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Iranian Regime Continues To Kill Civilian Kurds

Kurdistan National Congress   Feb 22, 2006

In the past week in East Kurdistan (Iran) during attacks on mass demonstrations by the Iranian security forces a total of 11 civilians were killed, 250 people were wounded, 40 heavily, and 800 were taken into custody.

The wounded are afraid to go to hospital for fear of the state, and families are unable to get any information on the wounded taken into custody.

People are forcibly taken into custody, their homes are raided and they are tortured. It was the day of the seventh anniversary of the illegal capture of the Leader of the Kurdish people Mr. Abdullah Ocalan as part of an international conspiracy.

The Kurdish people in Iranian Kurdistan in many cities democratically protested the event with mass demonstrations calling for the freedom of Mr. Ocalan.

 It is the legitimate and democratic human right of a people to organise democratic mass demonstration expressing their loyalty to their National Leader. However, the Iranian regime has demonstrated yet again that they refuse to tolerate this legitimate and democratic right, and they responded brutally with police and military forces obstructing and killing demonstrators.

The following cities in Iranian Kurdistan are danger places which pose a serious threat for the Kurds: Mahabad, Nexede, Piransehr, Meriwan, Sine, Kirmansah, Urmiye, Soma, Mako and Poldesit.In the cities of Mako, Poldesit and Soma 11 people lost their lives. For this reason special attention needs to be paid to the military build up, tensions and continuing siege. Intense pressure is also building up for people in the region to become village guards and act as paramilitary forces for the state.

All these developments indicate that the situation could escalate any time. The Kurdish people facing a serious situation of injustice where there is no recourse to any democratic law and human rights.

We call on the international community to the end the deaths and destruction that has continued till today. Democratic public opinion should not keep silent, it must take any action necessary to stop this.

The Kurdish people who have suffered oppression and injustice by the regional states should not be left alone. Kurds have always insisted on and called for democracy, freedom and human rights.

We call on the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), European Parliament (EP), Council of Europe, and the United State of America:This is not just about the Kurdish people, but for peace, stability, democracy, human rights, and freedom of the entire region and everyone and every organization must act responsibly.

The attacks on the Kurdish people must be stopped immediately and a solution should be found for the Kurdish question and pressure should be brought to bear on the Iranian State as tomorrow may be too late.