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
