This cable relates to a request of an Iraqi NGO, Watli Al-Radidayn, to allow six members to visit Abu Ghraib. This cable details how four members of the organization presented the request to Marines at the entrance to Abu Ghraib on 5/15/04 and the contents of the written requests presented.
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DATED 15 MAY 2004. TO ABU GHURAYB PRISON SUPERVISOR REGARDING OUR DEMANDS. REGARDS FROM WATLI AL-RAFDIN ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. WE PRESENT TO YOU THE FOLLOWING REQUEST THAT WE FEEL IS LEGITIMATE AND JUSTIFIED, HOPING THAT THESE REQUESTS WILL GAIN YOUR ATTENTION AND BE APPROVED. WE HOPE THE REQUEST WILL SERVE EVERYONE; THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS AND DEMOCRACY. OUR REQUESTS ARE AS FOLLOWS— WE ASK THAT YOU ALLOW HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS TO VISIT THE PRISONS, ESPECIALLY ABU GHURAYB PRISON, REGULARLY AND AT RANDOM, IN ORDER TO MONITOR WHAT GOES ON INSIDE THE PRISONS IN REGARDS TO PRISONER TREATMENT AND RIGHTS. WE DEMAND THE STOP OF ALL
TYPES OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABUSE OF PRISONERS AND TREAT THEM
ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACCORDS. DO NOT PRACTICE ANY PHYSICAL FORCE OR IMMORAL TREATMENTS DURING INTERROGATIONS. WE DEMAND THAT YOU HOLD THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MISTREATMENT AND ABUSE OF THE PRISONERS. THEY SHOULD BE SENT TO
COURT AND JUDGED OPENLY AND FAIRLY. WE DEMAND THAT YOU OPEN JUST AND INDEPENDENT CASES FOR THOSE PRISONERS WHO WERE KILLED INTENTIONALLY DUE TO THE PHYSICAL ABUSE DURING INTERROGATIONS. WE DEMAND THAT YOU IMMEDIATELY RELEASE THE PRISONERS THAT STILL DO NOT STAND ACCUSED OF ANY TERRORIST ACTS. WE HOPE THESE DEMANDS WILL RECEIVE YOUR ATTENTION AND THAT YOU WILL ENFORCE DEMOCRACY, JUSTICE AND FREEDOM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ATTENTION. !!SIGNED!! ORGANIZATION LEADER BASEM JABAR HAYWEE AL-MOSAWEE. ORGANIZATION LEADER - 07901420814, CONSULTING OFFICE MANAGER - 07901302071, PROGRAMS AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER 07901385799, NFI.
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2. DIGITAL FILE— SCANNED DOCUMENT, DIGITALLY SCANNED MEMORANDUM
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IRAQ, IN ORDER TO SUBSTANTIATE ALLEGATIONS OF DETAINEE ABUSE (U)
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SUMMARY:7 MEMBERS OF AN ALLEGED LOCAL
IRAQI NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, WATLI AL-RAFDIN, REQUESTS SIX
INDIVIDUALS BE GRANTED ACCESS TO ABU GHURAYB PRISON, IRAQ. TO
SUBSTANTIATE ALLEGATIONS OF DETAINEE ABUSE. ENCLOSURES.
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HOURS. FOUR UR IRAQI MALES APPROACHED ENTRY CONTROL POINT FORWARD
OF ABU GHURAYB PRISON7 1Z, IN A 4-DOOR,
ORANGE AND WHITE TAXI CAB. ONE OF THE U/I MALES EXITED THE TAXI CAB
AND PRESENTED A U.S. MARINE GUARD WITH THREE, SEALED ENVELOPES. THE
U/I IRAQI MALE RETURNED TO THE TAXI CAB THAT DEPARTED IMMEDIATELY
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U.S. MARINE GUARDS WERE UNABLE TO OBTAIN IDENTIFYING FEATURES OF THE
FOUR IRAQI MALES OR LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS FOR THE TAXI CAB.
2. ZSEM11.111=111= THE ENVELOPES WERE STAMPED WITH AN
OVAL-SHAPED CREST BEARING THE NAME WATLI AL-RADIDAYN, ORGANIZATION
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. ALL THREE ENVELOPES WERE ADDRESSED TO MR JEFFREY
MILLER, SUPERVISOR OF ABU GHURAYB PRISON. THE FIRST TWO ENVELOPES
EACH CONTAINED SINGLE PAGE MEMORANDUMS BEARING THE SAME WATLI
AL-RADIDAYN ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS LETTERHEAD AND DATED 12
MAY 2004
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3.TsalEMMIIIMI THE FIRST MEMORANDUM WAS A REQUEST BY
THE WATLI AL-RADIDAYN ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, A
NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION (NGO), REGISTERED WITH THE IRAQI
MINISTRY OF PLANNING AS NGO NUMBER 895, FOR SIX MEN TO VISIT ABU
GHURAYB. THE SIX INDIVIDUALS LISTED WITHIN THE MEMORANDUM ARE
DOCTOR AQEL ABD ((AL-TA'AY)), DOCTOR JASSIM MOHAMMAD ((MESHAL)),
DOCTOR KAREM KADHOM ((ATIA)), HAYDER JAWAD ABDUL ((ALLAH)), HEATHEAM
HAMODI ((DHAHY)) AND MONTANA KRAEDEE ((MOEZE)), NFI. //SIGNED//
ORGANIZATION LEADER, BASEM JABAR HAYWEE ((AL-MOSAWEE)).
4. IS111111111== THE SECOND MEMORANDUM WAS A DIRECT
ARABIC COPY OF THE FIRST MEMORANDUM. THE THIRD ENVELOPE CONTAINED
AN ARABIC MEMORANDUM, ON THE SAME LETTERHEAD. DATED 15 MAY 2004,
FURTHER EXPLAINING THE DESIRES OF THE WATLI AL-RADIDAYN ORGANIZATION
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. TRANSLATION OF THE THIRD MEMORANDUM IS AS
FOLLOWS-
-- IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST MERCIFUL AND GRATEFUL. ISSUE 124.
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