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Iran: Removal of PMOI from terror list crucial for democratic change - Australian groups |
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Wednesday, 30 November 2005 |
 NCRI - Australian MPs and human rights activists at a conference in
Sydney expressed support for the Iranian Resistance and called for
removal of the People’s Mojahdedin Organization of Iran from terrorist
lists.
Participants discussed human rights violations in Iran, the clerical
regime's nuclear ambitions and the export of terrorism and
fundamentalism to Iraq.
Peter Murphy, a senior member of Australia's Peace and Democracy
Coalition, Dr Meredith Burgmann, Labor MP and chair of the New South
Wales Senate, Dr. Nina Burridge, President of the Association of
Australian Democrats, Ray Jackson, Secretary General of the National
Indigenous Association, Dr. Jocelyn Scutt, Barrister, and a number of
other human rights activists attended the conference.
On mullahs’ nuclear programs, Mr. Murphy spoke of the regime’s
clandestine efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. He noted that mullahs’
secret projects were first unveiled by the PMOI which alarmed the world
of a serious threat and expressed his outrage for designation of the
group as a terrorist organization to appease the criminal mullahs in
Iran.
Dr. Burridge reminded the conference of the ongoing support given by
the Australian Democrats to the National Council of Resistance of Iran
and reiterated that the removal of terror tag against the PMOI has been
her parties prime concern.
Mr. Jackson expressed his deep concern over human rights violations in
Iran and told the conference of the resolution adopted by the Third
Committee of the UN General Assembly condemning abuses in Iran. This
was 52nd such resolution adopted by various UN bodies. He also found
the PMOI essential for democratic changes in Iran.
The credibility of the Human Rights Watch report against the PMOI was
questioned by Dr. Scutt. As a law expert she scrutinized the method
used by the Washington based organization to compile the report and
concluded that it was prepared with ominous political intentions. She,
like many others, had written to the HRW to complain and seek an
explanation for the way the report was prepared but had received no
reply so far.
Ms. Burgmann also underlined her support for the PMOI and wondered why
this movement was unjustly listed as a terrorist organization while the
mullahs’ nuclear threat to the world peace and security was unveiled
for the first time by this movement.
The Australian MP stressed on the need for democratic change in Iran as
support to this idea was growing among politicians across the world
and, to this end, removal of the PMOI from the terror list has become
crucial.
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