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Iraq parliament recognizes chemical attack on Halabja as genocide

Nejat SocietyMarch 27, 20110105 views

… The Iraqi parliament has officially recognized the chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988 as genocide.Halabja . The decision came during a parliamentary session on Thursday where the proposal was put to vote and was approved by the majority of the parliament. Halabja, situated 81km south east of Sulaimaniyah and 364 km north east of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, was subjected to an airborne chemical weapon attack in March 1988 by the former Iraqi regime. ..

UK confirms – MKO leaders deny families’ access to their captive relatives inside Camp Ashraf

Nejat SocietyMarch 26, 20110119 views

… We are aware of reports that loudspeakers are being used outside the Camp Ashraf entrance. The Government of Iraq have publicly stated that the purpose of the loudspeakers is to allow family members to communicate with residents inside Camp Ashraf, as they have apparently been forbidden any contact by the camp’s leadership. Ashraf Committee is composed of members from the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Human Rights, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs…

When Democracy Turns into hypocrisy

Nejat SocietyMarch 19, 20110105 views

For those US policy makers who make efforts to invest on MKO as a tool against Islamic Republic, the group seems to be a potential means to advance US policy regarding Iran.”To think of the MEK as some kind of policy tool to use against Tehran is both foolish and bizarre,”Paul Pillar writes. He reminds them that MKO has”virtually no support within Iran”. [3]But US warmongers seem to be very choosy about their allies..Indeed, whether or not MKO has left violence or poses any threat to the West, it is a harmful policy to harbor a destructive cult that always poses a potential threat to Iran-US relations. ..

Iran Asks UNHRC to Probe West’s Ties with MKO, PJAK, Jundollah Terrorist Groups

Nejat SocietyMarch 17, 2011089 views

Iran’s Envoy to the UN Human Rights Council also blasted the EU for striking off the name of the MKO/MEK/PMOI from the list of the terrorist groups and sheltering its members, and said the West should account for the blood of those innocent people spilled by these terrorist groups..Sajjadi raised the issue during a meeting of the UNHRC in Geneva, elaborating on the criminal actions taken by the terrorist groups in Iran in recent years, including hostage-taking, massacre of the people and bomb blasts..

Former members of MKO welcomed in a meeting in Germany

Nejat SocietyMarch 17, 20110124 views

The three ex-members told the audience some of their bitter experiences in MKO aka MEK/PMOI. They mentioned the group’s tricks and deceitful approaches to recruit members.They spoke of the suffocating, closed atmosphere of inside the cult where members are not allowed to marry, to contact their family, to watch TV or to read newspapers. They just have to work so hard that they could not find any opportunity to think.Although the atmosphere of Camp Ashraf is terribly oppressive, escaping the cult is not impossible,according to former members; people should only decide to save themselves from the bars of Ashraf.

Ashton Refuses MKO Demand for Supporting Military Attack against Iran

Nejat SocietyMarch 17, 2011087 views

… The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it was protected by Saddam Hussein and where it helped the Iraqi dictator suppress Shiite and Kurd uprisings in the country. The terrorist group joined Saddam’s army during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988) and helped Saddam and killed thousands of Iranian civilians and soldiers during the US-backed Iraqi imposed war on Iran. Since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the group, which now adheres to a pro-free-market philosophy, has been strongly backed by neo-conservatives in the United States..

Consorting with a Cult (Mujahedin Khalq)

Nejat SocietyMarch 17, 2011095 views

..A combination of pecuniary interests and scant knowledge about the nature of the group[MKO/MEK] may explain some of the support for delisting. A destructively simplistic, zero-sum attitude regarding policy toward Iran explains some more of it. Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA), one of the members of Congress who favors removing the MEK[MKO/PMOI] from the list, says that the group should not be considered a terrorist organization because “they are enemies of enemies of the United States.” No, Congressman, even enemies of the United States have enemies that are terrorist groups..

Report from Camp Ashraf – March 2011

Nejat SocietyMarch 16, 20110214 views

… One young woman in a white ‘Chanel’ headscarf weeps for her lost father. He was captured as a POW in Iraq 25 years ago and after two years was among those transferred to the MEK camp where he has been ever since. She hasn’t seen him for 25 years.. Still the families wait and call out to their long-lost relatives .. the gates of Camp Ashraf are now open, there is still no access to the people held hostage inside. The MEK have simply withdrawn into a smaller circle …

Last group of Dissociated members of MKO in a meeting in Paris

Nejat SocietyMarch 14, 20110116 views

A group of human rights activists and separated members of MKO, Mr. Ebrahimi ,Mr. Sepehri ,Mr. Naseri and Mr. Kohzadi attended the meeting where they were congratulated for their release form Camp Ashraf prison… They confirmed that families’ presence in front of Ashraf gates would strengthen the captives’ will to release themselves.They notified that MKO leaders seriously feel threatened and terrified due to the families’ presence.

Court Session Held in Paris on French Intelligence Support for MKO

Nejat SocietyMarch 13, 20110163 views

..Yves Bonnet, the former Member of the French National Assembly and Director of the DST, and MKO’s ringleaders as well as head of the publication that published the fake book were found guilty.Yves Bonnet had paid several visits to MKO’s main training camp, the Camp of New Iraq (formerly known as Camp Ashraf) in Iraq’s Northern province of Diyala..The session was held on March 10 after three individuals who were named in a fake book as elements of the Iranian regime filed a complaint.