BAGHDAD - (Xinhua) - Iraqis from different fields unanimously agreed that America seriously violated human rights in their country, the region and the world, and committed the most heinous crimes under the slogan of democracy and human rights, which are far from them.

They told Xinhua that although the United States has always promoted itself as a defender of human rights around the world, it is in fact the biggest violator of human rights and the culprit behind many wars, massacres and torture in the Middle East and beyond.

America invaded Iraq in 2003 and occupied it illegally and in violation of international law and left hundreds of thousands dead, wounded and detained, destroyed the infrastructure and created cracks in the social structure of society that led to the emigration and displacement of millions of Iraqis outside their country.

According to Statista, a global statistical database, from 2003 to 2021, about 209,000 Iraqi civilians died in wars and violent conflicts, and about 9.2 million Iraqis became refugees or were forced to leave their homeland.

In this regard, Dr. Kawa Mahmoud, secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kurdistan in Iraq, told Xinhua, "The United States has carried out a lot of military interventions away from United Nations resolutions, and this is what happened in Afghanistan and Iraq," noting that America has 750 military bases. It is used in wars and internal conflicts in the countries of the world, which threatens global peace and security.

"In the name of democracy and excessive privatization and in the name of human rights, the United States is practicing its policies to put this region in its orbit and use it as markets and as primary sources," he added.

He stressed that the weapons of mass destruction adopted by Washington as a justification for invading Iraq did not exist, saying, "The Iraq issue is mainly a political issue, and the issue of weapons of mass destruction and the issue of democracy and others do not justify the invasion. We are always against the invasion and we are always against the blatant interference in the internal affairs of states."

He described what Washington did with the Guantanamo camp and the issue of prisoners in the Iraqi Abu Ghraib prison as a flagrant violation of human rights, adding, "The main problem is that America did not sign the Rome Convention on international criminal law, thus allowing its forces and military personnel to practice all disgraceful acts with impunity."

He continued, saying, "The United States, with its military movements, its military bases, and its interventions, does not take into account human rights standards and international agreements related to the treatment of prisoners, and exercises a kind of arrogance and domination, and these actions, according to all standards, are a violation of human rights."

He concluded by saying, "There should be no person, whether American or non-American, who is exempt from cases of human rights violations, but unfortunately the United States has practiced these violations through its military actions and through its invasion of many countries."

The Abu Ghraib prison scandal in 2004, in which the American occupation forces committed physical and psychological violations, sexual abuse, torture, rape and killing of Iraqi prisoners, is a good example of the invalidity of the slogan of human rights and American democracy.

In turn, Dr. Adel Al-Ghurairy, professor of international media at the University of Baghdad, described America as a rogue country trying to create crises to fuel conflicts between peoples to achieve its interests, stressing that America invaded Iraq in 2003 and looted its wealth and took control of oil sources under the lie of weapons of mass destruction.

He added that America is trying to create some arguments and pretexts to interfere in internal affairs, and what happened in Iraq is evidence that it was delusional to the world that there were weapons of mass destruction, but it destroyed Iraq and its infrastructure and the value, economic and political system in Iraq, and it turned out that these arguments and proofs are false and do not exist at all.

Al-Ghurairy stated, "The United States launches the slogan of human rights while it is far from it, and it has no connection with this concept, and what happened in Iraq in terms of massacres and killings at the hands of the occupying American soldiers and the security companies that came with it was the best evidence of that."

Al-Ghurairy held Washington responsible for the crimes it committed in Iraq, saying, "There are a million martyrs, killed, wounded and missing since 2003 and to this day. The United States and the blatant American project that came under the pretext of democracy is responsible for that, and it is not democratic at all. Rather, it is an occupation and theft of Iraqi wealth and control of the region." and impose domination over it.

He said, "America committed crimes during its occupation of Iraq and killed many citizens in cold blood as a result of passing in front of American bases or in front of American convoys," adding, "The American forces are criminal and their dealings are criminal for killing many innocent people."
He stressed that what happened in Guantanamo, the Air Base in Afghanistan and Abu Ghraib prison is the best evidence that America violated the principle of human rights and dealt very badly with it, expressing his wishes that the International Court of Justice open the files of prisons and the crimes it committed in Iraq.

He added, "We were hoping that the International Court of Justice in The Hague would open the file of these crimes and genocide because America committed genocide, especially in the battle of Fallujah and its use of internationally prohibited weapons," describing the American behavior as deviant and working to spread terrorism, violence, murder and criminality in many countries of the world.

Shaher al-Obeidi, a researcher on political affairs, shared the opinion that America violated human rights and invaded Iraq illegally, saying, "There are no human rights, and the evidence for that is that the American soldier does not have any prosecution for any work he does in the countries it occupies or has military operations in." .

And he stressed the existence of a violation of human rights in the prisons that it established in the countries that occupied it, and it is clearly visible at all times. The best evidence of that is what happened in Afghanistan and the Abu Ghraib prison, which was recognized by America itself, and the pictures were shown to international news agencies.

As for the civil activist Raad Majeed, he believes that America came as an occupier and caused great suffering to the Iraqis.

Majeed confirmed that he is a victim of the American occupation, as the American forces arrested him for two years and seven months without any guilt, indicating that he will continue to pursue America, saying, "I will continue to demand my right from the United States because it came to me in the name of democracy, but it destroyed me and destroyed the youth and destroyed most Iraqis."

For his part, Ahmed Al-Banna, a bodybuilding coach, stressed that America has violated human rights, wondering what is the fault of a person who remains in prison for five years without guilt? He added, "America did not come to Iraq to liberate it, but rather to destroy it."

As for Ibrahim Al-Quraishi (retired), he said, "The Americans came under the pretext of democracy in order to dominate the countries of the Middle East, especially Iraq," adding, "It is not democracy, it is dictatorship, it is criminality, and it is a massacre of the peoples of the Middle East."