International Commission of Inquiry On Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration

On CNN National TV just now, there was someone described as a World Can't Wait activist who disrupted Rumsfeld's speech at the National Press Club in Washington DC, saying Rumsfield and Bush are committing crimes against humanity and that's why BUSH MUST STEP DOWN.

The International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration released its preliminary findings Thursday, Feb. 2, at the National Press Club in Washington DC. The Commission indicted the Bush regime on 5 counts:

1) Wars of Aggression,

2) Torture and Indefinite Detention,

3) Destruction of the Global Environment,

4) Attacks on Global Public Health and Reproductive Rights,

5) Knowing Failure to Protect Life During Hurricane Katrina.

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Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, former commander of Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq testifies on how the abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody originated at the highest levels.

Panel of Jurists (l. to r.): Adjoa Aiyetoro, Dennis Brutus, Ajamu Sankofa, Ann Wright, and Abdeen Jabara

text of indictments

Participants included Harry Belefonte, Dr. Alan Berkman, Vanessa Brocato, Marjorie Cohn, Naina Dhingra, King Downing, Lindsey German, Ted Glick, Dahr Jamail, Janis Karpinski, C. Clark Kissinger, Chokwe Lumumba, Ray McGovern, Craig Murray, Barbara Olshansky, Michael Ratner, Scott Ritter, Jeremy Scahill, Ida Susser, David Swanson, Emma Lofton Woods, Beverly Wright, Daphne Wysham, and many others.

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Friday, January 20, at The Riverside Church
Saturday, January 21, at The Riverside Church
Sunday, Jan. 22, Columbia Univ. Law School
(views expressed in the Commission do not necessarily reflect the views of organizations providing a venue)

Initiated by the
Not In Our Name Statement of Conscience
and endorsed by: Center for Constitutional Rights, National Lawyers Guild, After Downing Street.Org and many others (see Charter)