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International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration
305 West Broadway, #199,
PRESS CONTACT: Connie Julian: 917-449-9064 Commission office: 212-941-8086
commission@nion.us www.bushcommission.org
PRESS ADVISORY-
URGENT
From: International
Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity
Committed by the Bush Administration
FORMER ABU GHRAIB COMMANDER JANIS KARPINSKI, EX-UK
AMBASSADOR
CRAIG MURRAY, TOP EXPERTS, AND FORMER OFFICIALS TO TESTIFY AT
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON BUSH WAR CRIMES
www.bushcommission.org
Contact: Connie Julian
917-449-9064, or Commission office 212-941-8086
e-mail:
commission@nion.us
Friday, January 20,
Sunday, January 22 at
Is the Bush
Administration guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity? This question is posed by the
administration’s sweeping and unprecedented actions, yet few have dared raise
it for public examination. On January
20-22 in
Internationally-known expert witnesses and whistleblowers
from the
reproductive rights), and 5) the administration’s response to Katrina.
Witnesses and judges include former commander of
Abu Ghraib prison Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, former
British ambassador Craig Murray
(speaking for the first time in the
U.S., and quoted January 16 by Al Gore) who exposed US use of torture in
Uzbekistan, former arms inspector Scott
Ritter, ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern,
unembedded reporter
who spent 8 months in Iraq Dahr Jamail, Guantanamo prisoners’
lawyer Michael Ratner,
former US diplomat and retired US Army Reserve Colonel Ann Wright, the lawyer
for Bush-designated “enemy combatant” Jose Padilla, Katrina survivors, and many
others.
January’s hearings will
be the second and final session of the Commission. Indictments from the first
session were delivered to George W. Bush at the White House on January 10.
Bush’s staff would not receive the
indictments at the gate, saying the president “will not accept any materials
from the public.” As TV cameras rolled,
a hazmat squad was called
in by White House personnel to remove the envelope.
The Commission of Inquiry
was organized by the Not in Our Name Statement of Conscience and is endorsed
by: Center for Constitutional Rights, National Lawyers Guild,
After Downing Street.org and others,
including Former Sen. James Abourezk, former British
MP Tony Benn, authors Gore Vidal and Howard Zinn,
poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
and actor Edward Asner.
Interviews with witnesses
are available.
Charter, full indictments, standards for judgment, and audio and video coverage of the first session: http://www.bushcommission.org