Dublin
2nd May 2008
EURAD DEMANDS THAT
ASSOCIACION ANTIDROGAS DE LA REPUBIC ARGENTINA PRESIDENT CLAUDIO IZAGUIRRE BE
FREED WITHOUT CHARGE OR DELAY AND AN APOLOGY BE OFFERED IMMEDIATELY BY ARGENTINE
GOVERNMENT.
We have learned with alarm that EURAD (Europe
Against Drugs) Argentine member Claudio Izaguirre, president of the anti-drug
organisation, Asociación Antidrogas de la República Argentina and Board Member
of Drug Watch International (USA) was arrested while conducting a
peaceful demonstration and delivering flyers outside a drug political
conference in Buenos Aires. Freedom of Speech is a basic human right and
we are alarmed that this right would now appear to be threatened in Argentina.
We are particularly aware that our Jewish friends and Associates are
commemorating at this time the loss of more than 6 million of their people
which occurred as a direct result of such a cruel policy in Germany over
seventy years ago.
It is not acceptable in a free world that one of our allies is silenced
by the Argentine Justice Ministry while demonstrating in support of the United
Nations Conventions on Narcotics and Childrens Rights.
We demand that his freedon of speech be restored immediately with full
assurances from the Argentine Government that they will not interfere with his
freedom. May I remind you that your Government are signatories to these Conventions being defended by Izaguirre and that he is entitled to the full
protection of the law in this regard.
We call on Mr Antonio Maria
Costa, Director of INCB in Vienna to lodge a protest.
On behalf of EURAD members
worldwide.
Grainne Kenny
International President
EURAD
(Europe Against Drugs)
www.eurad.net
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Ambasciata di Argentina presso lo Stato Italiano
c.a.: S. E. Ambasciatore Dott. Victorio Tacchetti
Roma 2 maggio 2008
Eccellenza,
è con vivo stupore che abbiamo appreso oggi dell'arresto in Argentina avvenuto
lunedì 28 aprile scorso di Claudio Izaguirre, Presidente della Associazione
"Asociacion Antidrogas de la Republica Argentina", ed
autorevole membro dell' EURAD (Europe Against Drugs) e del DWI (Drug Watch
International - USA) mentre conduceva una pacifica dimostrazione distribuendo
materiale informativo all'esterno di una conferenza sulle politiche sociali
riguardo la tossicodipendenza.
La libertà di espressione è un diritto elementare dell'uomo e sismo allarmati
che questo diritto possa venire meno nella Repubblica di Argentina.
Non è accettabile, infatti, che ad uno dei nostro soci venga negata la libertà
di opinione mediante un arresto di polizia mentre dimostrava in sostegno delle
Convenzioni Internazionali sulle droghe delle Nazioni Unite e della Carta ONU
per i diritti dei Minori di cui anche l'Argentina è firmataria.
Noi chiediamo assicurazioni che la libertà di espressione venga garantita dal
Governo Argentino anche su questi temi e che il dott.
Izaguirre venga posto quanto prima in libertà e non gli venga più negato il
diritto di manifestare contro le politiche liberali in materia di droghe.
La saluto, ringraziandoLa anticipatamente e sentitamente della Sua attenzione e
di quanto potrà fare
Suo,
Fabio Bernabei
Presidente Associazione Osservatorio Droga - Roma (membro EURAD)
www.osservatoriodroga.it
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Le Président de l'Association "Asociación Antidrogas de la República Argentina" a été arrêté ce
week-end en Argentine. Voici le mail que nous avons envoyé à l'Ambassade d'Argentine
en France :
Ambassade d'Argentine en France
Mlle
Chloé Borella
Paris, le 2 mai 2008
C'est avec stupéfaction que nous
apprenons que notre ami M. Claudio Izaguirre président de l'Association "Asociación
Antidrogas de la República Argentina" en Argentine, a été arrêté il y a
deux jours en accomplissant une démonstration pacifique et en distribuant des
flyers à l'extérieur d'une conférence politique sur les drogues à Buenos Aires.
L'association de Claudio Izaguirres est membre associé d'EURAD - Europe Contre
les Drogues, nous trouvons scandaleux que l'on prive de sa liberté d'expression
un de nos alliés.
Nous demandons qu'il soit immédiatement
libéré et qu'il puisse aussi dans l'avenir continuer son travail contre la
propagation et l'utilisation de drogues illicites.
Sincérement
Serge LEBIGOT
Président
de Association Parents Contre la Drogue - membre du bureau d'EURAD
http://www.parentscontreladrogue.com/news.htm
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"The Embassy of the Rebublic of
Argentina in Oslo
MR. embassador, Juan Manuel Ortiz de Rozas
Oslo 01.05.2008
Set Claudio Izaguirre free
With alarm we hear that our ally, Mr. Claudio Izaguirre, president of
the anti-drug organisation, Asociación Antidrogas de la República Argentina,
two days ago was arrested while conducting a peaceful demonstration and
delivering flyers outside a drug political conference in Buenos Aires. Claudio
Izaguirres organisation is associate member of EURAD - Europe Against Drugs,
and we find it unbearable that one of our allies this way gets his freedom of
speech reduced. We demand that he immediately be set free, and that he has the
opportunity also in the future to continue his work against the spread and use
of illicit drugs.
Yours sincerely
League Against Intoxicants (Forbundet Mot
Rusgift) - member of EURAD
Knut T. Reinås
head of the LAI board
member of the EURAD board".
kreinas@online.no