Citzenship Renouncer to Burn Flag in Protest if US
Attacks Iraq
From: Kenneth Nichols O’Keefe <uksociety@hotmail.com>
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/kennicholsflagburn3oct02.shtml
October 3, 2002
For Immediate Release
As a result of the continuing revolutionary actions that directly confront
the United States and its policies of war, Mr. Kenneth Nichols O’Keefe
is receiving increasing interest and invitations to express his alternative
approach. He has publicly announced his intent to burn a US Flag before
the US Consulate in Amsterdam if/when the US begins the invasion of Iraq.
Former US Marine O’Keefe has already burned his US passport and has proven
himself to be a victim of human experiments at the hands of the US Military
during the Gulf War. He has called the CIA the "greatest terrorist organization
of the 20th & 21st Centuries" and called for the CIA’s immediate abolishment.
Additionally, he has publicly declared in his July 1, 2002 International
Notice, his intention to bring formal charges against the US for ‘Crimes
against Humanity’ for its use of Depleted Uranium in Iraq, but it is the
burning of a US Flag that is sure to bring even more notoriety, both of
praise and anger.
O’Keefe is now confronting the Dutch Government through his latest International
Notice of September 30, 2002, which has been legally served to the Dutch
Minister of Justice and Foreign Affairs. In this notice O’Keefe challenges
the Dutch Government to defend its "injurious position which regards me
as a US citizen." Specifically O’Keefe has been issued a Dutch ID (which
he is required to carry as a Political Asylum seeker) that lists him as
a US citizen. He says that if nation/states such as the US or Holland define
him than the right of "Self Determination" does not exist.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights –
Article 1
‘All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that
right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their
economic, social and cultural development.’
O’Keefe believes that exposing the hypocrisy of nation/states and their
governments their routine denial of human rights is an essential step towards
a just and peaceful world. "Nations have obligated themselves to honor
human rights by lawfully entering into human rights treaties such as the
pre-eminent Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the time has long since
come to confront the hostile actions of these governments and demand a
stop to it right now. In order to reject war we must also attack those
who deny human rights, that is exactly what I intend to do by my actions."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Preamble
‘Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and
inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation
of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
‘Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation
with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance
of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of
the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,…’
O’Keefe is currently demanding that the Dutch Government honor his human
right to "Self Determination" and legally acknowledge his status as a Stateless
"World Citizen" by issuing a new Dutch ID. Furthermore, at the invitation
of the Stop The War Brigade, the German Peace Council, and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation
O’Keefe will be traveling to Berlin to speak at an event entitled "AMERICAN
WAR--WITNESS ACCOUNTS ABOUT RESISTANCE IN THE US ARMY FROM THE VIETNAM
WAR UNTIL TODAY." He expects to enter Germany without need to present his
newly acquired World Citizen passport which has been issued to over 350,000
people world wide and accepted by over 150 nations (information at www.worldgovernment.org),
but he intends to force the Dutch Government to honor his right to travel
by intentionally demanding official reentry into Holland as a lawfully
registered asylum seeker.
‘Article 27 - The Contracting States shall issue identity papers
to any refugee in their territory who does not possess a valid travel document.’
‘Article 28 - The Contracting States shall issue to refugees lawfully
staying in their territory travel documents for the purpose of travel outside
their territory, unless compelling reasons of national security or public
order otherwise require,’
O’Keefe is openly inviting media agents to accompany him upon reentering
Holland from Germany. It is highly possible, he says, that the Dutch authorities
will deny him the right to reenter and thereby reject his Political Asylum
application based on his leaving Holland to attend the peace demonstration
in Berlin. "I have been told directly by Dutch Agents that I do not have
the right to travel. If they reject my rights we will have a legitimate
international incident with serious consequences. If however they honor
my new passport and my human right to travel we will also have a major
event in support of human rights with broad implications. For those who
choose world citizenship/allegiance instead of nation/state citizenship/allegiance
travel rights will be affirmed and the flood gates to world citizenship
registry may open. What I am doing is a direct challenge to the authority
of all nation/states who currently deny human rights by arbitrarily demanding
nation/! state allegiance via passports and citizenship. What I will be
exposing, one way or the other, is that nation/states cannot have it both
ways, either you honor essential human rights, or you do not."
Contact Note October 5th Amsterdam: At the invitation of event organizers
O’Keefe will be a participant in an event sponsored by Vrij Nederland called
"happy Chaos!" (www.happychaos.nl – in Dutch). The October 5th event in
Amsterdam will include politicians, journalists, NGO representatives, activists
and more. O’Keefe has been asked to deliver a short speech to begin a debate
with the title of "War of the Worlds: Europe vs America." Among those in
the debate will be a Dutch General (Adriaan van Vuren), notable journalist
(Willem Oltmans) and several others. Those of you who know O’Keefe will
know that he will not be holding back and it is sure to be a very "lively"
debate indeed.
To: All Media Agents, J.P.H. Donner - Dutch Minister of Justice, Jaap
de Hoop Scheffer - Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
From: Kenneth Nichols O’Keefe (Nichols has legally changed his surname
to O’Keefe)
<uksociety@hotmail.com>
Subject: O’Keefe Confronts the Dutch Government; Declares Intent to
Exercise Human Rights in Full via International Notice. Additionally Announces
Intent to Burn US Flag Upon US Invasion of Iraq
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