Eavan Murray (INDEPENDENT.IE) reports:
The Irish wife of an engineer being held in a Baghdad prison says she feels the Department of Foreign Affairs has “abandoned them”. She has made a direct appeal to Minister Simon Coveney to intervene.
“We are on a river heading towards a waterfall,” said Desree McCarthy.
“We never heard anything from Simon Coveney. We never got any acknowledgement or anything from him or his office.
She's speaking of Robert Pether who has been imprisoned without charges for two months now. DessyMac Tweets:
He remains a prisoner. Killers are allowed to walk in Iraq but Robert Pether remains imprisoned. Without charges.
Ihab al-Wazni's killer walked. There is no justice in Iraq.
The mother of assassinated activist Ihab al-Wazni held an open sit-in
in front of Karbala's court on Sunday, demanding authorities reveal the
identity of her son’s killer, local activists have confirmed to Rudaw
English.
Dozens of activists supporting Samira al-Wazni gathered in front of the
court, 40 days after the assassination of her son, demanding decisive
steps to be taken by the government.
Activists said security forces prevented her from setting up a tent at the entrance to the court.
“You are all killers, I will not leave. I am not afraid of you, I will
set the governor headquarter’s on fire if my son’s killers stay free” video footage shows her saying.
She delivered a statement in front of the Karbala court, chastising tribal elders.
"Where are you?” she said, addressing them as “a grieving woman who plays a role greater than yours."
"This government is devoid of morality...otherwise, they wouldn't let an
old and sick woman sit on the streets and bear the burden of the
government's negligence in order to get the blood of her son and obtain
her most basic rights with retribution from the criminals.”
The courts and the government may look away but the people are noticing.
Mother of assassinated leading Iraqi activist Ihab al-Wazni. This brave woman is demanding her son’s justice against the govt. & militias, just by herself. They managed to kill al-Wazni, but not his courage & legacy.
#كلنا_ام_ايهاب
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