Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Tears Unspoken Crimes Against Humanity Committed Against the People of Iraq

Dirk Adriaensens, member of the Executive Committee of the BRussells Tribunal

February 25, 2012 The Iraqi People: Criminally Neglected by the International Community Open Letter to The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay - 09 February 2012 Content: Introduction 1. US soldiers have a licence to kill 2. Accountability 3. Maliki's culture of death 4. Eleven Iraqi men in danger of being executed 5. Rivers of blood: the WikiLeaks war logs 6. You shouldn’t trust Mr Maliki’s government 7. Maliki’s sectarian policies in education 8. Sectarianism through the back door 9. Iraqi academics under attack 10. Iraq’s Universities now the worst in the Arab World 11. Rivers of tears: no rights for women in Iraq 12. Enforced Disappearance 13. Investigation in Jadiriya detention and torture scandal needed 14. Results of Investigation into Ministry of Higher Education abduction scandal? 15. Efforts of the OHCHR: too little, too late 16. Tareq Aziz and the arbitrariness of the executioners 17. The "Dujail wedding massacre" 18. Executions after enforced confessions under torture 19. Mass Arrests 20. Were Iraqi Security Forces Involved in Baghdad Church Massacre? 21. Bloodmoney: Laura Bush Children’s Hospital in Basrah 22. About the OHCHR webpage on Iraq 23. International Criminal Court: Criminal denial 24. Sectarianism and dirty war in Iraq continue 25. Media disinformation 26. Conclusion 27. Footnotes ___________________________________________________