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From The Director Christians Against Nato Aggression (CANA) UK
telephone 44 208 376 1454
Human Rights Watch & Amnesty International
come in for more criticism in a letter sent today to Spectator editor Boris
Johnson.
A copy of the letter is pasted
below.
The original Spectator article of June 8th 2002 by Neil Clark can be
viewed on their web site.
June 25th 2002
To The Editor
The Spectator
London
From William Spring
Director Christians Against Nato Aggression UK
Tel 0208 376 1454
Dear Sir,
Neither Richard Bunting nor Steve Crawshaw answer the central criticisms of
their respective organisations as delivered by Neil Clark (Spectator June
8th).
International justice has become a political instrument in the hands of the
United States to attain its foreign policy goals & this phenomenon goes
entirely unremarked.
The spectacle of the Milosevic "trial" proves the point.
Neither Amnesty nor Human Rights Watch have raised a whisper of protest
against this evidently political process.
Specifically Human Rights Watch is involved very heavily in the prosecution
of the case & the administration of the so called "Court".
HRW is beholden to the same paymasters as illegally fund the Court, (as Neil
Clark pointed out.)
These criticisms are ignored.
I quote from a report of Mr Ian Johnson who recently returned from The
Hague:
"To spend one day at The Hague Tribunal is enough to confirm the worst of
suspicions. What is actually taking place in the heart of 'democratic'
Europe is a show trial so blatant, so lacking in any form of legality, that
it brings shame to those who are participating in it and to those who refuse
to challenge it..."
Mr Johnson points out
"....the prosecution has been preparing their case for years, their
witnesses are well rehearsed, hearsay evidence is accepted, as is secret
testimony, and cross-examination time is restricted....add to this the
physical and psychological conditions that Mr Milosevic and other Yugoslav
prisoners are subject to.
"They are treated as if they have already been convicted, being kept in
cells and under constant surveillance, having their mail censored, family
visits restricted, any communication with
their families to be at their own expense, and restrictions on what they can
see or hear on radio or television.
"And, especially in the case of Mr Milosevic, a refusal to allow him to meet
with the legal advisors of his choice.
"Several prisoners have already died while in custody and to the shame of
organisations such as Amnesty International, no investigation into these
deaths has been forthcoming..."
Yours sincerely
William Spring
To The Editor
The Spectator
London
From William Spring
Director Christians Against Nato Aggression UK
Tel 0208 376 1454
Dear Sir,
Neither Richard Bunting nor Steve Crawshaw answer the central criticisms of
their respective organisations as delivered by Neil Clark (Spectator June
8th).
International justice has become a political instrument in the hands of the
United States to attain its foreign policy goals & this phenomenon goes
entirely unremarked.
The spectacle of the Milosevic "trial" proves the point.
Neither Amnesty nor Human Rights Watch have raised a whisper of protest
against this evidently political process.
Specifically Human Rights Watch is involved very heavily in the prosecution
of the case & the administration of the so called "Court".
HRW is beholden to the same paymasters as illegally fund the Court, (as Neil
Clark pointed out.)
These criticisms are ignored.
I quote from a report of Mr Ian Johnson who recently returned from The
Hague:
"To spend one day at The Hague Tribunal is enough to confirm the worst of
suspicions. What is actually taking place in the heart of 'democratic'
Europe is a show trial so blatant, so lacking in any form of legality, that
it brings shame to those who are participating in it and to those who refuse
to challenge it..."
Mr Johnson points out
"....the prosecution has been preparing their case for years, their
witnesses are well rehearsed, hearsay evidence is accepted, as is secret
testimony, and cross-examination time is restricted....add to this the
physical and psychological conditions that Mr Milosevic and other Yugoslav
prisoners are subject to.
"They are treated as if they have already been convicted, being kept in
cells and under constant surveillance, having their mail censored, family
visits restricted, any communication with
their families to be at their own expense, and restrictions on what they can
see or hear on radio or television.
"And, especially in the case of Mr Milosevic, a refusal to allow him to meet
with the legal advisors of his choice.
"Several prisoners have already died while in custody and to the shame of
organisations such as Amnesty International, no investigation into these
deaths has been forthcoming..."
Yours sincerely
William Spring
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