Moroccan Speaker condemns as 'immoral' US military abuse against Iraqi Detainees
Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 5/12/2004

Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives, Abdelouahed Radi, condemned Tuesday as immoral the mistreatment by US military forces of Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.

The speaker, who was addressing the 44th session of the African Parliamentary Union (APU) convening, this May 11-12 in Rabat, said: we seize the opportunity of this parliamentary meeting to firmly condemn these immoral acts which are in utter contradiction with the fundamental principles of freedom and human dignity. Commenting on the global scandal which erupted after the publication of photographs of naked detainees being humiliated by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison, Radi pointed out that it is with deep concern that the public opinion worldwide has been witnessing the humiliating images and degrading treatment inflicted upon the Iraqi prisoners.

Radi called upon the international community to shoulder its responsibility to bring these acts to a halt, and take the necessary measures to try the perpetrators in conformity with the provisions of the international treaties and conventions. He added that the tragic situation endured by the Iraqi people requires us to call upon all peace-loving forces (É) to deploy all efforts in order to speed up the process of granting the Iraqi people full sovereignty and independence, so that it may exercise its right to conduct and manage its national affairs.

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