“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.
"When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.
"Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.” -- Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel’s powerful words compel me to speak. After Judge Bonadio's biased and incompetent “report,” I must make my position clear because the human dignity of those falsely accused is in jeopardy. People are wrongfully imprisoned right now.
1. I, Ronald K. Noble, @RKNGlobal, never requested immunity, nor do I need any immunity to testify that neither Hector #Timerman, nor any person from the Government of Argentina, ever requested that the #INTERPOL #AMIA Red Notices be removed or suspended.
2. The corroborating evidence is overwhelming. On 12 March 2013, the highly respected French Magistrate and #INTERPOL General Counsel, Joel Sollier, stated unequivocally in writing that the validity and status of the #AMIA Red Notices remained unchanged.
3. On 16 March 2017, four years later, INTERPOL’s Office of Legal Affairs reaffirmed the same position of #INTERPOL articulated by General Counsel Sollier back in 2013. The #AMIA Red Notices remained unchanged.
4. I quote: “Los individuos involucrados han permacido siendo objeto de notificaciones rojas validas y han figurado en las bases de datos de INTERPOL como “buscados” por las autoridades argentinas. Confirmamos que esta situacion permanece inalterada.”
5. These true facts were documented by #INTERPOL in official press releases issued on 30 May & 26 November 2013. No one from Argentina, nor from Iran ever challenged the accuracy of these press releases at the time they were issued.
6. Moreover, the content of these press releases and General Counsel Sollier’s letter making absolutely clear that the #AMIA Red Notices remained unchanged and valid were widely reported in the media and never challenged by anyone.
7. On 16 January 2015, I authored an email letter to Hector #Timerman stating that on each occasion that he and I spoke with and saw one another in relation to the (#AMIA) Red Notices… he stated that #INTERPOL should keep the Red Notices in force.
8. In that letter, I specifically referred to the 30 May and 26 November 2013 #INTERPOL press releases and to the November 2014 INTERPOL General Assembly in which it was made absolutely clear by #Timerman and INTERPOL that the #AMIA Red Notices should remained valid and unchanged
9. I gave interviews to journalists in Argentina, the US and Israel making it clear that neither #Timerman, nor any person from Argentina, ever requested that the #AMIA Red Notices be removed or suspended and that they remain valid and unchanged after the Memorandum.
10. I tweeted again and again to rebut erroneous and biased conclusions drawn by Judge Bonadio in his accusatory report and to criticize the false and misleading reporting by the Clarin concerning the #AMIA Red Notices using my name but not giving me the opportunity to respond.
11. Finally, I submitted a formal request to the Argentine Court offering to provide testimony that would prove that neither #Timerman, nor any person from Argentina, ever requested that the #AMIA Red Notices be removed or suspended, but was never asked to provide testimony.
12. Where are we today? Hector #Timerman, an innocent and dedicated Argentinean civil servant, died without being given the opportunity to clear his name, and innocent Argentineans remain wrongly imprisoned -- deprived of their freedom, family and loved ones.
13. The false media stories continue unabated. I read today that immunity for me is being discussed, when I do not want or need immunity to provide truthful testimony.
14. As a matter of law, #INTERPOL cannot assert immunity or privilege to prevent a competent Argentine judge from asking me questions about statements I made as a private citizen when INTERPOL already made this information public in 2013 and 2014.
15. I completed 14 years’ of service as #INTERPOL Secretary General on 7 November 2014. I therefore was already a private citizen beginning with my email letter dated 16 January 2015, followed by media interviews, Tweets and my submission to Argentina’s judiciary.
16. But Argentine judges and prosecutors do not need to ask me to provide testimony. They can ask France to allow Joel Sollier who is a French magistrate to provide testimony. I have not seen or spoken with him since I left #INTERPOL on 7 November 2014.
17. They can also request that #INTERPOL ask any of the 13+ persons who served as Executive Committee members during 2013 and 2014 whether #Timerman or anyone from Argentina ever requested that the #AMIA Red Notices be removed or suspended.
18. They can request #INTERPOL General Secretariat to ask its staff of several hundred people whether #Timerman or anyone from Argentina ever asked that the #AMIA Red Notices be removed or suspended.
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