HANDS OFF CAIN ADHERES TO APPEAL FOR DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ

HOC firmly believes that the fight against the death penalty goes hand in hand with the establishment of democracy. The appeal has been signed by citizens from 64 countries, including well-known politicians and artists. The following is an excerpt:
“We call on the international community, and on the United Nations in particular, to give full credence and backing to the statements confirming that if the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein were to go into exile then this would eliminate the need for war, for the United States itself, and would constitute a starting point for a political solution to the Iraqi question.
“We call on the Security Council to decide - on the premise of the departure of Saddam and on the basis of the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations - to place Iraq under international administration (a "democratic government"), charging a respected statesman to establish the conditions, within two years, for the full exercise of rights and liberties by all the Iraqi people, as the UN Charter of Fundamental Rights demands.
“We call on women and men of good will to mobilise without delay throughout the world to ensure that this simple truth, as old as democracy and freedom, can become reality! To ensure that freedom, justice, democracy and peace triumph over dictatorship and war.”