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behzad1917



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 9:36 pm    Post subject: Support Iranian asylum seekers Reply with quote

Belgian Government threatens Iranian asylum seekers

European countries are stepping up their war against asylum seekers with plans to establish a new list of safe countries. While they call this policy new, it is in fact continuation of old policies implemented step by step to further criminalize, isolate, the asylum seekers and bring about the demise of the right to asylum which had lost its usefulness after the end of the Cold War. They needed it then to show they were pro-human rights in relation to Eastern Bloc. In order to justify their policies, they play on people's real concerns about the rise of the far right in European countries. Asylum seekers are being scape-goated for EU right wing failed policies.

Many of asylum seekers are fleeing Iran. This country has been one of the major sources of refugee flow over the past two decades; in the past, many were granted asylum. Today, however, asylum seekers including Iranian asylum seekers are being called 'illegal migrants' "bogus" or "economic immigrants". The condition in Iran has not changed, even have worsened. Islamic Republic of Iran under the role of fundamentalism is the capital of the world for execution, torture and stoning to death however the rate of recognition for Iranian asylum seekers has fallen dramatically. One of the main reasons is that European countries have been expanding their economic and political relations with Islamic Republic of Iran which is one of the most notorious and repressive regimes in the world.

Expanding economic relations with Iran has impact on Iranians both inside the country and in exile. Working class in Iran is already suffering from privatization and corruption; expanding economic relations with this corrupt system exacerbate the conditions for working class in Iran. Iranian in exile suffering from this policy by being refused to enjoy political asylum.

The latest scandalous decision by EU on asylum seekers on 6th of November is that in future they give temporary permission to stay for 6 month to victims of smugglers; however this is conditional and is based on co-operation of asylum seekers with police and security forces to capture smugglers. And is based on who they will recognise as victims of smugglers!

One of the EU countries which have strong economic and political ties with Islamic Republic of Iran is Belgium. The degree of the Belgian government's ties with the Islamic regime of Iran can be seen clearly in its high number of refusal for Iranian asylum claims.

The Belgian government is negotiating with Iranian authorities to deport Iranian asylum seekers whom asylum claim has been refused; the general situation in Iran is proof enough that these asylum seekers would suffer persecution upon their return.
On 19th of September, 17 Iranians left the Petit Chateau detention centre in Brussels for the ULB (University of Brussels) after receiving orders to leave the country. Dozens of their compatriots, also hoping to be granted political asylum in Belgium, joined them until some 250 were camping out on the ULB campus. Of the protesters, 31 have been on hunger strike for the past 20 days.

They need our support urgently, because if we can win in this protest, then we can defeat other EU countries in their anti asylum policies. In solidarity we can support their protest by sending fax or calling to Belgian interior minister or Belgian Refugee Commission. You cal also sign a petiotion online to support those are in strike.

Belgian Interior Ministry, Tel: 003225048511, Fax: 003225048500
Belgian Refugee Commission, Tel: 003222055107, Fax: 003222055115
Petition online: http://www.petitiononline.com/IRSY/petition.html



Behzad Javaheri
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 10:34 pm    Post subject: Petition Reply with quote

Behzad - it is a very important petitions.. I have sent it to a few hundred of my contacts.. Continue to fight! Do you come on this chat board much? Lets get a serious discussiong going.. What else can we do other than sign petitions... Letter campaigns to government officials?

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 8:58 am    Post subject: Defend asylum right Reply with quote

Please contact belgian authorities either by phone or by fax, or sign the petition online and send it to friends, contact details for belgian authorities:

Belgian Interior Ministry, Tel: 003225048511, Fax: 003225048500
Belgian Refugee Commission, Tel: 003222055107, Fax: 003222055115
Petition online: http://www.petitiononline.com/IRSY/petition.html

Many Thanks

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 12:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Please make sure to sign this important petition. Thank-you

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 4:04 pm    Post subject: s Reply with quote

Spenta wrote:
Please make sure to sign this important petition. Thank-you

Ba Sepass


Definitely Did -

We need to send Bush letters too and encourage him to say good things when he goes to England!!!

What do you think Spenta????
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In my opinion,Bush' last speech made me realize that he is the greatest president of the recent times.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Someone has posted insults in my blog:
they read like this:

"Why do you hate Iran so much and Iranians? Why do you want war against them? Leave them alone, let them change their own country. No one in Iran wants the monarchy back. No one in Iran wants the current mullahs either. What we want is a democracy build on principles of human rights. Not a man who's father slaughtered thousands of our people. Or a man who wants a constitutional monarchy. Remember, he was the same man who less than 2 years ago advocated his position as a shah. Then he changed his position when he knew it was unpopular and is currently supporting the democratic movement and a referandum by which he supports a constitutional monarchy. Ultimately his concern is not for the Iranians its for himself. And although his goal is regime change, one can never neglect his intention. It was that mistake that got us here in the first place. We as Iranians want change. We want to change our own government and our own society. That is our god-given right, for us to decide who rules, not that of external powers and certainly not that of a monarch. If you support Iran and Iranians, don't be blinded by propaganda."


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I'm not a regime loyalist. I believe in the freedom of Iran and I believe in a democratic Iran and I believe that it should be done by Iranians. My only concern is that there's a lot of people out there who say they support Iranians but only for to acheive their own goals. It is clear that Reza Pahlavi and his monarchists are of this branch. Does a monarchy benefit the people? No, it benefits the monarch. Only a democracy can be good for us and only if we bring it about ourselves will it fit us. Thats the problem with SMCCDI as you noted and the various "free Iran" blogs you listed. 30 years ago Khomeini did the same thing and because everyone wanted freedom they listened. Less then a year later Iranians themselves were stabbed in the back. Lets not allow the same thing to happen again, to allow those who use freedom as a pretext for their own ambitions to stab us in the back. Support democracy, not the monarchy which you currently endorse."

I am trying to understand who this guy is..
Surely he would an anti-iranian marxist so-called "opponent".
You cannot call a marxist a human rights activist.
He wants to bring another dictatorship to Iran..
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Once for all i clear who i am... I am not a member of Berlusconi's political party.

2)I am a member of the Transnational Radical Party,which is a Libertarian,Free-Market,pro-American,pro-Israel,ANTI-CLERICAL,ANTI-PROHIBITIONIST,ANTI-DEA
TH PENALTY ( WE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHICH REALLY ARE FIGHTING AT THE EU PARLIAMENT,IN THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT AND AT THE U.N. TO BAN THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE WORLD) AND SPECIALLY A PRO-HUMAN RIGHTS PARTY.

OUR PARTY IS TRANSNATIONAL BECAUSE IT ACCEPTS PEOPLE FROM EVERY COUNTRY AND WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM MANY COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD,INCLUDING IRAN,IRAQ,AFGHANISTAN,LAOS,VIETNAM,CUBA,RUSSIA,CHECHENYA,ISRAEL,ETC.. AND WE HAVE FRIENDS AMONG THE NEOCONS AND EVEN AMONG THE DEMOCRATS ( LIKE GEORGE SOROS) WHICH SHARE WITH US ONE OF OUR MAIN CHALLENGES. TO BUILD A WORLD COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES,IN PLACE OF THIS U.N. WHICH IS FULL OF TIRANNIES WHICH CLAIMS THE RIGHT TO HAVE A VOICE.
OUR STRUGGLES EVEN AT THE U.N. COSTS US A LIKELY EXPULSION FROM THAT BODY FOR OUR CONDEMNATION OF THE MANY REGIMES WHICH SIT AT THE U.N. AND OUR STRONG DEFENSE OF THE OPPRESSED PEOPLE WHICH DEMAND FOR HELP TO THE U.N.
WE ARE AGAINST THE PARTITOCRACY AND OUR PARTY HAS MEMBERS FROM EVERY POLITICAL,SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND,INCLUDING MODERATE SOCIALISTS(SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS),MODERATE LEFTISTS,MODERATE RIGHTISTS,SECULAR AND ANTI-CLERICAL FORCES,EVERY ONE OF US IS UNITED UNDER AN ONLY FLAG: THE FLAG OF OUR VALUES WHICH ARE FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY FOR EVERY MAN AND WOMAN OF THIS EARTH.

SOMETIMES AND OFTEN WE DEBATE SO MUCH OUR DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON SEVERAL ISSUES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME OPINIONS ON ALL THE ISSUES.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHICH ADMIRE THE NEOCONS ( LIKE ME AND THE SECRETARY OF THE PARTY,DANIELE CAPEZZONE AND THE HISTORIC NON-VIOLENT LEADER MARCO PANNELLA),BUT THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE THAT ADMIRE GEORGE SOROS AND NOT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION.
BUT EVERY ONE OF US IS FREE TO THINK WHAT HE/SHE WANTS.

OUR PARTY WAS THE ONLY ONE WHICH ,IN THE 1970'S ,THROUGH HUNGER STRIKES ( AND SATHIAGRA) AND NON-VIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE,HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE REFERENDUM IN FAVOR OF THE LEGALIZATION OF ABORTION AND DIVORCE.

THE OTHERS,INCLUDING THE COMMUNISTS AND THE SO-CALLED LEFTIST "FEMINISTS" HAVE TALKED SO MUCH BUT THEN THEY PREFERED TO STAY HOME.
THIS IS THE TRUTH.

AND WE ALSO ARE READY TO DO CIVIL DESOBEDIENCE ( NON-VIOLENT) NOW THAT AN ULTRA-PROHOIBITIONIST LAW HAS BEEN APPROVED,WHICH ARREST ALSO THOSE WHO USE MARIJUANA FOR THEMSELVES.

SOME OF SMCCDI ALSO ARE OUR MEMBERS OR ADMIRERS.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 5:31 pm    Post subject: s Reply with quote

stefania wrote:
In my opinion,Bush' last speech made me realize that he is the greatest president of the recent times.


It was a good speech Stefania - but the speech doesn't get us anywhere unless it is acted upon.. Wait and see.. lets hope for the best, but if he acts on his words then he really is going to go down as a great presidetn!!!!
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Compared to John Kerry,Howard Dean,Jack Straw that praise Khatami! Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 5:45 pm    Post subject: trur Reply with quote

stefania wrote:
Compared to John Kerry,Howard Dean,Jack Straw that praise Khatami! Crying or Very sad


true, but it's not the best Idea to get your hopes up and then see that it doesn't happen.. so better to hope for the best, wait and see.. always have faith..
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah..but i think that optimism helps a lot..

You know,Liberty prevails everywhere sooner or later!!

Liberty is the Good and Tiranny is the Evil !

The good always prevails over the Evil,sooner or later!
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