Dirk Adriaensens
 Dirk Adriaensens     ( author, activist) | |
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| Nationality | Belgian |
Belgian anti-war activist, coordinator of SOS Iraq, co-founder of the Brussels Tribunal | |
Dirk Adriaensens is a Belgian anti-war activist.[1]
Activities
He was coordinator of SOS Iraq, and member of the Executive Committee of the Brussels Tribunal[2], a "renowned international network of intellectuals, artists and activists who denounce the logic of permanent war promoted by the American government and its allies".[1]
Since 1990 he has followed the situation in Iraq closely. Between 1992 and 2003 he led several delegations to Iraq, to observe the terrible effects of sanctions. He is co-founder of the Brussels Tribunal, and he is one of the coordinators of the [Global Campaign Against the assassination of Iraqi Academics.[1]
Writings
He is co-author of Rendez-Vous in Baghdad, EPO (1994), Cultural Cleansing in Iraq, Pluto Press, London (2010), Beyond Educide, Academia Press, Ghent (2012), the online interactive I-book The Iraq War Reader: A History of War Crimes and Genocide. The Unleashing of America's New Global Militarism, Global Research, Canada (2012), and has written for Global Research and Truthout[1]
Documents by Dirk Adriaensens
| Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
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| Document:Open Letter to The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay | open letter | 28 January 2012 | 2003 Iraq War | Both an indictment of the appalling state of human rights in 2012 Iraq, with particular focus on the persecution of Iraqi Academia and an appeal for effective UN action to address the situation |
| Document:Iraq - Age of Darkness | article | 28 August 2010 | 2003 Iraq War | On the devastating and continuing aftermath of the 2003 Iraq war |
