International response to the Beslan hostage crisis

International response to the Beslan hostage crisis

Multinational bodies

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* – The UN Security Council in a Presidential Statement condemned the attack in the strongest terms and urged states actively to cooperate with the Russian authorities in efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice. [ [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/sc8179.doc.htm U.N. Security Council, in Presidential statement, condemns hostage-taking at Russian Federation school, demands their immediate release] September 1, 2004]

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Countries

* said that no aim or situation could justify taking children hostage.Fact|date=June 2008

* - French Foreign Ministry, in a statement concluded that "Everyone must mobilize in the fight against terrorism."

* said that "There are no reasons imaginable that could justify taking children, toddlers, babies and their mothers hostages."

* government offered help in rehabilitating freed hostages. Immediately after, an experienced Israeli trauma team was sent to Beslan and later Russian psychologists working with the victims of the massacre received help on training by Israeli experts in Israel.Fact|date=June 2008

* responded saying ""The international community has to unite against terrorism that denies common human values to all the world's civilizations [...] There is no reason that could justify such inhuman violence."

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* "denounces all forms of terror, especially that which threatens the lives of children and innocents."

* has condoled the families of the victims and the Russian government and said that the Philippine government will pass on any possible information regarding possible terrorist attacks on Russia the Philippine government could find.Fact|date=June 2008

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* |accessdate=2006-08-11] The United States government has also condoled Russia after Beslan hostage crisis and also said that the United States does not support terrorism aimed against the United States and their allies. The United States also said that they would pass on information of Chechen or al-Qaeda activity to Russia regarding possible terrorist attacks against Russia.Fact|date=June 2008

* commented that "The evil deed of targeting children makes the world understand what times we are living in, how vulnerable our communities are and what types of crimes and terror we have to deal with."

Religious leaders

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* Grand Shaikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egypt's top cleric asked: "What is the guilt of those children. Why should they be responsible for your conflict with the government. You are taking Islam as a cover and it is a deceptive cover; those who carry out the kidnappings are criminals, not Muslims." [cite web|date=September 4, 2004|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1297664,00.html|title=Muslim leaders condemn killers|publisher="The Guardian"|accessdate=2006-08-11]

Non-governmental organizations

* A group of international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, condemned it as an "“abhorrent [...] action”" and a "“displays [of] callous disregard for civilian life" and further that it was "“an attack on the most fundamental right - the right to life; our organizations denounce this act unreservedly." [cite web|date=September 8, 2004|url=http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engeur460502004|title=Joint NGO statement on the Beslan Hostage Tragedy|publisher=Amnesty International|accessdate=2006-08-11]

References

External links

* [http://www.jewishtoronto.net/page.html?ArticleID=72674 Arab and Muslim reactions]


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