*Brussels**, January 12, 2009* * *
* **_PRESS RELEASE_* * **ESISC DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM THE DELEGATE GENERAL FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND FROM PRESIDENTS OF BELGIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTIES ABOUT THE INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF CHILDREN DURING THE DEMONSTRATIONS OF SOLIDARITY WITH GAZA.* *Claude MONIQUET and Genovefa ETIENNE*, respectively President and Vice President of *ESISC*, wrote on Monday, January 12, to *Mr. Bernard DE VOS*, Delegate general for rights of the child of the French community in Belgium, to *Mr. Elio DI RUPO*, President of PS, to *Mrs. Joëlle MILQUET*, President of CDH, to *Mr. Didier REYNDERS*, President of MR, and to *Mrs. Isabelle DURANT and Mr. Jean-Michel JAVAUX* , Presidents of ECOLO, in order to ask them to take a stance on the instrumentalization of children during the demonstrations of solidarity with Gaza. Indeed, on January 11, 2009, an important demonstration of solidarity with the Palestinian people was held in Brussels. It is, to this day, one of the major events of this kind held in Europe in recent weeks. It is also the event where *_the most shocking instrumentalization of children_* took place: - *From the beginning of the demonstration, dozens of children were gathered at the front of the procession, supervised by adults and forced to chant slogans they obviously did not understand.* **- *Some children carried banners and placards featuring explicit calls to hatred, while others waved flags of terrorist organizations such as HEZBOLLAH.* - *The security service of the event allowed a group of children to set fire to the Israeli flag and to stomp on it while shouting Allahu Akbar.* - *At the end of the event, children were forced to lie on the ground to perform a macabre die in that was supposed to symbolize the children victims of Gaza.* ESISC is raising the question of the compatibility of this manipulation of children with Articles 19 and 29 (paragraphs B and C) of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child and, more generally, with the values of a democracy such as Belgium. ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
