{"id":14417,"date":"2022-12-03T12:38:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T09:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/?p=14417"},"modified":"2022-12-03T12:38:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T09:08:30","slug":"asila-protest-outside-the-albanian-immigration-and-border-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/14417","title":{"rendered":"ASILA protest outside the Albanian immigration and border police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA) held a demonstration outside the Albanian immigration and border Police in Tirana. The gathering was held on Thursday, December 1st, to protest against the arrest of six members of the association. The Iranian and Albanian members of Asila voiced their protest against the unreasoned detention of these people, expressing solidarity with them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14421 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-8.jpg\" alt=\"ASILA protest outside the Albanian immigration and border police\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-8.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-8-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-8-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-8-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hassan Heyrani, Mehdi Soleimani, Ali Hajari, Hassan Shahbaz, Ehsan Bidi and Gholamreza Shekari, defectors of the Mujahedin-e Khalq and members of ASILA have been kept in isolation in a camp in Kare\u00e7, the detention center of Albanian foreign nationals, without any reason to be mentioned by the Albanian immigration Police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-4.jpg\" alt=\"ASILA protest outside the Albanian immigration and border police\" width=\"1000\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-4-600x311.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-4-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-4-768x398.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this gathering that lasted for an hour, the director of Asila, Dr. Dashamir Mersuli called for the release of the association\u2019s arrested members and also asked the Albanian Immigration Police to at least state the reason for imprisoning these people. \u201cThese Iranians have their own families here and some of them are going to have babies,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are determined to pursue the reasons of such a decision asking for their release.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-1.jpg\" alt=\"ASILA protest outside the Albanian immigration and border police\" width=\"1000\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-1-600x341.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-1-768x436.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The protesters, including the wives of four of the detained members, carried placards with photos of their husbands on, complaining about the unlawful detention of these former members of the MEK.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-7.jpg\" alt=\"ASILA protest outside the Albanian immigration and border police\" width=\"1000\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-7-600x293.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-7-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-7-768x375.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lirije Abazi, the wife of Gholamreza Shekari, married a few months ago, said, \u201cRegardless that we are married to Iranian men, we are Albanians who ask the Albanian immigration and border police to respond our appeal.\u201d<br \/>\nOther members of the Asila Association, including Hamid Atabai, a recently escapee from the MEK\u2019s camp located in Manez, in north of Tirana, asked for the release of their colleagues and friends in ASILA. \u201cOur friends are not problem makers,\u201d Atabay said. \u201cThey just work hard to provide their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14423 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-6.jpg\" alt=\"ASILA protest outside the Albanian immigration and border police\" width=\"1000\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-6-600x307.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-6-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asila-Albania-Met-20221202-6-768x392.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rahman Mohammadian, who has lately published the book, \u201cFrom Prison to Prison\u201d, his memoirs of involvement in the MEK in Albanian language, called for liberation of his friends. He wants a reason for the arrest of his friends asking the Albanian authorities, \u201cIsn\u2019t it a hoax played by the MEK?\u201d he asked. \u201cThat is why you have not given us any reason for their isolation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are here to express solidarity with our friends whose detention is unjust and unreasonable,\u201d said Khalil Ansarian, MEK defector and a member of ASILA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Association for the Support of Iranians Living in Albania (ASILA) held a demonstration outside the Albanian immigration and border Police in Tirana. 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