.
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