Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: U.N. Criticizes Iraq on Rights > GENEVA (AP) -- International sanctions have not > prevented Saddam Hussein from summary executions and > other atrocities against Iraqis, and the human rights > situation is deteriorating, a U.N. expert said today. > > ``I don't think that if these sanctions would end > tomorrow, the regime would change its ways because still > it would only feel secure by maintaining its present > policy of oppression,'' former Dutch foreign minister > Max Van der Stoel told reporters. > > Van der Stoel claimed that more than 1,500 Iraqis were > executed last year. His 22-page report, presented to the > annual session of the U.N. Human Rights Commission, also > criticized Hussein for abusing Iraq's ethnic minorities. > > Mohammed Salman, an official at the Iraqi mission in > Geneva, rejected the report and accused Van der Stoel of > basing his conclusions on reports from sources which > ``are not trustworthy and aim at overthrowing the > national legitimate regime in Iraq.'' > > Iraq routinely refuses to let the expert visit the > country. Van der Stoel lamented the government's > ``absolute refusal to cooperate.'' > > Hundreds of Iraqis were executed without having > committed crimes legally punishable by death, he told > the commission. His report was compiled from information > provided by non-governmental organizations, individuals > and U.N. monitors in neighboring countries. > -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
