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32nd day of hunger strike by 36 PMOI members taken hostage by Iraqi forces

Women from Camp Ashraf go on a hunger strike during a protest against Iraqi forces in Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad August 24, 2009. They will be on the hunger strike until the Iraqi government agree to their demands, which are, releasing 36 prisoners captured by Iraqi forces, the withdrawal of Iraqi forces and the addition of U.S. forces to the camp.Iranian opposition’s Camp Ashraf attacked – Statement 90

Hunger strikes continue in Ashraf, Washington, London, Ottawa, Berlin, The Hague and Stockholm

NCRI – The hunger strike by 36 members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) who have been taken hostage by Iraqi forces continued in its 32nd day on Friday. They are suffering from severe pains and other complications due to wounds inflicted by Iraqi forces during the attack against Camp Ashraf and prolonged hunger strike. A number of them are in much more agonizing situation due to serious injuries they received at the time of their abduction.

Women from Camp Ashraf go on a hunger strike during a protest against Iraqi forces in Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad August 24, 2009. They will be on the hunger strike until the Iraqi government agree to their demands, which are, releasing 36 prisoners captured by Iraqi forces, the withdrawal of Iraqi forces and the addition of U.S. forces to the camp.Iranian opposition’s Camp Ashraf attacked – Statement 90

Hunger strikes continue in Ashraf, Washington, London, Ottawa, Berlin, The Hague and Stockholm

NCRI – The hunger strike by 36 members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) who have been taken hostage by Iraqi forces continued in its 32nd day on Friday. They are suffering from severe pains and other complications due to wounds inflicted by Iraqi forces during the attack against Camp Ashraf and prolonged hunger strike. A number of them are in much more agonizing situation due to serious injuries they received at the time of their abduction.

In the meantime, hunger strikes by Ashraf residents and Iranian exiles in Washington, London, Ottawa, Berlin, The Hague and Stockholm continue for the second month while they are suffering from the effects of prolonged hunger strike.

During the past 24 hours a number of Ashraf residents have been hospitalized for extreme weakness, acute headaches, severe chest pains, faint, drop in blood pressure, eyesight and hearing defects and spasm and muscular pains. They include: Mahnaz Jadidian, Mitra Rafi’i, Badri Rahimi, Tayebeh Masrour, Forough Pakdel, Shahab Etminan, Assabullah Akbari, Hassan Mansouri, Tayebeh Bazargan, Fereshteh Mohammadi, Jaber Fakhimi, Bahram Hassanzadeh, Aghil Abdullahi, Behrouz Taherzadeh, Hamid Azzizi, Mojataba Nejatbakhsh, Mehdi Asgari, Gholamreza sireh, Sadegh Keyhani, Sajad Shokohi and Iman Alipour.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
August 28, 2009