Families of the MEK hostages denied of their rights

Iraqi TV stations report from Camp Ashraf

Iraqi TV stations report from Camp Ashraf (Mojahedin Khalq and backers still refuse access to victims)

Mojahedin Khalq and backers still refuse access to victims… Iman Yeganeh, who escaped the camp in April 2010 after 22 years of captivity, described the situation for people inside the MKO as despairing.

He said,”People are being told the Iraqis will kill them if they leave. Knowing about Saddam’s security services, when I left I believed I would be killed. Even then I had to plan carefully how to finally get out.”In Iraq, victims and their families are helped by Sahar Family Foundation …

قناة الاتجاه الفضائية اعتصام العوائل الايرانية امام معسكر اشرف لرؤية ابناءهم المحتجزين لدى منظمة خلق الارهابية

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قناة الفرات الفضائية اعتصام العوائل الايرانية امام معسكر اشرف لرؤية ابناءهم المحتجزين لدى منظمة خلق الارهابية

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قناة المسار الفضائية اعتصام العوائل الايرانية امام معسكر اشرف لرؤية ابناءهم المحتجزين لدى منظمة خلق الارهابية
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قناة الحرية الفضائية اعتصام العوائل الايرانية امام معسكر اشرف لرؤية ابناءهم المحتجزين لدى منظمة خلق الارهابية

قناة المــسار الفضائية اعتصام العوائل الايرانية امام معسكر اشرف لرؤية ابناءهم المحتجزين لدى منظمة خلق الارهابية

قناة افاق الفضائية اعتصام العوائل الايرانية امام معسكر اشرف لرؤية ابناءهم المحتجزين لدى منظمة خلق الارهابية

قناة العالم الفضائية اعتصام العوائل الايرانية امام معسكر اشرف لرؤية ابناءهم المحتجزين لدى منظمة خلق الارهابية

قناة الكوثر الفضائية اعتصام العوائل الايرانية امام معسكر اشرف لرؤية ابناءهم المحتجزين لدى منظمة خلق الارهابية

قناة المنار الفضائية اعتصام العوائل الايرانية امام معسكر اشرف لرؤية ابناءهم المحتجزين لدى منظمة خلق الارهابية
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7XdrbBu6yU

Iran Interlink reporting from Iraqi TV stations

July 3, 2010 0 comments

Iraqi Authorities' stance on the MEK

Camp Ashraf residents prevented by PMOI from meeting their families coming from Iran

Local officials in Diyala province said on Saturday that leaders Pople’s Mujahedin Of Iran (PMOI) or the Mojahedine Khalq refused, again, to let the families coming from Iran to enter Camp mayor of Al-Khalis city, Uday Adnan Al-Khaddran. Ashraf to meet their sons on the pretext that they belonged to Iran’s security agencies.

A large delegation of the local administration, elders and dignitaries of the areas went to the camp today to persuade the leaders of Camp Ashraf to let the families coming from Iran to meet their sons, according to mayor of Al-Khalis city, Uday Adnan Al-Khaddran.

"This attempt, like the first and second attempts faced the intransigence of Ashraf leaders. They did not agree on the entry of the families of the members," Al-Khaddran said.

Dozens of families from Iran are on a sit–in since February 8, in front of the camp’s gate, in an attempt to persuade the leaders of the camp to let them meet their sons who are members of the PMOI.

PMOI accused the families in front of the camp’s gate of being Iran’s security agents.

But Al-Khaddran attributed Ashraf leaders refusal to let the Iranian families in to "fears" of the leaders of revealing their practices with the deluded people who wish to return home, on the one hand, and to prevent the world from knowing the secrets and mysteries of collaboration with, and the support of the organization, for militant terrorist groups, on the other hand, as he put it.

There area three thousand 3,400 residents in Camp Ashraf who had warned that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the camp and handing it over to the Iraqi government would pave the way for a "humanitarian disaster"

Mujahedine Khalq described an effort by a number of sheiks and dignitaries of Diyala province on June 19 to end the ongoing suffering of the Iranian families outside the camp’s main gate as an "attempt to agravate the crisis against Camp Ashraf as a prelude to attack the camp again", according to an statement released by the organization.

On 28 July 2009, hundreds of Iraqi police and army troops attacked the Camp Ashraf and clashed with the PMOI members in the camp, and according to the organization 13 of their members were allegedly killed and more than 500 were injured.

Camp Ashraf or Ashraf City is situated northwest of Khalis town, 66 kilometers north of Baghdad. Camp Ashraf is currently an Iranian refugee camp in Iraq guarded by the United States military. Some 3500 PMOI members reside the camp. On January 1, 2009 its control was formally transferred to the Iraqi government.

The Camp was set up during the former regime of Iraq. After the fall of the former regime of Iraq, the US military disarmed the camp and took on the responsibility of protecting it which the Iraqi government has been attempting to evict it for several years.

Mujahedine Khalq was formerly on the list of "terrorist" groups in America and Europe, but the situation began to change when it helped to identify some of the secrets of Iran’s nuclear program, which represents a crisis between Tehran and the West.

Mojahiden E-Khalq is an opposition group led by Massoud Rajawi. It was founded in 1965 and played a major role in fighting the Shah and ousting his regime, PMOI supported the former Iranian President Bani-Sadr in facing the religious institution in the early eighties when they engaged in bloody clashes with the Iranian government that claimed many of the groups members and many others were arrested. It resorted to exile to continue its war against the "Islamic Republic" under the slogan of building an alternative "Islamic democracy" state.

During the U.S.-led 2003 invasion of Iraq, the group’s sites were bombed by the U.S. and British forces and considered it as a part of the Iraqi formations, but the U.S. troops maintained security of the camp after the war was over and according to an agreement they were allowed to keep their weapons, stay in Iraq and continue their armed struggle against Iran, which raised Tehran’s worries that prompted some of its officials to describe America as a "liar" in its campaign against terrorism.

Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s government of Iraq tried to take measures that would remove the organization from the country, but the organization was protected by the United States.

July 1, 2010 0 comments

Human Rights Abuse in the MEK

Letter to Mr. joe Stork,Director of HRW for Middle East

MOjahedin Khalq, MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult deprive families from visiting their children

Mr. joe Stork, The Honorable Director of Human Rights Watch for Middle East

With our best regards to Human Rights Watch organization for their constant and steady endeavors toward human rights throughout the world,

As you are well informed that a number of elderly fathers and mothers of the cult’s captives who traveled to Iraq ,hoping to see their loved ones after many years of imposed and compelled distance in New Iraq Garrison(Former Ashraf) ,got astounded and shocked because the operatives and official of the cult do not allow them to meet their loved ones. They have waited since 3 months ago to see their relatives in that garrison , but instead of meeting their loved ones , they have been insulted and slandered by the cult’s operatives since their arrival .These families despite of bad weather and the lack of accommodation , are persisting to see their relatives . Despite of their age and bad weather , they are very determined to find a solution to see their loved ones.

Your Excellency , with this preface we would like to draw your attention to this fact that we the backers and supporters of the Seminar , Support of the Rajavi’s castle victim’s families (Ashraf Garrison-Iraq) which occurred in Paris on 19th of June /2010, are separated and victimized members, critics and families of those stranded victims in Ashraf garrison who have a brother , sister, father or mother and friends in there who are under severe indoctrination and brain washing methods .We had been in the same situation as they are now ,but we could set ourselves free from all those indoctrinations and brain washing methods and fortunately we gained our freedom by separating ourselves from this organization, and now after gaining our freedom, together we want to help the other victims who are still kept in Ashraf Garrison and pmoi’s main headquarters in Paris

We urge you to provide an opportunity for those families awaiting behind closed gates to meet their loved ones whom they have not seen them for 20 years in some cases. The leadership of this cult (PMOI) have deprived those victims of having any communication with their loved ones by labeling those desperate families as Iranian intelligence service agent whereas this leadership lyingly pretend that they are supporting human rights and Iranian people’s rights, but we should ask the leaders of this cult that are not those families part of Iranian people? at the end ,I appreciate all your efforts towards helping those desperate families to see their relatives and i am entreating you again to provide an opportunity for those families to meet their loved ones , who are living in a very bad and harsh situation inside Ashraf camp.

Respectfully

Signatories:
1.Abas Sadeghi/Germany
2.Rana Samadzadeh Aghdam/Sweden
3. Maryam Ahmadi/Sweden
4. Hossein Samadzadeh Aghdam/Sweden
5. Ariya Abdollahi/Norway
6. Javad Abolhosseini/Netherlands
7. Alireza Bashiri/Norway
8.Batool Maleki/Switzerland
9.Massoud Jabani/ Netherlands
10.Mohammad Hossein Sobhani/Germany
11. Hadi Shams Haeri/Netherlands
12. Noshin Bashiri/Norway
13. Tovartan Babakhani/Netherlands
14. Tamin Abdollahi/Norway
15. Rabeae Shahrokhi/Sweden
16. Hashem Payro/Norway
17.Hamid Yazdanfar/Norway
18Jafar Ahmadi/Norway
19.Maryam Taheriyan Pajoh/Sweden
20.Mehdi Ahmadi/Sweden
21.Omid Ahmadi/ Sweden
22.Massoud Khodabandeh/England
23. Ayob Kord Rostami/Canada
24.Farshid Ahmadi/Sweden
25. Farid Armideh ,The son of Aliakbar Armideh/Sweden
26. Saeed Armideh ,The son of Aliakbar Armideh/Sweden
27.Mitra Yosefi/Sweden
28. Naser Rezvani/Sweden
29. Farshid Nazari/Norway
30. Farzad Farzinfar/SWeden
31. Nima Parniya/Norway
32. Anne Singleton/England
33. Saeed Khodabakhsh/Canada
34. Parvin Haji/Canada
35. Fereshteh Hosseini/Denmark
36. Parya Dabiryan/Greece
37. Hassan Faraji/Sweden
38. Omid Ariyapoor/ Norway
39. Faramarz Afshari/Greece
40. Elham Norouzi/Canada
41. Soheyla Norouzi/Canada
42. Babak A/France
43. Alireza Nasrollahi/France
44. Mostafa Mohammadi/Canada
45. Shan Kord Rostami/Canada
46. Marlen Kord Rostami/Canada
47. Bahareh Nikbakht/France
48. Hassan Piransar / France
49. Hamed Sarrafpour/France
50.Alireza Nabavi/Sweden
51. Anika Nabavi/Sweden
52.Sara Nabavi/sweden
53.Rohi Aslani Sweden
54.Zahra Makari/Sweden
55. Kenar Jasem Ali/Netherlands
56. Horiyeh Mohammadi/Canada
57.Shirin Aghvami/Sweden
58. Zari Aghvami/Sweden
59. Mehri Nasiri/Sweden
60. Gholam Shirali/Norway
61. Habib Khorami/Netherlands
62. Marziyeh Gonjeshki/ Netherlands
63. Mahbobeh. Hamzeh /Canada
64.Narmin Jasem Ali/Netherlands
65. Zahra MOhammadi/Netherlands
66. Mohammad mohammadi/Canada
67. Morteza Mohammadi/Canada
68.Hamid Tavana /Netherlands
69. Mohammad harati/Netherlands
70. Tol Malavi
71. krigoriyan
72. Mohammad ellami
73. Khalil Taghavi/Netherlands
74. Mina Taghavi/Netherlands
75. Karim Haghi / Netherlands)
76. Khaled Taghavi/Netherlands
77. Zaghik Babakhani/Netherlands
78. Hamid Balfan/Netherlands
79. Maryam Jahanfard/Netherlands
80. Mohammad Karami/France
81. Javad Firozmand/France
83.Mehdi Sojodi/Germany
83. Mehrdad Sagharchi/scandinavia
84. Ali Jahani/ Germany
85. Majid Rohi/Denmark
86. Parvin Jafari/Denmark
87.Roya Haratipour/Norway
88.Bashir Hamdardzadeh/Sweden
89. Javid Hosseini/Greece
90. Mohammad Satari/NOrway
91. Jalil Hasimi/DEnmark
92. zayd Rahmanpour/Norway
93. Ashraf mohammadi/Norway
94. Hamid Balfan/Netherlands
95. Noor Dara/Netherlands
96. Soheyla Behboodi/Germany
97. Nasrin Behboodi/Netherlands
98. Kazem Hosseini/Netherlands
99.Maryam Farokhi / sweden
100. Amir Movasaghi/Germany
101. Edvard Tormado/Germany
102. Armineh Tormado/Germany
103. Behzad Alishahi/Netherlands
104. Nahid Amiri/Netherlands
105. Alireza Mirasgari/Germany
106. Mohsen Abaslo/Austria
107. Alireza Naghashzadeh/Germany
108. Elham Kakavand/Netherlands
109. Ali Akbar Rastgo/Germany
110. Majed Dara/Netherlands
111. Noryeh Dara/Netherlands
112. Nona Abdollahi/Netherlands
113. Ali Taghavi /Netherlands
114. Mehdi Fadayee/Germany
115. Khaled Taghavi/Netherlands
116. Yorik Ebrahimiyan /Germany
117. Farideh Barati/Netherlands
118. Mahbobeh Barati/Netherlands
119. Arash Moghadam/Netherlands
120. Batool Soltani
121. Armin Seraj/Netherlands
122. Kardo Dara/Netherlands
123. A Abkhaziyan/Germany)
124. Narineh Artesh/Germany
125. Ali Zirak/Netherlands
126. Sara SAdeghi/Germany
127. Bahadoor Khorami/Netherlands
128. Jafar Gonjeshki/Denmark
129. Jamshid Charlang/Germany
130. Ali Sheykhi/Netherlands
131. Hesam Sheykhi/Netherlands
132. Reza Sadeghi/Belgium
133. Eman Vaseti/Netherlands
134. Khalil Vaseti/Netherlands
135. Faramarz Pashayee / Canada
136. Mohammad Nabi Soleyman Nejat/Canada
137. Khoshnam Hesami/Canada
138. Hassan Saberi/Canada
139. Mehrzad Zardoshtiyan /Netherlands
140. Ghodrat Hamidi/Canada
141. Hasheh Mirza/Netherlands
142. Ershak Naghdali/Netherlands
143. Ebrahim Manaf/Netherlands
144. Sava Manaf/Netherlands
145. Amir Atefeh/Netherlands
146. Sanaz Dara/Netherlands
147. Saeed Soltanpour/Canada
148. Mahnaz Alavi/Netherlands
149. Christin Karkhaziyan/Germany
150. Habib Asadollahi/Germany
151. Millad Ariyayee/Germany
152. Ali GHashghavi/Germany
153. Shadi Doosti/Netherlands
154. Hassan Haghi/Netherlands
155. Mostafa Rahmani/Germany
156. Amir Movasaghi/Germany
157. Saeedeh Jabani/Netherlands
158. Maryam Vaseti/Netherlands
159. Hossein Ghanbari/Finland
160. Mansour Nazari/France
161. Hossein Naghdi/Germany
162. Mohammad Razzaghi/France
163. Nader Naderi/France
164.Yahya Haghjo/Sweden
165. Faramarz Niksefat/Denmark
166. Sepideh Aref/France
167. Dr. Farzad Rahnama/Carolina, USA
168. Mohammad Allavi/France
169. Shiva Mostafavi/France
170. Mehran Taghiabadi/France
171. Jamshid Peyvasteh/Netherlands
172. Mehrdad seyyedian/ Norway
173. Eshrat Fallah / Norway
174. Amir Taherloo / Sweden
175 . Shiwa Mostafavi / France
176. shokoufe Bayat /Sweden
177. Fateme Soleymani / Norway
178. Ali Mirzayi / Norway
179. Ashraf Amrolahi / Sweden
180. Ahmad Nooraei / Germany
181. Zohre Shams / gemany
182. Heydar Ghadiri /

Cc:

– Embassies of Iraq in France
– Relevant MEPs
– Office of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maleki
– US State Department

June 29, 2010 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

Iranians in Iraq’s Diyala call for release of relatives held in MKO Camp Ashraf

Text of report by Lebanese Al-Manar TV

[Video report by Adel al-Fayyad]
Families of Iranians detained in Ashraf Camp of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization [MKO] have staged a sit-in in the Iraqi governorate of Diyala. The protesters called on the Iraqi government and the international community to free their relatives from the hell they are living in.

[Begin recording]
[Al-Fayyad] Dozens of Iranian families staged a sit-in in front of the Ashraf Camp in Diyala Governorate to protest being denied the chance to meet their family members who are detained by the MKO. The families waiting at the entrance of the camp called on the Iraqi government and humanitarian organizations to help them meet their family members in an atmosphere free from surveillance, eavesdropping, and interference by the MKO members.

[Zumurruda Amini, mother of a detainee, speaking in Persian with voice-over translation into Arabic] I have a son detained in the camp; his name is Ghulam Rida. I have not seen him in years. I have waited a long time to see him, but it has been in vain. Help me to see him.

[Al-Fayyad] These families live in difficult humanitarian conditions as their elderly men were scorched in the heat of the sun and the mothers were shedding tears for longing to meet their children. Other families carried photos of their sons and banners that condemn the repressive practices of the MKO leaderships, and they called on the international community to help their children out of what they described as MKO’s hell.

[Qudurat Sadiqi, father of a detainee, speaking in Persian with voice-over translation into Arabic] I am tired of making appeals. I have endured the hardships of the journey to meet my son, but this criminal organization has stopped me from seeing him.

[Zahrah K’abi, from the residents of the Ahvaz] My son was 25 years old when he left home one day to Abadan to bring the car and he never returned. Two years later, my daughter, who was a doctor, was in contact with him and she left home. Later we found a note in one of her books bidding us farewell and saying that she is going to join her brother.

[Al-Fayyad] Tribal leaders in Diyala Governorate stood by their brothers to deal with this tragedy and called on the Iraqi Government to expel the organization, which they described as terrorist.

[Muhammad Jasim, one of the tribal leaders of Tamim Tribe in Diyala Governorate] We must urge the Iraqi government, the new parliament, and the UN Security Council, the non-aligned countries and the Arab League to drive the MKO out of our country. They are occupying our lands. The MKO is a cancerous cell in our country. We are have been hurt by it.

[Al-Fayyad] Some of the families who came from the Islamic Republic of Iran to see their children but did not succeed in doing so said that the Iraqi government must take appropriate action to pressure the MKO, which has violated human rights and international charters by detaining their children for many years. Adil al-Fayyad is reporting for Al-Manar Channel from Ashraf Camp in Diyala Governorate

[Video shows families of Iranian detainees protesting]

June 27, 2010 0 comments

USA

Open letter of the Participants in Paris Great Gathering to US Ambassador in France

We urge you to put pressure on Mojahedin Khalq, aka: MKO, MEK, NCRI, Rajavi cult

Dear Mr. Charles H. Rivkin

You may know that the leadership of PMOI, after blind and costly assassinations , escaped from We urge you to put pressure on Mojahedin Khalq, aka: MKO, MEK, NCRI, Rajavi cult Iran and he transferred his organization to Iraq territory which was in war with Iran at that time, and he began his military and terror apparatus again in Iraq with the assistance of Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq.

That time Iraq was in war with Iran and as a result of the war , Saddam Hussein supported them financially and equipped them militarily and fed them by serious and confidential information, in return pmoi became Iraq’s Army mercenary and functioned as Iraq’s fifth column.

PMOI has preserved and kept its forces in a camp ,named Ashraf , which is an Iraqi military garrison ,close to city of KHALIS , and up to know no foreign viewer and proctor has succeeded to supervise their function and attitude regarding their subordinates and members , as a result of that they behave whatever they like and they ignore the basic rights of their forces.

During their staying in Iraq , there were members who did not want to continue cooperating with pmoi, so they separated from the organization , but there was a time that Rajavi decided not to allow any one to separate from the organization and he proclaimed that separation from the organization is equal to treason and deadly sin which the Human Rights Watch named it , Exit Prohibition , after Rajavi’s proclamation . Separation from this organization is almost impossible and even there is a chance that the person who wants to separate will face a great danger and even death threat.

Seven years ago , Saddam Hussein and his government was toppled , but even after the downfall of Saddam Hussein ,PMOI still act like before and there has not been any breakthrough in pmoi’s policy regarding separation of their members.

Right now, there are around 3400 captivated people who have not seen or met other people outside of their garrison, and they have been deprived of getting in the city bus or taxi and they have not purchased anything from city stores and supermarkets for a long time. They have been deprived of having friends , family of their own and education and they have not had any communication with their loved ones and family since long time ago.

Few months ago , some of the victim’s family despite of serious life threat in Iraq , went to Iraq after many years to meet their loved ones, but the pmoi’s operatives and officials have prevented them of having any contact with their loved ones since their arrival, and pmoi’s officials have insulted those families as well as labeling them as Iranian intelligence service agents and they have denied their family connection with their loved ones in Ashraf garrison.

Your Excellency we , the families and friends and separated members urge you as honorable representative of United States government in France to step forward and put pressure on PMOI to allow the victim’s family to meet their loved ones and also we would like you to help Iraqi government to facilitate the families’meeting with their loved ones.

Preventing any meeting between families and their loved ones is a serious breach and violation of human rights.

We urge and entreat you to help us in this just and humanitarian matter .

Respectfully

Signatories:

1.Abas Sadeghi/Germany

2.Rana Samadzadeh Aghdam/Sweden

3. Maryam Ahmadi/Sweden

4. Hossein Samadzadeh Aghdam/Sweden

5. Ariya Abdollahi/Norway

6. Javad Abolhosseini/Netherlands

7. Alireza Bashiri/Norway

8.Batool Maleki/Switzerland

9.Massoud Jabani/ Netherlands

10.Mohammad Hossein Sobhani/Germany

11. Hadi Shams Haeri/Netherlands

12. Noshin Bashiri/Norway

13. Tovartan Babakhani/Netherlands

14. Tamin Abdollahi/Norway

15. Rabeae Shahrokhi/Sweden

16. Hashem Payro/Norway

17.Hamid Yazdanfar/Norway

18Jafar Ahmadi/Norway

19.Maryam Taheriyan Pajoh/Sweden

20.Mehdi Ahmadi/Sweden

21.Omid Ahmadi/ Sweden

22.Massoud Khodabandeh/England

23. Ayob Kord Rostami/Canada

24.Farshid Ahmadi/Sweden

25. Farid Armideh ,The son of Aliakbar Armideh/Sweden

26. Saeed Armideh ,The son of Aliakbar Armideh/Sweden

27.Mitra Yosefi/Sweden

28. Naser Rezvani/Sweden

29. Farshid Nazari/Norway

30. Farzad Farzinfar/SWeden

31. Nima Parniya/Norway

32. Anne Singleton/England

33. Saeed Khodabakhsh/Canada

34. Parvin Haji/Canada

35. Fereshteh Hosseini/Denmark

36. Parya Dabiryan/Greece

37. Hassan Faraji/Sweden

38. Omid Ariyapoor/ Norway

39. Faramarz Afshari/Greece

40. Elham Norouzi/Canada

41. Soheyla Norouzi/Canada

42. Babak A/France

43. Alireza Nasrollahi/France

44. Mostafa Mohammadi/Canada

45. Shan Kord Rostami/Canada

46. Marlen Kord Rostami/Canada

47. Bahareh Nikbakht/France

48. Hassan Piransar / France

49. Hamed Sarrafpour/France

50.Alireza Nabavi/Sweden

51. Anika Nabavi/Sweden

52.Sara Nabavi/sweden

53.Rohi Aslani/Sweden

54.Zahra Makari/Sweden

55. Kenar Jasem Ali/Netherlands

56. Horiyeh Mohammadi/Canada

57.Shirin Aghvami/Sweden

58. Zari Aghvami/Sweden

59. Mehri Nasiri/Sweden

60. Gholam Shirali/Norway

61. Habib Khorami/Netherlands

62. Marziyeh Gonjeshki/ Netherlands

63. Mahbobeh. Hamzeh /Canada

64.Narmin Jasem Ali/Netherlands

65. Zahra MOhammadi/Netherlands

66. Mohammad mohammadi/Canada

67. Morteza Mohammadi/Canada

68.Hamid Tavana /Netherlands

69. Mohammad harati/Netherlands

70. Tol Malavi

71. krigoriyan

72. Mohammad ellami

73. Khalil Taghavi/Netherlands

74. Mina Taghavi/Netherlands

75. Karim Haghi / Netherlands)

76. Khaled Taghavi/Netherlands

77. Zaghik Babakhani/Netherlands

78. Hamid Balfan/Netherlands

79. Maryam Jahanfard/Netherlands

80. Mohammad Karami/France

81. Javad Firozmand/France

83.Mehdi Sojodi/Germany

83. Mehrdad Sagharchi/scandinavia

84. Ali Jahani/ Germany

85. Majid Rohi/Denmark

86. Parvin Jafari/Denmark

87.Roya Haratipour/Norway

88.Bashir Hamdardzadeh/Sweden

89. Javid Hosseini/Greece

90. Mohammad Satari/NOrway

91. Jalil Hasimi/DEnmark

92. zayd Rahmanpour/Norway

93. Ashraf mohammadi/Norway

94. Hamid Balfan/Netherlands

95. Noor Dara/Netherlands

96. Soheyla Behboodi/Germany

97. Nasrin Behboodi/Netherlands

98. Kazem Hosseini/Netherlands

99. Ali Ghashghavi/ Germany

100. Amir Movasaghi/Germany

101. Edvard Tormado/Germany

102. Armineh Tormado/Germany

103. Behzad Alishahi/Netherlands

104. Nahid Amiri/Netherlands

105. Alireza Mirasgari/Germany

106. Mohsen Abaslo/Austria

107. Alireza Naghashzadeh/Germany

108. Elham Kakavand/Netherlands

109. Ali Akbar Rastgo/Germany

110. Majed Dara/Netherlands

111. Noryeh Dara/Netherlands

112. Nona Abdollahi/Netherlands

113. Ali Taghavi /Netherlands

114. Mehdi Fadayee/Germany

115. Khaled Taghavi/Netherlands

116. Yorik Ebrahimiyan /Germany

117. Farideh Barati/Netherlands

118. Mahbobeh Barati/Netherlands

119. Arash Moghadam/Netherlands

120. Batool Soltani

121. Armin Seraj/Netherlands

122. Kardo Dara/Netherlands

123. A Abkhaziyan/Germany)

124. Narineh Artesh/Germany

125. Ali Zirak/Netherlands

126. Sara SAdeghi/Germany

127. Bahadoor Khorami/Netherlands

128. Jafar Gonjeshki/Denmark

129. Jamshid Charlang/Germany

130. Ali Sheykhi/Netherlands

131. Hesam Sheykhi/Netherlands

132. Reza Sadeghi/Belgium

133. Eman Vaseti/Netherlands

134. Khalil Vaseti/Netherlands

135. Faramarz Pashayee / Canada

136. Mohammad Nabi Soleyman Nejat/Canada

137. Khoshnam Hesami/Canada

138. Hassan Saberi/Canada

139. Mehrzad Zardoshtiyan /Netherlands

140. Ghodrat Hamidi/Canada

141. Hasheh Mirza/Netherlands

142. Ershak Naghdali/Netherlands

143. Ebrahim Manaf/Netherlands

144. Sava Manaf/Netherlands

145. Amir Atefeh/Netherlands

146. Sanaz Dara/Netherlands

147. Saeed Soltanpour/Canada

148. Mahnaz Alavi/Netherlands

149. Christin Karkhaziyan/Germany

150. Habib Asadollahi/Germany

151. Millad Ariyayee/Germany

152. Ali GHashghavi/Germany

153. Shadi Doosti/Netherlands

154. Hassan Haghi/Netherlands

155. Mostafa Rahmani/Germany

156. Amir Movasaghi/Germany

157. Saeedeh Jabani/Netherlands

158. Maryam Vaseti/Netherlands

159. Hossein Ghanbari/Finland

160. Mansour Nazari/France

161. Hossein Naghdi/Germany

162. Mohammad Razzaghi/France

163. Nader Naderi/France

164.Yahya Haghjo/Sweden

165. Faramarz Niksefat/Denmark

166. Sepideh Aref/France

167. Dr. Farzad Rahnama/Carolina, USA

168. Mohammad Allavi/France

169. Shiva Mostafavi/France

170. Mehran Taghiabadi/France

171. Jamshid Peyvasteh/Netherlands

172. Mehrdad seyyedian/ Norway

173. Eshrat Fallah / Norway

174. Amir Taherloo / Sweden

175 . Shiwa Mostafavi / France

176. shokoufe Bayat /Sweden

177. Fateme Soleymani / Norway

178. Ali Mirzayi / Norway

179. Ashraf Amrolahi / Sweden

180. Ahmad Nooraei / Germany

181. Zohre Shams / gemany

182. Heydar Ghadiri /

Cc:

Relevant departments in EU and Iraq
Other Relevant recipients

June 27, 2010 0 comments

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Letter to the Director General of the ICRC (182 signatories)

Director General, Mr. Angelo Gnaedinger,

International Committee of the Red Cross
We are the signatories to the statement of the seminar in “support for the families of victims of the Rajavi cult in Camp Ashraf, Iraq” which took place on the 19th of June 2010 in Paris.
19 avenue de la Paix
CH 1202 Geneva

Dear Mr Gnaedinger,
We are the signatories to the statement of the seminar in “support for the families of victims of the Rajavi cult in Camp Ashraf, Iraq” which took place on the 19th of June 2010 in Paris.
Our aim is to put pressure on the leaders of the Rajavi cult (Mojahedin Khalq Organisation) to allow visits between the captives in camp Ashraf and their families, as one of the most basic human rights for any captive person.

These families, after years not being able to travel to Iraq and years of uncertainty about the fate of their children, now have had the chance to travel to post-Saddam Iraq in order to discover the situation of their loved ones held captive in Ashraf garrison. It is now over 4 months that they have been picketing outside the gates of the camp in the harsh conditions of the desert, without much in the way of facilities, hoping to visit their loved ones.

Although the right to have visitors is one of the accepted rights for any prisoner, it is unfortunate that the leaders of the Rajavi cult block any attempt at reunion and meeting between these captives and their old and tired mothers and fathers. They have announced, in their own cult jargon language, that any contact with family members is considered as a sin.
It is with regret that we must announce that the situation is so bad that after four and a half months of picketing not only has the aim of meeting their loved ones not been achieved, but the leaders of the Mojahedin Khalq have constantly harassed these parents using abusive and threatening language against them. On some occasions, physical attacks on the families have also been reported.

Dear Sir,
Documents and evidence of the violent history of abuse of human rights by the cult of Rajavi (Mojahedin Khalq) clearly shows that during the past two decades, the leaders of the cult have forbidden any kind of affection or love between family members and have considered it as a sin and a punishable crime. The cult members are expected to only show affection and love to the leader solely.

Rajavi, using the opportunity provided by the fallen dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, has used the past two decades to create an atmosphere inside camp New Iraq (formerly Ashraf) in which any marriage, friendship, writing letters, exchanging photos, using telephone, meeting and chatting or any relation between parents and children or between siblings or other relatives has been forbidden and even thinking about it would have resulted in severe, violent punishment and suppression.

We call on all international bodies as well as all relevant governments. We ask specifically from your good self to intervene in a purely humanitarian role and convince the leaders of Mojahedin Khalq to allow free visits between the families and their children outside the walls of camp Ashraf in the presence of representatives of the ICRC and put an end to this hardship and misery.

Signatories:
1.Abas Sadeghi/Germany

2.Rana Samadzadeh Aghdam/Sweden

3. Maryam Ahmadi/Sweden

4. Hossein Samadzadeh Aghdam/Sweden

5. Ariya Abdollahi/Norway

6. Javad Abolhosseini/Netherlands

7. Alireza Bashiri/Norway

8.Batool Maleki/Switzerland

9.Massoud Jabani/ Netherlands

10.Mohammad Hossein Sobhani/Germany

11. Hadi Shams Haeri/Netherlands

12. Noshin Bashiri/Norway

13. Tovartan Babakhani/Netherlands

14. Tamin Abdollahi/Norway

15. Rabeae Shahrokhi/Sweden

16. Hashem Payro/Norway

17.Hamid Yazdanfar/Norway

18Jafar Ahmadi/Norway

19.Maryam Taheriyan Pajoh/Sweden

20.Mehdi Ahmadi/Sweden

21.Omid Ahmadi/ Sweden

22.Massoud Khodabandeh/England

23. Ayob Kord Rostami/Canada

24.Farshid Ahmadi/Sweden

25. Farid Armideh ,The son of Aliakbar Armideh/Sweden

26. Saeed Armideh ,The son of Aliakbar Armideh/Sweden

27.Mitra Yosefi/Sweden

28. Naser Rezvani/Sweden

29. Farshid Nazari/Norway

30. Farzad Farzinfar/SWeden

31. Nima Parniya/Norway

32. Anne Singleton/England

33. Saeed Khodabakhsh/Canada

34. Parvin Haji/Canada

35. Fereshteh Hosseini/Denmark

36. Parya Dabiryan/Greece

37. Hassan Faraji/Sweden

38. Omid Ariyapoor/ Norway

39. Faramarz Afshari/Greece

40. Elham Norouzi/Canada

41. Soheyla Norouzi/Canada

42. Babak A/France

43. Alireza Nasrollahi/France

44. Mostafa Mohammadi/Canada

45. Shan Kord Rostami/Canada

46. Marlen Kord Rostami/Canada

47. Bahareh Nikbakht/France

48. Hassan Piransar / France

49. Hamed Sarrafpour/France

50.Alireza Nabavi/Sweden

51. Anika Nabavi/Sweden

52.Sara Nabavi/sweden

53.Rohi Aslani/Sweden

54.Zahra Makari/Sweden

55. Kenar Jasem Ali/Netherlands

56. Horiyeh Mohammadi/Canada

57.Shirin Aghvami/Sweden

58. Zari Aghvami/Sweden

59. Mehri Nasiri/Sweden

60. Gholam Shirali/Norway

61. Habib Khorami/Netherlands

62. Marziyeh Gonjeshki/ Netherlands

63. Mahbobeh. Hamzeh /Canada

64.Narmin Jasem Ali/Netherlands

65. Zahra MOhammadi/Netherlands

66. Mohammad mohammadi/Canada

67. Morteza Mohammadi/Canada

68.Hamid Tavana /Netherlands

69. Mohammad harati/Netherlands

70. Tol Malavi

71. krigoriyan

72. Mohammad ellami

73. Khalil Taghavi/Netherlands

74. Mina Taghavi/Netherlands

75. Karim Haghi / Netherlands)

76. Khaled Taghavi/Netherlands

77. Zaghik Babakhani/Netherlands

78. Hamid Balfan/Netherlands

79. Maryam Jahanfard/Netherlands

80. Mohammad Karami/France

81. Javad Firozmand/France

83.Mehdi Sojodi/Germany

83. Mehrdad Sagharchi/scandinavia

84. Ali Jahani/ Germany

85. Majid Rohi/Denmark

86. Parvin Jafari/Denmark

87.Roya Haratipour/Norway

88.Bashir Hamdardzadeh/Sweden

89. Javid Hosseini/Greece

90. Mohammad Satari/NOrway

91. Jalil Hasimi/DEnmark

92. zayd Rahmanpour/Norway

93. Ashraf mohammadi/Norway

94. Hamid Balfan/Netherlands

95. Noor Dara/Netherlands

96. Soheyla Behboodi/Germany

97. Nasrin Behboodi/Netherlands

98. Kazem Hosseini/Netherlands

99. Ali Ghashghavi/ Germany

100. Amir Movasaghi/Germany

101. Edvard Tormado/Germany

102. Armineh Tormado/Germany

103. Behzad Alishahi/Netherlands

104. Nahid Amiri/Netherlands

105. Alireza Mirasgari/Germany

106. Mohsen Abaslo/Austria

107. Alireza Naghashzadeh/Germany

108. Elham Kakavand/Netherlands

109. Ali Akbar Rastgo/Germany

110. Majed Dara/Netherlands

111. Noryeh Dara/Netherlands

112. Nona Abdollahi/Netherlands

113. Ali Taghavi /Netherlands

114. Mehdi Fadayee/Germany

115. Khaled Taghavi/Netherlands

116. Yorik Ebrahimiyan /Germany

117. Farideh Barati/Netherlands

118. Mahbobeh Barati/Netherlands

119. Arash Moghadam/Netherlands

120. Batool Soltani

121. Armin Seraj/Netherlands

122. Kardo Dara/Netherlands

123. A Abkhaziyan/Germany)

124. Narineh Artesh/Germany

125. Ali Zirak/Netherlands

126. Sara SAdeghi/Germany

127. Bahadoor Khorami/Netherlands

128. Jafar Gonjeshki/Denmark

129. Jamshid Charlang/Germany

130. Ali Sheykhi/Netherlands

131. Hesam Sheykhi/Netherlands

132. Reza Sadeghi/Belgium

133. Eman Vaseti/Netherlands

134. Khalil Vaseti/Netherlands

135. Faramarz Pashayee / Canada

136. Mohammad Nabi Soleyman Nejat/Canada

137. Khoshnam Hesami/Canada

138. Hassan Saberi/Canada

139. Mehrzad Zardoshtiyan /Netherlands

140. Ghodrat Hamidi/Canada

141. Hasheh Mirza/Netherlands

142. Ershak Naghdali/Netherlands

143. Ebrahim Manaf/Netherlands

144. Sava Manaf/Netherlands

145. Amir Atefeh/Netherlands

146. Sanaz Dara/Netherlands

147. Saeed Soltanpour/Canada

148. Mahnaz Alavi/Netherlands

149. Christin Karkhaziyan/Germany

150. Habib Asadollahi/Germany

151. Millad Ariyayee/Germany

152. Ali GHashghavi/Germany

153. Shadi Doosti/Netherlands

154. Hassan Haghi/Netherlands

155. Mostafa Rahmani/Germany

156. Amir Movasaghi/Germany

157. Saeedeh Jabani/Netherlands

158. Maryam Vaseti/Netherlands

159. Hossein Ghanbari/Finland

160. Mansour Nazari/France

161. Hossein Naghdi/Germany

162. Mohammad Razzaghi/France

163. Nader Naderi/France

164.Yahya Haghjo/Sweden

165. Faramarz Niksefat/Denmark

166. Sepideh Aref/France

167. Dr. Farzad Rahnama/Carolina, USA

168. Mohammad Allavi/France

169. Shiva Mostafavi/France

170. Mehran Taghiabadi/France

171. Jamshid Peyvasteh/Netherlands

172. Mehrdad seyyedian/ Norway

173. Eshrat Fallah / Norway

174. Amir Taherloo / Sweden

175 . Shiwa Mostafavi / France

176. shokoufe Bayat /Sweden

177. Fateme Soleymani / Norway

178. Ali Mirzayi / Norway

179. Ashraf Amrolahi / Sweden

180. Ahmad Nooraei / Germany

181. Zohre Shams / gemany

182. Heydar Ghadiri /

June 24, 2010 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

Statement of the gathering in Paris

Statement of the gathering in Paris in support of the families of the victims of Rajavi cult in Camp Ashraf Iraq

With faith in the generosity of people, with the aim of rejecting all kinds of violence, terrorism and Statement of the gathering in Paris in support of the families of the victims of Rajavi cult in Camp Ashraf Iraq cultish behaviours and with the aim of helping the families of the victims of Rajavi cult in Camp Ashraf – Iraq, more than 200 human rights activities are participating in this gathering on the 19th of June 2010 in Paris.

No doubt, in the present circumstances, Iranian society inside and outside the country is in need of peace and awareness more than ever. We see it as our duty to create an atmosphere in which these could be achieved and therefore we reject all kinds of violent ideologies as well as all kinds of cultish beliefs. We believe that dialogue and interaction between different ideas could and should be the way forward. The people gathered here include human rights groups and activists, experts in cults and anti terrorism, as well as families of the victims who have joined us in this gathering.

As the majority of the participants in this gathering are ex members of Mojahedin Khalq Organisation, the following statement is designed to be the focal point for the future co-operation between the signatories as well.

1- We believe that the Mojahedin Khalq Organisation led by Mr. Massoud Rajavi and Mrs. Maryam Rajavi during the past three decades with their insistence on the two parameters of Ideology and Military, have changed the organisation in to a religious-terrorist cult. The brainwashing of the members is aimed at diminishing any resistance to the lifetime leadership of Rajavi and his wife Maryam. The leader of the cult was engaged in mercenary work for Saddam Hussein, the former dictator of Iraq, and in return Saddam allowed the leadership and members of Mojahedin Khalq to be transferred to Iraq where the leadership had all the tools needed to suppress the critics in the known atmosphere of Saddam’s era. Massoud Rajavi and Maryam Rajavi tortured their critics in solitary confinement and if this would not lead to the desired result and the resistance against them persisted, then in co-operation with the Secret Services of Saddam’s regime they would send their victims to the prisons of Iraq, one of which was the infamous Abu Ghraib prison, from where ten surviving inmates (ex MKO members) are available here to testify in any international court.

2- Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, in order to deceive and legitimise their activities and to garner support for the Mojahedin Khalq Organisation, portray themselves s the only democratic alternative to the Iranian regime. This is an organisation which, according to an overwhelming number of European diplomats working in Iran, enjoys no support among the people inside Iran. We ask all international policy makers and politicians and governments not to use such terrorists as Massoud and Maryam Rajavi as tools for short term benefits. This is no more than giving ransom to terrorists when practically all the people of Iran have complaints against them.

3- We the supporters and signatories to this statement warn that after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the leaders and high ranking members of the Mojahedin Khalq have escaped to European countries, taking with them whatever money and documents were given to them by the fallen regime before its collapse. They are using known faces in European parliaments as lobbyists to whitewash their history of terrorism and long-lasting cooperation with Saddam’s dictatorship, and either reject the abundant documents available or to try to legitimise them with excuses. The ideological, organisational, financial and military relation between the MEK and the Baath Party of Saddam is not a secret. Films and documents of the joint criminal activities of Rajavi and Saddam are available and presentable to any court.

4- We announce our support for the French government’s correct move on 17th June 2003 that resulted in the arrest of Maryam Rajavi and over 160 high ranking members of this terrorist cult. We also denounce and deplore the order by the leadership of the cult which ended in self-immolation of some cult members in the streets of Paris in June 2003. We thank the foreign minister of France Mr. Kouchner for his stance against terrorism and announcing this group to be a terrorist group. We ask the French Judiciary to expedite consideration of the complaint files filed by the victims of the Mojahedin Khalq against the leaders of the cult

5- We support the Iraqi government in its attempt to remove the Mojahedin Khalq forces from their country and deplore the various plots of the MEK leadership to prevent the Iraqi government from carrying out its responsibilities; plots which have already resulted in the death of some members. The responsibility for the outcome of such plots, which aim to prevent the transfer of members to wherever they want to go, is solely on the shoulders of the leaders of the cult.

6- Maryam Rajavi who resides in Auvers-sur-Oise in France is working on the concept of keeping the structure of the terrorist cult intact if and when the Iraqi government does remove the MEK forces from Iraq. She wants to have the whole organisation transferred intact to one of the European countries, most probably France or one of the Scandinavian countries. She is planning to re-start her terrorist activities from this new HQ in the heart of Europe. We, the participants of this seminar warn that the presence of the Mojahedin Khalq terrorist organisation is a serious threat to the safety of the people in European countries.

7- The participants in this seminar believe that many victims of Rajavi cult in Ashraf camp once they are freed will need psychological care and attention as they have been exposed to very long term psychological manipulation. For this reason we ask the ICRC, UNHCR, Médecins Sans Frontières, etc to visit and interview every one of the captives separately and evaluate their situation and needs.

8- We condemn the continuous harassment, character assassination and physical attacks carried out by the Mojahedin Khalq Organisation on the direct order of Massoud and Maryam Rajavi in Europe against ex members and critics of the cult as well as Iranians abroad who ask simple questions from the leadership of this organisation.

9- We believe that political and social struggle can not and should not undermine humanitarian feelings and family bonds. Therefore we ask the Mojahedin Khalq leaders to respect these feelings and let the families of those captive in Camp Ashraf visit their loved ones without the presence and harassment of cult leaders. We also call on these leaders to cancel the order of ‘no marriage’ inside the Mojahedin Khalq immediately.

10- Concerning the above paragraph, we ask the governments of Iraq, the US and European governments to become more active concerning the situation of the people trapped in Camp Ashraf by the Mojahedin Khalq leaders; to take more responsibility and act to secure the minimum of human rights, including the right of family visits, right to access to news and media and the right of choosing their future.

At the end we announce to the families of the victims picketing in front of camp Ashraf who have been trying to visit their loved ones for the last four months:

1- Your loved ones are our brothers and sisters. We have suffered alongside these people for years and surely we will stand with you until the day that they are released.

2- We assure you that all the interviews and whatever you hear from them on tapes are made under direct pressure of the organisation and we assure you that their hearts beat for you and that it is only your unconditional family love that can overcome the effects of these pressures.

3- We will do our best to bring your voice to the attention of international society and we adore your resilience and patience.

4- We are as aware as you are about the threats posed to the residents of camp Ashraf. We are afraid of what may possibly happen and will try our best to prevent it by bringing it to the attention of the outside world. We also ask you to neutralise these treats by your presence and vigilance.
On behalf of the Signatories

The conference committee
Paris, June 19, 2010

June 24, 2010 0 comments

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Families’ picket in front of Camp Ashraf continues

Today’s Coverage from Iraqi media

A group of Iranian families have been picketing in front of Camp New Iraq (formerly Ashraf) demanding access to their children who have been kept inside.
The organisers of this picket say that there are a large number of their children inside the camp but the leaders of the Mojahedin Khalq Organisation do not let them meet their families. The families emphasised that they have no choice except to sit in front of the gates of the camp until they are given access to their loved ones.
They are also asking all international humanitarian organisations as well as the United Nations office to engage [with the problem] and provide them with access to their children.

Al Mashregh, June 21, 2010
The Iraqi Ambassador in Tehran announced that Iraq will not let anyone use its soil to attack neighbouring countries. Press TV reported Mohammad Majid Al Sheikh as saying: “Iraq will not allow the Mojahedin Khalq Organisation, or any other armed group, use its soil to carry out attacks against Iran”. Iraqi authorities have repeatedly demanded that the members of this organisation leave Camp Ashraf and Iraqi territory. The problem is, no other country in the world is willing to accept them”.

Addustour, June 21, 2010
The Iraqi government rejected allegations that it has decided to attack Camp Ashraf. An official said that: “The Government of Iraq is serious and working towards expelling the Mojahedin Khalq from the country, but fighting in not a solution. We will resolve this problem through peaceful means. The future Government of Iraq has the responsibility of ending the presence of this group in Iraq. During its presence [in Iraq] this organisation has been deeply involved in security issues and has been a helping hand to the late regime in suppressing the people of Iraq.

Bader, June 21, 2010
Political and social personalities and heads of Iraqi tribes condemned the Mojahedin Khalq Terrorist group’s blockage of meetings between the members and their families. The head of Khalis province said: “A delegation of local officials and tribal personalities have travelled to the camp in order to put pressure on the leaders of the Mojahedin Khalq Organisation to let families reunite with their children on companionate and humanitarian grounds but it is unfortunate that this initiative as many previous ones failed”.

Daraddustour, June 21, 2010
Link to the original news (Arabic)
http://www.daraddustour.com/التفاصيل/tabid/94/smid/427/ArticleID/21804/reftab/58/Default.aspx

June 23, 2010 0 comments

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Second report on 19th June families’ gathering

Second report on the 19th June 2010 gathering of the families outside Ashraf garrison

As you were informed previously, some chiefs of tribes as well as officials of Diyala province in Iraq participated in the gathering of the families outside Ashraf garrison and delivered speeches for them. These people went there with the intention of trying to pursue the leaders of Rajavi cult to let the families visit their loved ones, but their attempt failed like the earlier ones and they even faced insults and horrific behavior from the elements of the cult.

if even one person is forced to stay in this confinement garrison against his or her will, we would not leave this place

When the chiefs and officials directly learned about the rules and regulations inside Rajavi cult told by the freed members, they were astonished and described them totally in contradiction with Islamic codes and social norms. They admitted that they did know about the collapse of morals in that cult to this extent.

some chiefs of tribes as well as officials of Diyala province in Iraq participated in the gathering of the families outside Ashraf garrison and delivered speeches for them

They invited the families to travel to the centre of province (city of Baquba) and speak in the gathering of officials and chiefs of the province and also they announced that they are prepared to set an exhibition for the people of the province to let them know more about the nature of MKO.
Describing about topics such as compulsory divorces, weekly immoral sessions, the view of the cult about family, free thinking, friendship with other members and so on inside the cult amazed them and the reporters present in the gathering. Chiefs of tribes of the province of Diyala called such relationships inhuman and disgusting.

In this regards the Iraqi paper Badr wrote on 20th June 2010 quoting the deputy governor of the city of Khalis (the city near to the Ashraf garrison): “a delegation from the local authorities and tribe personalities went to the Ahraf camp to persuade the leaders of MKO to let the families to visit their relatives on humanitarian grounds, but their attempt failed exactly like the previous ones”.

During this gathering formed outside Ashraf camp, the leaders of the cult brought a few mind manipulated elements to insult and threaten the families. This action well exposed the nature and the situation of Rajavi cult.

Also in a telephone contact between the gathered people and the conference in Paris, Ms Abdullahi and Mr. Akbarzadeh described the situation on behalf of the families. In this conversation which was simultaneously broadcasted for the Paris conference as well as the gathering outside Ashraf camp, Ms Batul Soltani, former member of the MKO leadership council, said in Paris: “your action made us to move more jointly and you all must be sure that we would not rest a moment until we fulfill your demands”.

Ms Abdullahi said: “if even one person is forced to stay in this confinement garrison against his or her will, we would not leave this place. It is nearly 5 months that we are sitting in this place and everyday we learn more about the wicked character of Rajavi cult. We are not afraid of the threats made by the leaders of the cult. Today many reporters and a number of local chiefs and officials are our guests (at this moment the participants in Paris conference applaud)”.

Mr. Iman Yeganeh who has recently been freed from the captivity of the cult talked to the reporters gathered around him and explained about the internal relationship and physical and psychological situation of the members and revealed many facts for them.

The news of the mentioned gathering was covered by many Iraqi and international news agencies, radios, televisions, and newspapers.

June 23, 2010 0 comments

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Camp Ashraf Families of Mojahedin Cult Offered Solidarity by Paris Conference

A conference in Paris on Saturday asked international human rights organisations to be more involved in rescuing victims trapped in a violent cult in Iraq. Families and ex-members of the Iranian Mojahedin-e Khalq (MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult) linked up from Paris with the families who have camped outside Camp Ashraf in the Diyala province of Iraq for over four months. In Iraq, tens of journalists and local tribe leaders joined the families, while in Paris, Swiss author Anton Gessler, Dutch journalist Nelly Tomasini and MKO expert Massoud Khodabandeh analysed the group.

The families’ only demand is unrestricted visits with relatives outside the camp. In a telephone link up with Iraq, Soraya Abdollahi, speaking for the families, thanked supporters, saying, "We have no choice but to stay and insist on our and our children’s’ minimum rights." Camp Ashraf (now Camp New Iraq) has housed Mojahedin-e Khalq members for thirty four years. Once allies of Saddam Hussein, the leaders disarmed in 2003 when American forces attacked their bases. But Mojahedin leaders, Massoud and Maryam Rajavi refused to surrender to the allied forces or Iraqi authorities and for seven years have held their followers hostage inside the camp. Members have no access to outside information and are subjected to a daily regime of indoctrination and hard labour.

Iman Yeganeh, who escaped the camp in April 2010 after 22 years of captivity, described the situation for people inside the MKO as despairing. He said, "People are being told the Iraqis will kill them if they leave. Knowing about Saddam’s security services, when I left I believed I would be killed. Even then I had to plan carefully how to finally get out." In Iraq, victims and their families are helped by Sahar Family Foundation; established in 2008 by ex-members and families with support from Iraq’s authorities who also want to see a swift end to the self-imposed MKO siege. From Iraq, the website www.SaharNGO.com was announced, providing up-to-date information about the camp.

The conference, attended by people from Europe and North America, produced a statement stressing that more must be done to challenge the stalemate at the camp where 3400 people are imprisoned by cult leaders. The statement also forms the basis of a cooperative working document for the next year between the Camp Ashraf families and the conference delegates.

June 22, 2010 0 comments

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