MPs to demand inquiry into abuse of prisoners in Iraq國會議員要求調查虐待囚犯在伊拉克

By由 Andrew Johnson安德魯約翰遜

An influential committee of MPs meets tomorrow to decide on holding a full inquiry into whether the Attorney General’s office or the MoD gave soldiers the green light to abuse detainees in Iraq.一個有影響力的委員會的國會議員舉行會晤，以決定舉行一次全面調查是否總檢察長辦公室或國防部給士兵開了綠燈，以虐待被拘留在伊拉克。

Last Tuesday, Lord Goldsmith, the outgoing Attorney General, was asked by Parliament’s Joint Select Committee on Human Rights whether he gave the go-ahead for torture techniques used by British soldiers on Iraqi prisoners.上週二，戈德史密斯勳爵，即將卸任的總檢察長，被要求由國會的聯合甄選委員會關於人權，他是否給他們提前為酷刑所用技術的英軍士兵對伊拉克戰俘。

Baha Mousa, an innocent hotel worker, was beaten to death in military custody in 2003, despite warnings that the techniques breached the Geneva Convention, the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act.巴哈穆薩，將無辜的酒店工作者，被毆打致死，在軍事拘押在2003年，雖然多次被警告說，技術違反了日內瓦公約，歐洲人權公約和人權的行為。

Lord Goldsmith denied any knowledge of the torture until after Mr Mousa, 26, died.戈德史密斯勳爵否認有任何知識的酷刑，直到後，穆薩， 26人死亡。 He also denied having any hand in, or knowledge of, an exchange of emails between Rachel Quick, a legal adviser to the armed forces’ Permanent Joint Headquarters, and Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas Mercer, the Army’s legal chief in Basra.他也否認有任何手，或知識，交換電子郵件，雷切爾之間快速，法律顧問軍隊常設聯合司令部，中校尼古拉斯美世，軍隊的法律，行政，在巴士拉。

Lt-Col Mercer had seen about 40 hooded prisoners kneeling in the hot sun with their hands cuffed behind their backs in March 2003, six months before Baha Mousa died.勞資審裁處中校美世曾看到約40戴頭罩的囚犯跪在烈日用雙手氣囊背後背在2003年3月，前6個月內巴哈穆薩死亡。 He considered what he saw illegal and told his superiors.他認為，他所看到的非法，並告訴他的上級。 He got an email from Ms Quick saying the Human Rights Act did not apply in Iraq and referred to advice given by the Attorney General.他得到一個電子郵件從快女士說，人權法令並不適用於伊拉克，並提交意見，由總檢察長。 But Lord Goldsmith denied this, saying he had always believed the Human Rights Act did apply and called for a full inquiry, which the committee will consider.但戈德史密斯勳爵否認了這一說法，稱他一直認為人權法的確適用，並要求全面調查之後，委員會將考慮的問題。

In April 2003, the Red Cross made representations to Britain about its treatment of detainees in Iraq. 2003年4月，紅十字會進行了交涉，以英國有關其被拘留者的待遇在伊拉克。 Then Major-General Robin Brims, commander of the UK ground forces in Iraq, ordered hooding to be stop-ped.然後主要秘書長羅賓brims ，指揮官的英國地面部隊在伊拉克，下令戴頭罩被停ped 。 But hooding and subjecting prisoners to stress continued.不過，戴頭罩和服從囚犯強調繼續進行。 Iraqis held with Mr Mousa said that torture techniques including sleep deprivation, food deprivation and noise were applied.伊拉克人舉行議員穆薩說，酷刑技巧，包括剝奪睡眠，食物匱乏和噪音均適用。 These were banned by the government in 1972.這些被禁止，該國政府於1972年。

Mr Mousa’s father and nine former detainees are to sue the MoD after the Law Lords ruled that the Human Rights Act applies to areas abroad under British occupation, paving the way for the legal challenge by human rights solicitor Phil Shiner, of Birmingham’s Public Interest Lawyers.穆薩先生的父親和9名前囚犯控告英國國防部後，上議院高級法官的判決中指出，人權法所適用的領域在國外受英國佔領，鋪平了道路，以便在法律上的挑戰，由人權律師菲爾shiner ，英國伯明翰的公共利益律師。

Mr Shiner is seeking a judicial review in an effort to secure the release of documents referred to during the court martial of seven soldiers, which resulted in six acquittals and one soldier being jailed for a year.先生shiner正在尋求司法复核，在努力爭取釋放的文件中提到，在軍事法庭上的7名士兵，導致六人無罪開釋和一名士兵被囚禁了一年。

He said: “Exactly what did Goldsmith advise at the time as to whether the higher standards should be applied in detention facilities or not?他說： "到底是什麼金提醒，在時間，以決定是否以更高的標準，應適用在拘留所或不？ When Lt-Col Mercer blew the whistle, was he ever told of this, and if not, why not?當勞資審裁處中校美世炒作哨子，是他告訴此，如果沒有的話，為什麼不呢？

“It is not good enough for [Lord Goldsmith] to blithely tell us that although he accepts these banned techniques were reintroduced as a matter of policy - and Iraqis died as a result - it is nothing to do with him. "這是不夠好，為[戈德史密斯勳爵]輕率告訴我們，雖然他接受這些違禁技術被重新作為一個政策問題-和伊拉克人死亡，是由於-它是什麼，他還以自己的。 I for one do not accept that.”我個人不同意這個觀點" 。

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