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08-15-2004, 11:56 AM
Pyongyang Tribunal Indicts U.S. for Crimes Against Koreans (http://210.145.168.243/pk/194th_issue/2003072603.htm)
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Photo shows "The International Tribunal on U.S. Crimes in Korea" held in Pyongyang between July 24 and 25.
An international tribunal, held between July 24 and 25 in Pyongyang, severely indicted the United States for its crimes committed against Korea for more than half a century after the division of the Korean Peninsula and called for an immediate apology and due compensation by the U.S. government. The civilian tribunal named "Pyongyang International Tribunal on U.S. Crimes in Korea" also urged the U.S. to stop its anti-DPRK policy and seek a peaceful solution of the issue of the Korean issues. (See the verdict of the tribunal on page 3.)
Under the co-sponsorship of democratic international organizations and the Korean Committee for Solidarity with the World's People, the tribunal found that the U.S. violated the UN Charter and other international conventions, called for an official apology of the U.S. for all its criminal acts in Korea and due compensation for physical, mental and material losses of the Korean people.
The joint international prosecution team of the tribunal brought an indictment against those officials who were in charge of war crimes committed in Korea including all presidents concerned of the U.S.
Jitendra Sharma, president of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, was appointed as presiding judge. Athanasios Pafilis, executive secretary of the World Peace Council, Miguel Madeira, president of the World Federation of Democratic Youth, Marcia De Campos Pereira, president of the Women's International Democratic Federation, Paulette Pierson, honorary chairman of the International Liaison Committee for Reunification and Peace in Korea, Valentin Pacho, deputy general-secretary of the World Federation of Trade Unions, were judges. The international joint justice team has 25 other members.
The international joint prosecution team had Beth S. Lyons, representative of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers at the U.N. as chief prosecutor and George Katsiaficas, president of Peaceisland Foundation of the United States of America, Lorne Gershuny, representative of the People's Front Organization of Canada, Im Wan Sik, vice-chairman of the Korean Democratic Lawyers Association, Alejandro Cao De Benos, chairman of the Spanish Association for Friendship with Korea, Aleksandr Brezhnev, member of the East European Regional Group for Probing the Truth behind GIs' Atrocities, as prosecutors.
In the indictment they bitterly denounced the U.S. crimes as a gross violation of international law and the UN charter.
The accused are all presidents of the United States, from the Truman administration to the present Bush administration: all secretaries of state, all secretaries of defense: all chairpersons of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: all secretaries of the army, navy and air force, all directors of the Central Intelligence Agency: all staff members of the National Security Council: all national security advisers to the U.S. presidents: all commanders of the U.S. forces in South Korea: all those who planned, prepared, organized, ordered and executed the criminal acts: and all those who were involved in the mass killings of Korean people.
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Aleksandr Brezhnev, member of the "East European Regional Group for Probing the Truth Behind U.S.-committed Atrocities," burns the Stars and Stripes after his speech on July 25, the second day of the tribunal, to protest war crimes committed by the U.S. troops against Koreans.
Meanwhile, the tribunal heard testimonies by victims of the U.S.?s war crimes during the Korean War and testimonies made by scholars in the relevant fields of the DPRK.
The victims cited detailed facts proving the crimes committed by GIs during the war, branding the U.S. imperialist aggressors as wolves in human skin and ogres.
Scholars said that the U.S. economic sanctions and blockade against the DPRK have seriously affected its socio-economic progress and people?s living, adding these acts are a violation of international law as they infringe upon the sovereignty of the country and obstruct its economic development.
The international joint justice team considered that all the criminal acts committed by the United States in Korea from 1945 to 2003 are "grave violations of the UN Charter, the universal declaration of human rights, the charter and the principles of the international military tribunal of Nuremberg, the codes on crimes against human peace and security, the 1949 Geneva Conventions, other international conventions and regulations, and principles." The joint justice team urged the U.S. government to find out all those involved in the crimes against the Korean people and sentence them to criminal punishment. The verdict also said that the U.S. must enact a law to assume full responsibility for its crimes and establish a special institution in Congress and the administration to investigate this issue.
The tribunal called for an immediate abandonment by the U.S. of its hostile policy toward the DPRK and the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty. "The U.S. must pull out its troops and all nuclear weapons from South Korea, end economic sanctions and blockade and psychological warfare against the DPRK," the verdict added.
Verdict of Pyongyang International Tribunal on U.S. Crimes (http://210.145.168.243/pk/194th_issue/2003072604.htm)
The international panel of judges of the Pyongyang international tribunal on U.S. crimes in Korea announced its verdict on July 25. According to the verdict, the international panel of judges considered that all the criminal acts committed by the United States in Korea from 1945 to 2003 are grave violations of the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the charter and the principles of the international military tribunal of Nuremberg, the codes on crimes against human peace and security, the 1949 Geneva and other international conventions, regulations and principles, and held that the U.S. government should bear full responsibility for them.
The verdict reads:
1.The U.S. government and the other accused mentioned in the indictment are guilty of the charges leveled by the prosecution and detailed in the indictment submitted to the tribunal.
2.The U.S. government must make an official apology for all its criminal acts committed in Korea, and make due compensation for the physical, mental and material losses inflicted upon the Korean people.
3.The U.S. must find out all those involved in planning, preparation, organization, instruction, execution and backing of the crimes against the Korean people, and punish them as criminal offenders.
4.The U.S. must enact a relevant law for it to assume full responsibility for its crimes on the Korean Peninsula, and establish a special institution in Congress and the Administration with a mandate to investigate and address this issue.
5.The U.S. government must immediately abandon its hostile policy towards the DPRK, put an end to its military threat against it, sign a non-aggression treaty with it, and settle the issue of peace on the Korean peninsula in a peaceful way through DPRK-U.S. talks.
6.The U.S. must immediately pull out its troops and all nuclear weapons from the south of Korea, and end its political pressure on, economic sanctions and blockade, and psychological warfare against the DPRK.
7.The U.S. government must refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of Korea, contrary to the will of the Korean people to reunify the country by the Korean nation itself in a peaceful way, true to the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration.
This verdict has been reached on the basis of objective and fair principles concerning the setting up of their tribunal and its procedures and the U.S. government has a legal and moral obligation to take practical measures in this regard.
http://210.145.168.243/pk/194th_issue/tribunal01.jpg
Photo shows "The International Tribunal on U.S. Crimes in Korea" held in Pyongyang between July 24 and 25.
An international tribunal, held between July 24 and 25 in Pyongyang, severely indicted the United States for its crimes committed against Korea for more than half a century after the division of the Korean Peninsula and called for an immediate apology and due compensation by the U.S. government. The civilian tribunal named "Pyongyang International Tribunal on U.S. Crimes in Korea" also urged the U.S. to stop its anti-DPRK policy and seek a peaceful solution of the issue of the Korean issues. (See the verdict of the tribunal on page 3.)
Under the co-sponsorship of democratic international organizations and the Korean Committee for Solidarity with the World's People, the tribunal found that the U.S. violated the UN Charter and other international conventions, called for an official apology of the U.S. for all its criminal acts in Korea and due compensation for physical, mental and material losses of the Korean people.
The joint international prosecution team of the tribunal brought an indictment against those officials who were in charge of war crimes committed in Korea including all presidents concerned of the U.S.
Jitendra Sharma, president of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, was appointed as presiding judge. Athanasios Pafilis, executive secretary of the World Peace Council, Miguel Madeira, president of the World Federation of Democratic Youth, Marcia De Campos Pereira, president of the Women's International Democratic Federation, Paulette Pierson, honorary chairman of the International Liaison Committee for Reunification and Peace in Korea, Valentin Pacho, deputy general-secretary of the World Federation of Trade Unions, were judges. The international joint justice team has 25 other members.
The international joint prosecution team had Beth S. Lyons, representative of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers at the U.N. as chief prosecutor and George Katsiaficas, president of Peaceisland Foundation of the United States of America, Lorne Gershuny, representative of the People's Front Organization of Canada, Im Wan Sik, vice-chairman of the Korean Democratic Lawyers Association, Alejandro Cao De Benos, chairman of the Spanish Association for Friendship with Korea, Aleksandr Brezhnev, member of the East European Regional Group for Probing the Truth behind GIs' Atrocities, as prosecutors.
In the indictment they bitterly denounced the U.S. crimes as a gross violation of international law and the UN charter.
The accused are all presidents of the United States, from the Truman administration to the present Bush administration: all secretaries of state, all secretaries of defense: all chairpersons of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: all secretaries of the army, navy and air force, all directors of the Central Intelligence Agency: all staff members of the National Security Council: all national security advisers to the U.S. presidents: all commanders of the U.S. forces in South Korea: all those who planned, prepared, organized, ordered and executed the criminal acts: and all those who were involved in the mass killings of Korean people.
http://210.145.168.243/pk/194th_issue/stars_and_stripes.jpg
Aleksandr Brezhnev, member of the "East European Regional Group for Probing the Truth Behind U.S.-committed Atrocities," burns the Stars and Stripes after his speech on July 25, the second day of the tribunal, to protest war crimes committed by the U.S. troops against Koreans.
Meanwhile, the tribunal heard testimonies by victims of the U.S.?s war crimes during the Korean War and testimonies made by scholars in the relevant fields of the DPRK.
The victims cited detailed facts proving the crimes committed by GIs during the war, branding the U.S. imperialist aggressors as wolves in human skin and ogres.
Scholars said that the U.S. economic sanctions and blockade against the DPRK have seriously affected its socio-economic progress and people?s living, adding these acts are a violation of international law as they infringe upon the sovereignty of the country and obstruct its economic development.
The international joint justice team considered that all the criminal acts committed by the United States in Korea from 1945 to 2003 are "grave violations of the UN Charter, the universal declaration of human rights, the charter and the principles of the international military tribunal of Nuremberg, the codes on crimes against human peace and security, the 1949 Geneva Conventions, other international conventions and regulations, and principles." The joint justice team urged the U.S. government to find out all those involved in the crimes against the Korean people and sentence them to criminal punishment. The verdict also said that the U.S. must enact a law to assume full responsibility for its crimes and establish a special institution in Congress and the administration to investigate this issue.
The tribunal called for an immediate abandonment by the U.S. of its hostile policy toward the DPRK and the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty. "The U.S. must pull out its troops and all nuclear weapons from South Korea, end economic sanctions and blockade and psychological warfare against the DPRK," the verdict added.
Verdict of Pyongyang International Tribunal on U.S. Crimes (http://210.145.168.243/pk/194th_issue/2003072604.htm)
The international panel of judges of the Pyongyang international tribunal on U.S. crimes in Korea announced its verdict on July 25. According to the verdict, the international panel of judges considered that all the criminal acts committed by the United States in Korea from 1945 to 2003 are grave violations of the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the charter and the principles of the international military tribunal of Nuremberg, the codes on crimes against human peace and security, the 1949 Geneva and other international conventions, regulations and principles, and held that the U.S. government should bear full responsibility for them.
The verdict reads:
1.The U.S. government and the other accused mentioned in the indictment are guilty of the charges leveled by the prosecution and detailed in the indictment submitted to the tribunal.
2.The U.S. government must make an official apology for all its criminal acts committed in Korea, and make due compensation for the physical, mental and material losses inflicted upon the Korean people.
3.The U.S. must find out all those involved in planning, preparation, organization, instruction, execution and backing of the crimes against the Korean people, and punish them as criminal offenders.
4.The U.S. must enact a relevant law for it to assume full responsibility for its crimes on the Korean Peninsula, and establish a special institution in Congress and the Administration with a mandate to investigate and address this issue.
5.The U.S. government must immediately abandon its hostile policy towards the DPRK, put an end to its military threat against it, sign a non-aggression treaty with it, and settle the issue of peace on the Korean peninsula in a peaceful way through DPRK-U.S. talks.
6.The U.S. must immediately pull out its troops and all nuclear weapons from the south of Korea, and end its political pressure on, economic sanctions and blockade, and psychological warfare against the DPRK.
7.The U.S. government must refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of Korea, contrary to the will of the Korean people to reunify the country by the Korean nation itself in a peaceful way, true to the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration.
This verdict has been reached on the basis of objective and fair principles concerning the setting up of their tribunal and its procedures and the U.S. government has a legal and moral obligation to take practical measures in this regard.