War Crimes Tribunal on Iraq to be held August 26th in NYC!

I wonder how much coverage this will get!

http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=2571

Tuesday 10th August 2004
War Crimes Tribunal on Iraq: the case against Bush
By Heather Cottin

Ramsey Clark, the former U.S. attorney general, has charged that President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Attorney General John David Ashcroft are guilty of "crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes."

Ramsey Clark's charges will form the basis for the Iraq War Crimes Tribunal set for August 26 from 3:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium, located at 65th St. and Amsterdam Ave. in New York City.

Dozens of leading anti-war activists from India, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Italy and other countries, as well as from the U.S., will be traveling to the tribunal to give testimony against the Bush administration.

The gravest charge is that the U.S. government is guilty of crimes against peace--a crime prohibited by the United Nations Charter, the Nuremberg Principles, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Clark states that the U.S. is responsible for "authorizing, ordering and condoning assassinations, summary executions, kidnappings, secret and other illegal detentions of individuals, torture and physical and psychological coercion of prisoners."


http://www.peoplejudgebush.org/

Thursday, August 26th
3:00pm to 9:30pm
Martin Luther King Auditorium
65th St. & Amsterdam
New York, NY

War crimes, crimes against peace and crimes against humanity.
Hear the testimony - The people will judge...

From across the globe political leaders and expert witnesses are coming to NYC to testify on the criminal U.S. occupation of Iraq.

GI resisters, eyewitnesses, and UN representatives will uncover Bush administrations lies, fraud and war profiteering.

Community activists and labor leaders will describe the billions of dollars for war stolen from social services.

Solidarity activists will discuss the impact of "Endless War" on Haiti, Palestine, Philippeans, Korea, Cuba and here at home.

Videos, photo exhibits and panels will explain 14 years of war for oil.

That should be very interesting...

2:00 pm Opening Registration

3:00 - 5:30 Panels, Workshops, Exhibits and Videos

6:00 - 9:00 Full Plenary Session

Testimony of other international tribunals
Expert and eyewitnesses accounts
GI resisters, and UN representatives
Community activists and labor leaders
Solidarity activists

9:30 pm People Judge Bush



We should email C-SPAN and see if this could be covered!