The Iranian Resistance’s activities on the anniversary of 1988 massacre and in support of Ashraf

NCRI – An exhibition was set up in Geneva on Thursday to mark the 22nd anniversary of the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in 1988 in Iran. Among those who attended the event were Sid Ahmad Ghozali, the former prime minister of Algeria, and Eric Sottas, Director of the renowned NGO World Organization Against Torture (OMCT).They brought bouquets of flower to honour the memory of the political activists who were massacred during a crime against humanity by the Iranian regime in the summer of 1988.

NCRI – An exhibition was set up in Geneva on Thursday to mark the 22nd anniversary of the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in 1988 in Iran. Among those who attended the event were Sid Ahmad Ghozali, the former prime minister of Algeria, and Eric Sottas, Director of the renowned NGO World Organization Against Torture (OMCT).They brought bouquets of flower to honour the memory of the political activists who were massacred during a crime against humanity by the Iranian regime in the summer of 1988.

A brief history of the massacre along with pictures, documents and video clips were displayed at the exhibition. Visitors, who included regular citizens and prominent figures, condemned the 1988 massacre and supported an international call to put the perpetrators on trial. They also called for the release of all political prisoners in Iran, who include families of residents of Camp Ashraf Iraq, where members of the main Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), reside. The families have received heavy sentences with some sentenced to execution.
 
Last night, Geneva’s Leman bleu TV broadcast a reportabout the exhibition which aired in various time slots.

Also on Thursday, a demonstration was held by Iranian exiles near the famous Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to commemorate those slain during the 1988 massacre. Demonstrators urged measures to prevent the hanging of Jaafar Kazemi, whose death sentence was recently confirmed by the regime’s courts.

Speakers at the Berlin gathering called for the establishment of an international tribunal to try those who ordered and carried out the heinous crimes against humanity in 1988. Participants called on the German government to take the initiative in this regard at the United Nations.

Goeran Lindblad, a Swedish parliamentarian and member of the European Council declared his support for the Berlin demonstration.

While speaking at the event, Mr. Lindblad, who also heads the foreign relations subcommittee at the Swedish parliament, demanded the suppression in Iran to be stopped immediately.
 
Holz Apfel, the Chairman of the Human Rights Association Against the berlin Wall, and Dr. Wilkenz, a historian and professor at Berlin University, joined a number of other supporters of the Iranian Resistance to demand the UN Security Council to take up the case of the 1988 massacre.

Berlin’s local TV station aired a report about the gathering, and Germany’s official news agency and Getty Images released pictures of the demonstration.