Sekedar updating berita tentang apa yang disebut PB sebagai gejala
'kebangkitan' Eropa.
Ya Eropa 'bangkit' melawan kedunguan dan penindasan perempuan oleh ajaran Islam
yang
dungu, buas, ganas, lagi kejam itu.
Saya teringat apa yang saya lihat beberapa tahun yang lalu, ketika saya tiap
musim panas
menghadiri sidang Sub-Komisi HAM PBB dib Jenewa.
Satu hari, tengah hari, kira-kira jam satu, saya menunggu bus tidak jauh dari
stasiun, kereta
api untuk pulang ke asrama mahasiswa (Cité Universitaire) tempat saya menginap.
Darikejauhan seornglaki-laki yang berumurkira-kir tiga puluh tahun dan yang
kelihatan - jelas -
berasal dari Timur Tengah, berpakaian 'casual (jeans, kemeja lengan pendek)
berjalan didepan
seorang perempuan yang berada kir-kira lima atau enam meter dibelakangnya.
Sekali-sekali dia menengok ke belakang melihat apakah permepuan itu, yang jelas
muhrimnya
masih ada dibelakangnya (tentu saya tidak tahu apakah perempuan itu istri atau
saudaranya...)
Perempuan itu, berbeda dengan laki-laki itu pakai topi lebar dan dari tepi
topinya itu
tergantung kain hitam - tipis - hingga pundaknya, menutup seluruh kepalanya.
Jadi matanyapun tertutup, tapi karena kain hitam itu tipis dia masih bisa
melihat jalan, tapi
orang lain tidak bisa melihat wajahnya.
Seluruh tubuhnya tentu saja ditutupi oleh baju hitam - semacam baju kurung dari
pundaknya
hingga kakinya yang ditutup sepatu hitam.
Perempuan itu betul-betul dibungkus.
Mulut saya tentu saja ternganga melihat pamandangan itu.
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BBC NEWS
Dutch military in Iraq abuse row
Military interrogators from the Netherlands abused dozens of Iraqi
prisoners following the 2003 invasion, according to a Dutch press
report.
Detainees were allegedly subjected to bright lights, soaked with
water
and exposed to high-pitched sounds, De Volkskrant newspaper said.
The newspaper quoted a defence ministry spokesman as saying things
took place "not according to instruction".
The claims were made days before the country's parliamentary
elections.
There is a smell of a cover-up coming off this
Wouter Bos
Opposition leader
The ruling centre-right coalition currently has a slight lead in the
polls.
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said that if the allegations
were
true they were "shocking".
Opposition politicians have demanded a recall of parliament to
question the defence minister on the allegations.
"There is a smell of a cover-up coming off this," Labour leader
Wouter
Bos was quoted as saying by Dutch radio.
The Netherlands had around 1,400 troops in the southern Muthana
province but most were withdrawn last year.
'No prosecutions'
De Volkskrant said the abuses were carried out in Samawah south-east
of Baghdad in November 2003 by members of the Dutch Military
Intelligence and Security Service.
Prisoners were forced to wear darkened goggles, which were
periodically removed to allow them to be exposed to bright light,
the
report said.
They were kept awake for long periods by being drenched with water
and
forced to listen to high-pitched sounds, it added.
The report said the incidents were reported to the military police,
but there were no prosecutions and the matter was not made public.
Defence Ministry spokesman Joop Veen said, quoted by the newspaper:
"Things did happen which are not part of the instructions."
But he said he did not know whether Defence Minister Henk Kamp had
been informed.
"It happened a long time ago and you cannot remember everything," he
said.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/6157426.stm
Published: 2006/11/17 11:24:13 GMT
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