500 prominent political personalities, parliamentarians and jurists from 40 countries and five continents demand basic rights for Liberty residents (MEK members); and formal recognition of NCRI

New York, New York (United States) (OFFICIAL WIRE ) June 23, 2012 Leave a Comment
•No more excuses. No more lies. We want action on Camp Ashraf/Liberty”-Vice President of the European Parliament Aleco-Vidal Quadras ,Villepinte
•We pledge support to Millions in Iran and men and women, at the front line of freedom fighters in Liberty. It is for the truth for Freedom and not riches and glory that we fight for.” -President of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iraq, Struan Stevenson
•We encourage Clinton to delist MEK if not the Court shall undo the injustice inflicted on the pro-democracy group.”-The EP delegation
-Contrary to its official pledge on February 16, the U.S. has unfortunately violatedits commitment. Instead, it is insisting that Ashraf residents move to a prison just for a mere promise, and if they reject going to prison, the illegal designation will continue and they will be accused of cessation of negotiations and not cooperating. Hereby, the oppressed is replaced by the oppressor once again.”-Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian resistance, Villepinte, June 23, 2012

This afternoon, Saturday, June 23, the largest gathering of exiled Iranians with the participation of hundreds of political personalities, legislators and jurists with different political tendencies from 40 countries around the world, called for taking a firm stance vis-à-vis Iran and recognition of the National Council of Resistance of Iran by the world community.
Through its strongest protest against turning Camp Liberty into a prison, the gathering urged the United Nations, the U.S. and the European Union to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Ashraf and Liberty. The simple demands included:
-The guarantee of the rights of residents to ‘asylum-seekers of concern’ under the Fourth Geneva Convention
-The UN-US observers to force Iraq to stop its cruel restrictions against the residents
-Secretary Clinton to immediately implement the US court’s ruling to rid the unjust designation against the Iranian Resistance; a devastating policy has been used to justify two massacres in Ashraf, execution and torture of lots of members and sympathizers of the MEK inside Iran while imposing brutal limitations against Iranians in the United States.
-Iraq-UN to respect and realize the basic 6 demands: providing water and electricity vital for survival of residents; keep Iraqi assault units out of camp; prevent Iranian Intelligence agents from intrusions into the camp; recognize Liberty as a Refugee Camp; Allow belongings of residents be transferred with them and their immobile assets be sold to provide support for the refugees.
The key speaker of the massive gathering reported by CBS News to be 100 000, was Mrs.Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian resistance. She described the writ of the Federal Court of Appeal in Washington against the illegal tag on the PMOI as a great historical achievement and said: “Through this designation, they sought to disavow the right of the Iranian nation to the regime change; but the resistance proved that right. This policy, which is used to preserve the Mullahs’ regime, and has been a big obstacle in the path of Iranian people’s freedom, and has had no use other than preparing the ground for massacre of Ashraf residents, has to be eradicated.” She added, “I hope Mrs. Clinton would personally put an end to this illegal designation.”
With regard to developments and the situation of residents of Ashraf and Liberty, Mrs. Rajavi said, “In recent months, Ashraf residents accepted to relocate from Ashraf in the context of an international solution. To let this solution proceed, they relinquished many of their basic rights. Nevertheless, what was supposed to be a voluntary relocation, turned to be forcible one due to Iranian regime’s conspiracies, repeated violation of commitments by the GOI, and the inaction of the UN and the U.S. It was an imposed relocation whose memorandum of understanding lacks the requests made by Ashraf residents; even though the specified items in the said MOU has not been honored. This plan is in practice as sending Ashraf residents to a prison. The Temporary Transit Location (TTL) plan has failed completely, particularly due to inhumane approach of the GOI. Ashraf residents have announced that they won’t go to Liberty anymore so long as their most basic rights continue to be trampled.
Mrs. Rajavi called the failed negotiations between the p5+1 and the Mullahs’ regime as the failure of Mr. Obama’s engagement policy for four years and said: “Those who present the nuclear threat with little importance are betraying their own people and the whole world. Those who depict the world as having no solution in the face of Mullahs’ nuclear threat are guilty. It is possible to put an end to nuclear threat of this regime and its sole solution is regime change which is the responsibility of the Iranian people and Resistance whose desire is a free of suppression and non-nuclear Iran and an Iran without Velayat-e faqih (supreme religious leader).”
On behalf of the participating delegations from 40 countries, dozens of prominent figures delivered their speeches in this great gathering. The program was presided over by Anne-Marie Lizin, former President of Belgian Senate; Patrick Kennedy, Member of US House of Representatives (1995-2011); David Amess, Member of British Parliament; Lars Rise, the President of the Norwegian committee of Friends of a Free Iran; and Jean-Pierre Béquet, member of the Valdoise Provincial Council and mayor of Auvers-sur-Oise.
Some of the speakers were,:
From U.S.: Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York and presidency candidate (2008); Gov. Ed Rendell, Chair of the Democratic National Committee (1999-2001) and Governor of Pennsylvania (2002-2011); Bill Richardson, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of New Mexico (2003-2011); John Bolton, former US Ambassador to the United Nations); Judge Michael Mukasey, US Attorney General in the bush Administration (2007-2009); Ambassador Mitchell Reiss, former Director of Policy Planning at the US Department of State (2003-2005); Robert Torricelli, former Senator; Robert Joseph, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Ambassador Phillip Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State (2009-2011); Linda Chavez, former White House Director for Public Liaison; a number of former military commanders including Gen. George W. Casey, Army Chief of Staff and commander of Coalition forces in Iraq (2004-2007); Gen. James Conway, 34th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps; Gen. David Phillips, Commander of U.S. Military Police (2008-2011); Col. WesleyMartin, former Senior Anti-terrorism Force Protection Officer for all Coalition Forces in Iraq and Commander of Forward Operation Base in Ashraf; Lt. Col Leo McCloskey, Commander of Forward Operation Base in Ashraf until 2009; Glenn Carle, former Deputy National Intelligence for Transnational Threats; and Clarence Page, The 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner for Commentary.
From European Parliament: Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Vice President of the European parliament; Struan Stevenson, President of Delegation for Relations with Iraq of the European Parliament; Tasha de Vasconcelos, humanitarian Ambassador for European Union;
From France: Philippe Douste-Blazy, Former French Foreign Minister and to the UN Secretary General; Bruno Le Roux, chair of the socialist group in the French Assembly; Senateur Jean-Pierre Michel, co-president of the French Committee for a Democratic Iran; Jean-Pierre Brard former member of the French National Assembly; Dominique Lefebvre, Mayor of Cergy and member of National Assembly; Aude de Thuin, Founder and president of the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society; Cynthia Fleury, professor of political philosophy from American University in Paris; and Yves Bonnet former director of the French DST.
From Algeria: Sid Ahmed Ghozali, former Prime minister, and Anissa Boumediene, lawyer and former first Lady;
From UK: Brian Binley, MP from the House of Commons;
From Switzerland: Remy Pagani, Mayor of Geneva; Jean-Charles Rielle, Head of the Geneva City Council; Eric Voruz, member of the Swiss Parliament;
From Germany: Rita Sussmuth, Former President of the German Bundestag; Professor Günter, Commissioner of Europe (1999-2009); Otto Bernhardt, Chairman of the German Committee of solidarity with free Iran;
From Italy and San Marino: Emma Bonino,Vice-President of Italian Senate, former European Commissioner and former
Italian Minister of International Trade; Carlo Ciccioli, co-Chair of the Italian Committee of Parliamentarians and citizens for a free Iran;
From Nordic countries: Geir Haarde, former Prime Minister of Iceland;
From Ireland: Ambassador John Bruton, Former Irish Prime Minister; Dara Murphy, foreign spokesman for Ireland’s ruling Fianna Fail party;
From Palestine: Nejat Boubakir, member of parliament;
From Jordan: Nariman Al-rosan, member of Parliament;
From Colombia: Ingrid Betancourt, Former presidential candidate;
From Romania: Raymond Luca, a senior member of the foreign affairs committee;
From Canada: David Kilgour, former minister;
From Albania: Pandeli Majko, Former Prime Minster; and
From Afghanistan: Shokrieh Peykan, member of parliament.