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Iraqi govt threats to Iranian refugees in Ashraf condemned

We condemn the threatening remarks of Iraqi government against the Iranian refugees in Camp Ashraf

by Dirk Claes

According to news agencies in a meeting in Baghdad, on 31 July, Faleh Fayaz, the national security advisor of Prime Minister Maliki said that extension for the closure of Camp Ashraf has ended and from now Iraq will take measures towards its lawful and legitimate responsibilities to enforce Iraq’s sovereignty. He was quoted as saying, “Iraq says will force out Iran dissident group”.

His threatening remarks to use force and violence was after Iraq was encouraged by the remarks by the UN envoy in Iraq, Martin Kobler against Ashraf residents on 20 July at the UN Security Council which he thanked Iraq for its “patience” and “generosity”. So far nearly 50 residents including 8 women were brutally massacred in two separate attacks in 2009 and 2011. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels

Petition gegen die Abschiebehaft irakischer Flüchtlinge in Schweden/Please sign the petition and spread!

The Iraqi parliament has now decided to not accept forced deportations from Europe to Iraq. Despite the plea form Iraq, Sweden ignores the agreements of return previously signed, which states that no expulsions may take place by force.

This notwithstanding the criticism from the UN, Amnesty International and the EU. Since 2009, Sweden has, as one of few
european countries, forcibly deported around 1690 Iraqis. Within the recent months, white buses with covered registration plates and company logos have been used for the mass deportations of iraqis. Unfortunately, the media hasnâEUR^(TM)t covered what has happened during a forced deportation. The only documentations existing of the mass deportations
are taken by the activists who have been on site towitness and protest.

http://bambuser.com/v/2740596

 

Please sign the petition and spread!*

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Release_all_Iraqi_refugees_from_detention_centers_in_Sweden_1/?feUZwab&pv=1

Sign to:
- immediately release the refugees imprisoned in the Migration
BoardâEUR^(TM)s detention centers.
- demand a new trial for the Iraqi asylum seekers so that they can
obtain a residence permit.

Bericht des UNO-Generalsekretärs zu politischen und sicherheitsrelevanten Entwicklungen – Irak

Bericht des UNO-Generalsekretärs zu politischen und sicherheitsrelevanten Entwicklungen [ID 222085]

Dokument öffnen Periodischer Bericht: Third report of the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 2001 (2011) [S/2012/535]

Iran Moves to Bolster Iraq’s Beleaguered Premier Maliki

Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. 

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6:15 a.m. IRDT, 17 Khordad/June 6 Amid a surge of bombings and assassinations in Iraq carried out by Sunni militants and moves to hold a no-confidence vote in parliament that could unseat Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Iran has been taking steps to support his embattled administration. (In the accompanying photo, taken in Tehran in April, Maliki is seen between Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.) The Associated Press reports,

On Monday, one of the linchpin partners in al-Maliki’s government, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, traveled to Iran for talks, government officials said. A day earlier, al-Sadr urged al-Maliki to “do the right thing” and resign, but it remains unclear whether al-Sadr will bow to Iranian pressure in the end. [...]In April, al-Maliki was given a red carpet welcome during a visit to Tehran, where he had spent some time as an anti-Saddam activist. Iran delivered an even bigger reward to al-Maliki in May: bringing the nuclear talks with world powers to Baghdad as a symbol of the city’s slow rebound from war and as a showcase of Iran’s close ties. [...]

“There is some Iranian pressure on [Iraqi] President [Jalal Talabani] not to send the letter to parliament [requesting the no-confidence vote] and to support al-Maliki,” said a lawmaker of al-Maliki’s political bloc, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to discuss sensitive political dealings with reporters.

Hamid al-Mutlaq, a Sunni lawmaker from the Iraqiya bloc, was more blunt: “The Iranian interference annoys us a lot. [...] Iran is a big player in Iraqi politics.” Lies den Rest dieses Artikels

Briefs | Court Mandates U.S. Decision on MEK

giuliani1_0.jpgOn June 1, a U.S. District Appeals Court ruled that the Obama administration must finally decide within four months whether or not to remove the Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK) from the State Department’s list of foreign terrorist groups. The decision was a partial victory for the controversial Iranian opposition movement. It has long pressured Washington through both a court petition and a high-profile public relations campaign to be taken off the list.

In a press statement after the decision, the State Department said its position on the MEK has been under review since a court mandate in 2010, but that it “intends to comply” with the new court’s order to determine the group’s legal or illegal status in the United States.

The State Department added that the MEK’s cooperation in relocating thousands of members from Camp Ashraf and the closure of that main paramilitary base in Iraq would be “key factors” in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s decision. The MEK has been slowly and reluctantly moving its members to a former U.S. military base further from the border with Iran. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels

UNHCR-Richtlinien zur Beurteilung internationaler Schutzbedürftigkeit von Asylsuchenden aus dem Irak

31.05.2012 - UN High Commissioner for Refugees  Quellenbeschreibung anzeigen

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UNHCR-Richtlinien zur Beurteilung internationaler Schutzbedürftigkeit von Asylsuchenden aus dem Irak (Hintergrundinformationen; wichtigste Urheber von Verfolgung und Gewalt; gefährdete Gruppen; sicherheitsrelevante Vorfälle und zivile Opfer; interne Fluchtalternative / Relokation; Ausschlussgründe) [ID 218425]

Dokument öffnen Gutachten oder Position: UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Iraq

Khorramshahr, 30 years after iraq/iran war

TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA) — The anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war is an unforgettable day in the history of Iran.

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Once Upon A Time In Iran – Full Movie

The 2007 documentary by Channel 4 about the ideology behind Iranian Shiism. The role of Imam Hussein and Islam among the Iranian people, the struggle between good and evil in contemporary politics and society viewed through the historical glasses of the tragic Karbala incident. Iranian pilgrims visit the tomb of Imam Hussein that tells their own hidden stories. Channel 4 attempts to reveal the mysterious martyrdom culture of Iranians to the British public.

A steady drumbeat of leaks suggests that the US and/or Israel may attack Iran sometime over the coming months. Once Upon a Time in Iran is a road movie featuring pilgrims and presidents: a journey to the spiritual heartlands of the Iranian people and a tale of martyrdom that defines their view of aggressors and the outside world.

Irak: “Iraq and the Kurds: The High-Stakes Hydrocarbons Gambit”

Quelle: International Crisis Group

Irak: “Iraq and the Kurds: The High-Stakes Hydrocarbons Gambit”

Bericht zu zunehmenden Spannungen zwischen der Föderalregierung und der kurdischen Regionalregierung im Zusammenhang mit Ressourcen und umstrittenen Gebieten im Nordirak [ID 214523]

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Iran Document: The Repression, Abuse, and Execution of Iranian Kurds

The five Iranians executed in May 2010Our colleagues at Arseh Sevom, pursuing civil society in Iran, profile a new report documenting the violations of the rights of Iranian Kurds, including intimidation, lengthy prison sentences, and the death penalty:

Soon it will be two years since the executions of four Kurdish activists shocked the international community. One of those executed was the teacher Farzad Kamangar, whose plight had been the focus of an international campaign. Ali Heydarian, Farhad Vakili, and Shirin Alamhouli were also hung, as was political prisoner Mehdi Eslamian. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels

SWP: Irans nördliche Nachbarschaft

Kaukasische Ängste vor einer Eskalation des Atomstreits

SWP-Aktuell 2012/A 22, April 2012, 4 SeitenIm Südkaukasus befürchten Regierungen, ihre Region könnte in eine militärische Eskalation des Konflikts um das iranische Atomprogramm hineingezogen werden. Dies gilt besonders für Aserbaidschan, dessen Beziehungen zur Islamischen Republik Iran in politischer, ethnisch-demographischer und religiöser Hinsicht heikel sind. Auch in Armenien und Georgien wächst die Besorgnis, dass die diplomatische Regelung des iranischen Nuklearkonflikts hinter militärischen Optionen zurücktritt. Vor diesem Hintergrund soll hier ein Blick auf die iranisch-kaukasischen Beziehungen geworfen werden.

Source: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

MP calls on Iranian refugees to take files to Iraqi House of Representatives

SULAIMANIYA, April 19 (AKnews) – Iranian refugees in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region can take their issues to the committee of human rights at the Iraqi House of Representatives so as to be followed up, said a committee member.

ashuaq jaf, ashwaq jafThe committee will insert the demands in its agenda and will propose it to the House, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Kurdistan parliament and government, said MP Ashwaq Jaf.

There are hundreds of Iranian refugees, most of them Kurds, who have been living in Kurdistan for more than 10 years. Despite this, they have not been issued citizenship and have been deprived of many rights enjoyed by fellow Iranians in other countries.

Fuad Abbasi, a 30-year-old Iranian Kurdish refugee in the Kurdistan Region, said so far neither the UN nor the Kurdish government has responded to demands for citizenship.

Abbasi, who has been living in the region as a political refugee since 2001, accused the UN “as the major party responsible” for refugees of “playing with our destiny every year”.

He called on the UN and the Kurdistan government to “make our destiny clear because in any democratic country… refugees are granted citizenship after five years and enjoy the full rights as the rest of the citizens in that country”.

Abbasi also demanded the government not to treat the refugees as “fuel of the tensions between Baghdad, Erbil and the UN”.

He complained that some of the refugees suffer from serious health conditions and need to be treated abroad but since they are banned in Iran and they do not have an Iraqi passport they have to suffer the pain for the rest of their lives.

“Every day we should dig a grave for our beloved ones,” he said.

Last year AKnews conducted a report in Soran city, Erbil province. In this city alone it was reported that there were more than 450 Iranian women who married Iraqi Kurdish men, but most of them after 20 years of marital life were not naturalized as Iraqi citizens.

By Idris Abu-Bakir

Irak, Iran: “Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf) residents and the determination of their refugee status claims”

Quelle: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Irak, Iran: “Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf) residents and the determination of their refugee status claims”

Aktualisierte Fassung kurzer Anmerkungen zu BewohnerInnen des Camps New Iraq und der Überprüfung ihres Anspruchs auf Flüchtlingseigenschaft [ID 211398]

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Irak: “Report on Joint Finnish-Swiss Fact-Finding Mission to Amman and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Area, May 10-22, 2011″

Quelle: Finnish Immigration Service

Irak: “Report on Joint Finnish-Swiss Fact-Finding Mission to Amman and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Area, May 10-22, 2011″ , Autor: Finnish Immigration Service & Federal Office for Migration (Switzerland)

Bericht über eine Fact-Finding-Mission in die Autonome Region Kurdistan (Sicherheitslage, Politik, Wirtschaft, Exekutive, Menschenrechte, Frauen & Kinder, Minderheiten, RückkehrerInnen, ausländische Flüchtlinge, Gesundheitsversorgung, IrakerInnen in Jordanien & Syrien) [ID 210354]

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پناه جویان وپناهندگان در کردستان عراق ازامنیت معیشت وحقوق انسانی واجتماعی برخوردار نیستند

No to Deportation to Iran!

بسیاری ازپناهجویان که به کردستان عراق روی می آورند اغلب کردستان را به عنوان گذرگاهی برای رسیدن به کشوری امن انتخاب می کنند .اما اکثر این پناهجویان در کردستان عراق ساکن میشوند و از طریق نمایدندگی یوان درسلیمانیه و اربیل مصاحبه و کارت پناهندگی دریافت میکنن.
پناهجویانی که درکردستان عراق ساکن هستنداز هیچ امکانات مادی و معنوی از طرف حکومت اقلیم کردستان برخوردار نیستند ونمایندگی یو ان در کردستان به وضعیت موجود رسیدگی نمی کند و نکرده است و در شرایط سخت ودشواری به سر میبرند .

این درحالی است که به دلیل هم مرز بودن وروابط نزدیک حکومت اقلیم کردستان وحکومت مرکزی عراق با حکومت اسلامی ایران امنیت صدها فعال سیاسی که به کردستان پناه آورده اند در خطر است .وبارها شاهد زندانی کردن و شکنجه و آزار اذیت و دیپورت پناهجویان ایرانی بودیم .وطبق گذارش ها در اوایل سال 2011 بیش از 45 نفر از پناهجویان ایرانی که بخشا فعال سیاسی بودن بدون محاکمه از طرف حکومت اقلیم کردستان به ایران دیپورت شدند.

درفصل زمستان نمایندگی یوان درکردستان به دلیل سرد بودن و گران بودن سوخت که قیمت هر بشکه نفت سفید به110 دلار میرسد به پناهجویان وپناهندگان تنها یک بشکه نفت سفید می دهند .که به دلیل اطلاع رسانی نکردن لازم بسیاری از آنها موفق به دریافت نفت نمیشوند .

درپایان سال 2011نمایندگی یو ان شهراربیل به همه پناهجویان وپناهندگان نفت سفید دادند اما در شهر سلیمانیه اعلام شده که فقط خانواده پناهندگانی که وضعیت نامناسب معیشتی دارند می توانند نفت دریافت کنند.

این اولین باری نیست که نمایندگی یوان درکردستان عراق دست به چنین کاری میزند وهمین اندک حقوق پناهنده و پناهجویان رابرای پرکردن جیبهایشان پایمال میکنند .

لازم به ذکر است که در کردستان عراق پناهنده و پناهجو از لحاظ امنیت معیشت وحقوق انسانی واجتماعی هیچ فرقی باهم دیگر ندارند این در حالی است که باید سازمان یو ان و حکومت اقلیم کردستان تا زمانی که پروسه برسی پرونده پناهجو به پایان می رسد امکانات زندگی از جمله امنیت، مسکن و تغذیه و دارو فراهم کندوزمانی به عنوان پناهنده پذیرفته میشود باید ازحقوق شهروندی وامنیت برخوردار باشد.که هیچ پناهنده یا پناهجویی از این حق برخوردار نیستند وتنها فرقی که بین پناهجو و پناهنده در کردستان عراق مشاهده میشود تغییردادن کلمه پناهجو به پناهنده روی کارت پناهندگی است و دلیل آن این بی توجهی نمایندگی یو ان است که نمیتواند به امور پناهندگی در کردستان عراق رسیدگی کندوباید تمامی پناهجویان را به کشوری امن منتقل کنند.

France24:The noose tightens around Iranian refugees at Camp Ashraf

The noose tightens around Iranian refugees at Camp Ashraf

The Iraqi government has announced that it plans to close Camp Ashraf, home to more than 3,000 Iranian dissidents by the end of the year. But the decision that has put the international community in a difficult position.

By Marc DAOU (text)

During his visit to the US this week, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has a number of issues on the agenda, primarily the December 31, 2011, withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq. But at Camp Ashraf – home to more than 3,000 Iranian dissidents in Iraq – all eyes are set on whether Maliki’s visit could bring a resolution to a looming crisis over the future of the refugee camp.

December 31 also happens to be the deadline set by Maliki’s government to dismantle the camp, which is situated in Iraq’s Diyala province about 60 kilometers north of Baghdad.

A sprawling camp that emerged in the mid-1980s, Camp Ashraf is a base of the People’s Mujahideen Organization of Iran (PMOI), a resistance group opposed to the Iranian theocratic regime and reviled in Tehran. Under former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the group – which is also called the Mujahideen Khalq – mounted attacks against the Iranian government

Following the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the camp was disarmed and secured by US troops until 2009, when the US turned the camp over to the Iraqi government. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels

EU-Abgeordneter setzt sich für iranische Dissidenten im Irak ein

Brüssel - Der EU-Abgeordnete Struan Stevenson hat die Europäische Union am Mittwoch aufgefordert, die Schließung eines Lagers iranischer Dissidenten im Irak zu verhindern. Stevenson ist im EU-Parlament Vorsitzender des Ausschusses für Verbindungen zum Irak. Der irakische Ministerpräsident Nuri al-Maliki will Camp Ashraf zum Jahresende schließen. Dort halten sich etwa 3.400 Angehörige des Iranischen Widerstandsrats auf, die zu Zeiten Saddam Husseins bewaffnete Vorstöße gegen den Iran unternahmen. Nach Angaben von EU-Vertretern will ein Drittel der Lagerbewohner eine Amnestie des Irans zur Rückkehr nutzen. Die übrigen könnten in andere Länder.

Bevorstehende Schließung von Camp Ashraf weckt Befürchtungen um Bewohner

Britische Parlamentarier haben die britische Regierung, die Europäische Union und die Vereinigten Staaten dringend zur Einbringung einer Resolution im UN-Sicherheitsrat aufgefordert mit dem Ziel, Blauhelm-Soldaten der Vereinten Nationen im Camp Ashraf im Irak einzusetzen, um ein Massaker beim Abzug der US-Truppen gegen Ende dieses Jahres zu verhindern, so UPI am 26. Oktober 2011Amnesty International hat zum selben Thema die irakische Regierung, die das Lager demnächst auflösen will, aufgefordert, die Frist zu verlängern. Amnesty International zeigt sich betroffen, dass mit der geplanten Schließung des Lagers im Dezember 2011 den 3.250 iranischen Langzeitbewohnern Menschenrechtsverletzungen drohen könnten. Das Lager sei bereits mehrfach von irakischen Sicherheitskräften angegriffen worden, wobei es Dutzende von Toten und Verletzten gegeben habe. Allein am 8. April dieses Jahres seien 36 Lagerinsassen das Opfer exzessiver Gewaltanwendung geworden. Ende Juli 2009 habe es bereits neun Tote gegeben. Die Kontrolle über das Lager ist im Juni 2009 auf die irakische Regierung übergegangen, die ihren Druck seitdem kontinuierlich verstärkt. Viele der Lagerinsassen sind Mitglieder der Volksmudjahedin des Iran. Die Ankündigung des irakischen Präsidenten Talabani, das Lager Ende dieses Jahres zu schließen, ist eine politische Geste gegenüber dem Iran. Residenten des Lagers werfen der irakischen Regierung vor, eine friedliche Lösung für das Camp Ashraf zu behindern und sich die Option offenzuhalten, gegen Ende des Jahres Umsiedlungen der Bewohner so vorzunehmen, dass sie in der Gefahr stehen, an den neuen Wohnorten getötet zu werden oder im Lager selbst Opfer neuer Attacken zu werden.

Iraq signs ‘death warrant’ on Iran exiles: European Parliament

- Iraq has served a virtual “death warrant” on some 3,400 Iranian dissidents exiled in a camp north of Baghdad, the head of the European parliament’s delegation for relations with Iraq said Friday.

MEP Struan Stevenson said the Iraqi embassy in Brussels had sent a letter to the European parliament tantamount “to a virtual declaration of war on the UN and international community and a death warrant” for residents of the Ashraf camp. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels

Iraq: Need to ensure the protection of the residents of Camp Ashraf

Geneva11 November 2011The OMCT calls on the authorities of Iraq to ensure the full respect for the rights of the residents of Camp Ashraf located in Iraq and on the international community to step up its efforts to prevent serious human rights violations and the forcible return of its residents to Iran in violation of the principle of non-refoulement.

“The deadline set by the Iraqi government to close Camp Ashraf by the end of 2011 without a safe solution for its residents, causes an acute risk of grave and serious human rights violations”, said Gerald Staberock, Secretary General of the OMCT.
The Iraqi government has repeatedly stated that the camp should be closed and its residents expelled from Iraq. Recent statements by Iraqi’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to close down the camp by the end of 2011 without a safe solution for its residents are all the more alarming. The OMCT recalls that Iraq has clear obligations under international human rights law to ensure the safety of the camps residents’ and that it is prohibited to forcible return them to Iran, where they may face torture, ill-treatment and other serious human rights violations.

Empfehlung: Colour of Paradise (Die Farbe Gottes) Rang-e Choda

Colour of Paradise (Die Farbe Gottes)

Iran 1999

Verleih: Advanced Film
Regie und Drehbuch: Majid Majidi
Darsteller/innen: Hossein Mahjoob, Salameh Feyzi, Mohsen Ramezani, Behzad Rafeiey, Morteza Fatemi u. a.
Produktion: Varahonar Film Co.
Kamera: Mohammad Davoodi
Laufzeit: 88 min

Lies den Rest dieses Artikels

EU benennt Vermittler für Camp Ashraf

Die EU hat laut Reuters den ehemaligen belgischen EU-Botschafter Jean De Ruyt beauftragt, sich in Zusammenarbeit mit den Vereinten Nationen, der irakischen Regierung und anderen für eine Lösung der Krise in Camp Ashraf einzusetzen. Das rund 65 Kilometer von Bagdad entfernte Lager ist die Basis der iranischen Volksmudjahedin (PMOI), die einst auf der Seite Saddam Husseins gegen den Iran kämpften. Von den USA wird die Organisation als terroristische Vereinigung angesehen, die EU strich sie 2009 von ihrer Terrorliste. Seit dem Sturz Saddam Husseins sind die rund 3000 Einwohner des Lagers von Menschenrechtsverletzungen bedroht. Das Lager wurde bereits Schauplatz blutiger Zusammenstöße zwischen irakischen Sicherheitskräften und Bewohnern, mehr als 30 Bewohner wurden dabei getötet. Struan Strevenson, Leiter der Irak-Delegation des europäischen Parlaments, bezeichnete die Ernennung De Ruyts als Vermittler als einen Durchbruch, der „eine Srebrenica-artige Katastrophe“ in Camp Ashraf verhindern könne. Nach Stevensons Angaben sollen die Einwohner des Lagers UN-Flüchtlingsstatus bekommen und in EU-Staaten und anderen Drittstaaten aufgenommen werden, fügte jedoch hinzu, das dieser Prozess noch länger andauern könne.

Religious Allegiances among Pro-Iranian Special Groups in Iraq

Author: Reidar Visser

Pro-Iranian “Special Groups” are once more the focus of attention in Iraq. As the United States prepares to withdraw its forces from Iraq at the end of 2011, the U.S. military has highlighted increasing paramilitary activity by the Special Groups, supported with weapons and explosives from Iran, as a potential threat to political stability in the years ahead. Yet it is not accurate to suggest that all Special Groups share the same relationship with the regime in Tehran.

This article explores the religious allegiances of pro-Iranian Special Groups in Iraq. The links between militant groups and religious authorities are investigated for four such groups: Kataib Hizb Allah, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, the Promised Day Brigades and the Badr Organization. It is concluded that Kataib Hizb Allah and Asaib Ahl al-Haq are most closely integrated into the tradition of the Iranian revolution, but also that an exclusive focus on the Special Groups and their ties to the Iranian clergy involves missing the wood for the trees. With signs of increasingly close ties between the Da`wa Party of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Iranian clergy, the study of the activities of the Special Groups in isolation from the broader Iranian strategy in Iraq is somewhat myopic.

Lies den Rest dieses Artikels

Iran: Wikileaks Dokumente hier online

Ab sofort befinden sich hier alle bisher veröffentlichten Wikileaks Iran-Dokumente online. Von 2006 bis zum Jahre 2010.

Allerdings möchten wir darauf hinweisen, wir verzichten bei der Veröffentlichung auf die Nennung der Informanden, deren Schutz wichtiger ist, als deren Veröffentlichung.

September 3, 2011: Global Demonstrations in Defense of People in Iraqi Kurdistan and against the Atrocities of the Islamic Republic of Iran & the Turkish Government!

An entire family of seven was killed in attacks by the Turkish and Islamic Republic regimes on civilians in Iraqi Kurdistan.

What is happening?
For the past several weeks, people in Iraqi Kurdistan have been the targets of military operations by both the Islamic Republic of Iran and by the Turkish military.

The Turkish government and the Islamic Republic claim that the reason they are launching air and ground assaults in this region is to defend against attacks by armed militants. But in fact, these governments are attacking villages, farms, livestock, and civilian vehicles. They are targeting the people in Iraqi Kurdistan, and using the armed militants as an excuse to justify their atrocities.

Lies den Rest dieses Artikels

Berlin/Essen/Frankfurt: Demonstration vor türkischen Einrichtungen – Freitag, 26. August · 15:00 – 16:30

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مرزهای مشترک کشورهای ایران، عراق و ترکیه که عمدتا محل سکونت شهروندان کرد در این کشورها هستند در طول یک ماه گذشته بر اثر حمله نیروهای نظامی ارتش ترکیه و سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی دست خوش یک فاجعه بزرگ انسانی شده اند. صدها خانواده مجبور به ترک محل زندگی خود شده و نزدیک به بیش از 10 شهروند عادی که در میان آنها چند کودک خردسال و یک زن وجود دارند بر اثر حملات نظامی در مناطق غیر نظامی کشته شده اند.جهت محکوم نمودن این حملات و مطلع کردن جامعه جهانی و افکار عمومی کشورهای اروپایی از فاجعه انسانی در حال وقوع در مناطق کردستان، ما جمعی از فعالان ساکن شهرهای مختلف آلمان، روز جمعه، 26 آگوست، ساعت 3 بعداز ظهر به وقت اروپای مرکزی، با گردهمایی مقابل سفارت کشور ترکیه، این جنایت ضد بشری را محکوم خواهیم کرد.

همچنین از فعالان سایر کشورهای سراسر جهان نیز دعوت می کنیم تا با برگزاری تجمعات مشابه در شهرهای محل سکونت خود، در اعتراض به این فاجعه انسانی با ما هم صدا شوند.

کمیته مشترک ضد سرکوب کردستان

آدرس محل برگزاری هر شهر به شرح زیر است و اطلاعات تکمیلی متعاقبا اعلام خواهند شد.

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The Latest from Iran (16 August): An Election Revelation?

1448 GMT: James Miller is back. Hopefully, he and his coffee will bring the “live” back to the “liveblog.” Luckily, Scott Lucas, despite still being on vacation, has sent a few updates to kick things off:

On the Telly. A poll in 31 provincal centres points to all the contradictions of watching satellite TV, which is formally illegal in Iran.

Viewing is up from 34% to 42% since last year, with those “very interested” rising from 28% to 34% and those with “no interest” falling from 40% to 35%.

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Iran News Round Up (August 15)

Politics

Deutscher Bundestag: Kleine Anfrage- Die aktuelle Situation im Lager Ashraf (Irak) / Fraktion DIE LINKE

Kleine Anfrage
der Abgeordneten Thomas Nord, Jan van Aken, Christine Buchholz, Wolfgang
Gehrcke, Andrej Hunko, Niema Movassat, Alexander Ulrich, Kathrin Vogler und
der Fraktion DIE LINKE.

Die aktuelle Situation im Lager Ashraf (Irak)

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Lutherstadt Wittenberg: Kurden im Nahen Osten – Ein Volk kämpft für seine Rechte, 27. September 2011, 17.30 Uhr


  Die Samstagsmütter der kurdischen Metropole Diyarbakir in der Türkei erinnern an ihre verschwundenen Söhne, Foto: Ahmet Ün
27. September 2011Der GfbV-Nahostreferent, Dr. Kamal Sido, wird am 27. September 2011 über das Thema “Kurden im Nahen Osten – Ein Volk kämpft für seine Rechte” in Lutherstadt Wittenberg (06886) informieren. Die Veranstaltung beginnt um 17.30 Uhr. Leider ist bisher nicht bekannt, wo genau in Wittenberg die Veranstaltung stattfindet. Wir werden diese Information nachreichen. In seinem Vortrag wird der Referent die aktuelle Situation der Kurden in der Türkei, im Iran, in Syrien aber auch im Irak schildern. Anschließend erhalten die Anwesenden die Möglichkeit, Fragen zu stellen oder mit eigenen Beiträgen die Diskussion bereichern. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
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