20th June - support political prisoners in Iran

IRAN: 40 cities have joined the 20th June 2011 global day of action in support of political prisoners in Iran

UK
London- Monday 20th June 2011 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM |In front of Iranian Embassy16 Prince´s Gate London SW7 1PT Nearest underground station: High Street Kensington and also Knightsbridge
Contact: Shiva Mahbobi 07572356661

Organised by :Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI)

SCOTLAND, Glasgow
Date: Monday 20 June 2011
Details forthcoming
Contact: theaim@hotmail.co.uk
Organizer: The Anti-Injustice Movement

Bognor Regis

كنسرت در حمايت از20 ژوئن روز زندانيان سياسى

A Charity Concert in Support of 20 June 2011

May 29 at 3:00

46 Sudley Road, Bognor Regis PO21 1ER UK

to book ticket please: 01243 866 462 email: recital@tiscali.co.uk

Norway
Oslo- Monday 20th June 2011 | 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM |In front of Parliament
Contact: Abolghasem Kardar +47-4133-3268
Organised by :CFPPI

Netherlands

Amsterdam, Saturday 18th June 2011 | 3:00 – 5:00 | Beursplein
contact: Yalda Biranwand yaldayald@gmail.com

Organised by: CFPPI

Sweden

Borås
Date: Monday 20th June 2011
Time: 16.00-18.00
Place: Stora torget
Contact: Esmail Mardokhi; 0 737 59 85 66
Organizer: CFPPI

Göteborg
Date: Monday 20th June 2011
Time: 16.00-18.00
Place: Brunnsparken
Contact: Navid Minaee – 0 708 544 529
Organizer: CFPPI

Hässleholm
Date: Monday 20th June 2011
Time: 17.00-19.00
Place: Stortorget
Contact: Fazel Naderi; 0736481740

Helsingborg
Date: Monday 20th June 2011
Time: 17.00-18.30
Place: Rådhustorget
Contact: Gaby Hosseini; 0760879874
Organizer: CFPPI

Karlskrona
Date: Monday 20th June 2011
Time: 14.00-16.00
Place: Ronnebygatan 43 till 47 i Centrum
Contact: Amir Kamrani; 0 704 53 10 47
Organizer: CFPPI

Lund
Date: Monday 20th June 2011
Time: 17.00-18:30
Place: Stortorget
Contact: Hasan Salehi; 0703171102
Organizer: CFPPI

Malmö
Date: Monday 20th June 2011
Time: 17.00-18.00
Place: Davidshallsbron; later, from 18.00-19.00, we will march with the flags and banners in the central part of Malmö
Contact: Faride Arman; 0 703 63 80 88
Organizer: CFPPI

Örebro
Date: Saturday 18 June
Time: 1700-1900
Place: Stortorget
Contact: Navid Mirpourzadeh; 0736587957; navidyalda42@yahoo.com
Organizer: Mission Free Iran

Sävsjö (Jönköping)
Date: Monday 20 June
Time: 17:00-19:00
Location: Hörsalsparken
Organizer: Arian Mirzolfaghari
Contact: 0700773423; parsiarian@yahoo.com; http://arianzolfaghari.wordpress.com/

Stockholm
Date: Monday 20th June 2011
Time: 17.00
Place: forthcoming
Organizer: CFPPI

Visby
Date: Saturday 18 June
Time: 19:00-20:00
Place: Almedalen
We shall light candles, to show solidarity; to show we remember.
Vi ska tända ljus, att visa solidaritet; att vi minns.

Cyprus

Limassol & Paphos

Location forthcoming

Time/Date forthcoming

Contact:

Amir Masoud Khaghani, 96484292

amirmasoud.khaghani@ gmail.com

jonbeshhoghoghpanahjo.cyprus@gmail.com

Organizer: Cyprus Refugee Rights Movement (CRRM)

http://cyprusrefugeerightsmovement.wordpress.com/

Limassol

Location forthcoming

Time/Date forthcoming

Contact:

Masoud Torabi, 96648884

Sayid Khaghani, 97654055

saeid_cyprus2010@yahoo.com

Bahman Shirdel,99840545

Seid Taghi Hoseini Bayati, 97681765

Organizer: Cyprus Refugee Rights Movement (CRRM)

http://cyprusrefugeerightsmovement.wordpress.com/

Nicosia

Location forthcoming

Time/Date forthcoming

Contact:

Ali Ramezani, 97712984

Maryam Aramesh, 99173783

m_aramesh2003@yahoo.com

http://www.butterflyfree.blogsky.com/

Organizer: Cyprus Refugee Rights Movement (CRRM)

http://cyprusrefugeerightsmovement.wordpress.com/

Larnaca

Location forthcoming

Time/Date forthcoming

Contact:

Hamid-Reza Khaghani. 96424002

Organizer: Cyprus Refugee Rights Movement (CRRM)

http://cyprusrefugeerightsmovement.wordpress.com/

GERMANY

Munich
Date: Monday 20 June 2011
Time: 6pm-7pm
Place: Marienplatz
Contact: Petra Plötz: 0176-50728972

Frankfurt

Date: Monday 20 June 2011
Time: 18:00
Location: Hauptwache
Organizer: CFPPI
Contact:

Dortmund

Date: Saturday 18 June 2011
Time: 15:00 – 16:00
Location:, Katharinenstraße ,44137 Dortmund

Organized by: Mothers of Park Laleh- Dortmund
Contact:

Berlin

Date: Monday 20 June 2011
Time: 17:00
Location: Joachimstalerplz., am UB- Kurfürsten Damm

Organizer: CFPPI
Kontakt: 017624866317

Leipzig

Details forthcoming

Hamburg

Date: Monday 20 June 2011, 6:15 PM
Gerhart Hauptmann Platz

U-Bahn Mönckebergstrasse Karstadt

Köln

Date: Monday 20 June 2011
Time: 18:00
Location: city centre

Bermen

Date: Monday 20 June 2011
Time: 18:00
Location: city centre

Darmstadt

Date: Monday 20 June 2011
Details forthcoming

Mainz

Date: Monday 20 June 2011
Details forthcoming

würzburg

Date: Monday 20 June 2011
Details forthcoming

Nürenberg

Date: Monday 20 June 2011
Details forthcoming

US
Los Angles, California Saturday, June 18, 2011 | 2:00-4:00 PM |Balboa Park in Encino, California
Contact: 310-866-9280
organizers by: Mothers of Park Laleh- Los Angles

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Monday, June 20, 2011 | 1:00-2:00 PM | Love Park in Philadelphia, PA
Contact: raminhag@gmail.com
Organised by: Iranian Refugee Amnesty Network

Washington DC

Date: Forthcoming

Time: 1pm

Place: Forthcoming

Contact: Maria Rohaly, Mission Free Iran (maria.rohaly@gmail.com; 240-595-2633)

New York City, New York
Details forthcoming.
Contact: Ty, 631.907.4533

Houston, Texas

Details forthcoming.

Contact: Tour Irani

Canada

Toronto

Details forthcoming

Organised by :CFPPI

Ottawa

Date: Monday 20 June 2011
Time: 12:00 – 2:00
Location: in front of Parliament

Organizer: CFPPI
Contact: David Aram- 613-859-7929

Vancouver

700 Block, West Georgia street ( corner of Georgia and Granville)

organiser : CFPPI

Contact:
Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran(CFPPI)


Shiva Mahbobi

Campaign Organiser- Spokesperson

Address:CFPPI
BM Box 6754, London WC1N 3XX, U.K.

Tel: +44 (0) 7572356661

www.iamhervoice.wordpress.com
www.iranpoliticalprisoners.com
http://cfppi.blogspot.com
freepoliticalprisoners@gmail.com

January 29 global day of action - 32 events & counting

In support of political prisoners and against execution in Iran

Many organizations and individuals have announced their serious concern about public executions and intensification of executions in Iran. Saturday 29^th January 2011, has been declared as a day of global protest against executions and in defense of political prisoners in Iran.

Updated list of 32 events

AFGHANISTAN

Kabul, Herat, Mazarsharif & Kandahar

Date: Saturday, January 29

Details to follow

Note: In an exchange with the responsibles of the Afghan Solidarity Party, we were informed that on 29th January, in the four cities of Kabul, Herat, Mazarsharif and Kandahar, there will be protests against execution and in support of political prisoners in Iran.

AUSTRIA

Vienna

Date: Saturday January 29

Details to follow

CANADA

Toronto

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 2-4pm

Location: Yonge and Dundas St. In front of Eton Center.

Contact: wpicanada@yahoo.com, 416-726-9321

Vancouver

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 2pm

Location: In front of Robson Art Gallery

Contact: 60-47278986

Ottawa

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 12-2pm

Location: In front of Ottawa Parliament

Contact: Davoud Aram, 6138597929

DENMARK

Copenhagen

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 2-3pm

Location: In front of Amnesty International - Gammeltorv - 1457 København K

Also,

4-6pm meeting in Pouyandeh library

FRANCE

Besançon

Date : saturday January 29

Time : 3pm

Location : Place du 8 septembre

Organised by : Iran Solidarité supported by CGT ADDSEA, Initiative Communiste-Ouvrière, Fédération Anarchiste, SUD Santé Social and others,

Contact: cgt.addsea@gmail.com

GERMANY

Berlin

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 2-5pm

Joachimstaler Platz, (U-Bhf Kurfürstendamm

Contact: 0178 2486 6317

Frankfurt

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 2pm

Location: Raymondstrasse, in front of Islamic Republic Consulate

~followed by subsequent action:

Time: 4pm

Location: Frankfurt City Center, Hawptwache

Contact: 015774650186 and 015787497231

Bremen

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 2-5pm

Location: Marktplatz

Contact: 01724037035

Köln

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Domplatte

Hamburg

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 12noon

Location: Hauptbahnhof (Nord) – Glockengießerwall

Contact: 0176-4832 5613 , 0172-4044 323

München

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 4-6pm

Location: Opfer des Nationalsozialismus

Leipzig

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 2-4pm

Location: Grimmaische Straße -Zentrum

Contact: saeede999@yahoo.de , 0176 29 31 9819

IRAQ

Soleimaniya

Date: Saturday January 29

Details to follow

NETHERLANDS

Den Haag

Date: Friday January 28

Time: 3-5pm

Location: In front of the Dutch Parliament

Contact: Bahman Khani, 06-51-273261, Yalda Bayram, 06-50-994005

NORWAY

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 1-2pm

Location: In front of Islamic Republic Embassy

~followed by subsequent action:

Time: 2-3:30pm

Location: In front of Foreign Ministry of Norway

Contact: Saber Rahimi 9-869-4001

SWITZERLAND

Zurich

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 2-4pm

Location: vor der Kirche Stauffacherstr. 10

SWEDEN

Malmö

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Davidhallsbron

Contact: 0703 63 80 88 , 0703171102

Stockholm

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 2-4pm

Location: Sergels torg

Contact: 0737-801510

Gothenburg

Date: Saturday January 29

Details to follow

Contact: 0708-544 529

Borås

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 2-4pm

Location: Stortorget

Contact: 0737-598566

For more information re the events in Sweden contact: Afsaneh Vahdat 0702-468454

UNITED KINGDOM

London

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 2-4pm

Location: Trafalgar Square, North Terrace (outside the National Gallery)

London

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 11-12.30pm

Location: In front of BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, W1A 1AA

UNITED STATES

Washington DC

Date: Sunday January 30

Time: 12-3pm

Location: In front of the Islamic Republic Interests Section of the Pakistani Embassy, 2209 Wisconsin Ave

Hassan Massali: 301-792-3370; hmassali@aol.com

Maria Rohaly: 240-472-9565; maria.rohaly@gmail.com

San Francisco, California

Date: Saturday January 29

Time: 2-4pm

Location: Union Square

Irvine, CA

Date: Friday January 28

Time: 5-7pm

Location: on the corner of Jamboree & Barranca city of Irvine, CA

New York City, NY
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 3-5pm
Location: Union Square

We call on everyone to be part of this global day of protest and support the people of Iran. Solidarity with people of Iran and international pressure is a significant factor that helps people of Iran in their struggle to liberate themselves; protest works, remember the case of Sakineh Ashtiani!

1. Join or organize a protest in your city;
2. Let us know time and venue of your protest and action
3. publicize the news of the protest in your local paper, trade union and other organisations
4. Sign the declaration of the global day of action
5. Governments everywhere must come under pressure to break all diplomatic links with the Islamic regime of Iran

Free all political prisoners

End capital punishment

International Committee against Execution

For more information, contact: Mina Ahadi

Email: minaahadi@aol.com

Tel: 0049 (0) 1775692413

http://notonemoreexecution.org

http://stopstonningnow.com

Petition:

http://stopstonningnow.com/united/listunite600.php?nr=22774802&lang=en

London rally against execution of political activists in Iran

Several protests took place over the weekend against the executions of 5 polititcal activists last Sunday, 9 May. In London on Saturday the WPI and 7 other groups and campaigns organised a rally starting at Trafalgar Square at 1pm. Different speakers talked about the executions, the situation of political activists and prisoners in Iran. At 2.30 around 120 people marched for two and a half hours towards the IRI embassy where the protest continued. The protesters continuously shouted slogans whilst marching. Some of the slogans were: Free all political prisoners now! Stop the murder, stop the torture! Down with the Islamic regime of Iran! Stop victimizing women in Iran!

On Trafalgar Square




Getting ready to march



Marching








In front of the IRI embassy

General Strike in Kurdistan!

A big step forward for the people of Iran’s revolution against the Islamic Republic!

Today, people in Sanandaj, Mahabad, Bokan, Kamyaran, Miaandoaab, Oshnavieh, Nowsood, Piranshahr, Saghez, Baaneh, Divaandareh, Dehgalaan, Naghadeh, Sardasht, Javaanrood, Ravaansar, Rabat and all other cities and towns in Kurdistan carried out a successful general strike, despite undeclared province-wide martial law and all other measures the regime had resorted to. Almost all schools, universities and 80% of shopping centers and workplaces were closed. The Islamic Regime found itself, clearer than ever, surrounded by the ocean of people’s hatred! This strike was not just a powerful, magnificent response to the recent cruel execution of 5 political activists. It was not just a crucial step in defeating the regime’s policies of execution and terrorization of the people. It was an act with far-reaching consequences that will radically change the balance of political power against the regime. In a word, it was a significant step forward in the revolution of the people against the Islamic regime and for freedom and equality.

The general strike in Kurdistan on May 13th, 2010, will be remembered as an historic act, and as an historic day, in the process of the Kurdish people’s struggle in the Iranian revolution. People took part in the strike in their millions and broke the wall of the ever-more-severe repression in Kurdistan, thus pushing the Iranian revolution one significant step forward. It will raise the spirits of the people all across Iran and greatly intensify the regime’s desperation and hopelessness. After May 13th, the people in Tehran, Ahvaz, Mashhad, and so on, will feel much stronger in their fight against the Islamic regime!

The mass strike in Kurdistan will also radicalize the current revolution in Iran even further, and swing it more to the left. Kurdistan has always remained the “fortress of the revolution” of 1979. The people in Kurdistan have always said “no” to the murderous Islamic regime. The broadest masses have always shown the deepest hatred towards the regime and all its factions. Now that the people have actively set foot in the arena of political struggle, they show a fact ever more vividly, that is, what goes on in Iran is not a movement to “reform” the regime but a revolution to bury it in its entirety. Meanwhile the “revolutionary Kurdistan”, in general, and the “red Sanandaj”, in particular, have been the stronghold of organized left, revolutionism and communism since the 1979 revolution. The idea of a general strike in Kurdistan per se, the fact that it was called by the communists, the fact that it gained the support of all political forces in Kurdistan, and the fact that it took such huge dimensions in practice, provide yet another air-tight proof that the Iranian revolution turns more and more to the left as it goes further and further ahead.

The general strike of May 13th in Kurdistan showed something else too. It took place following the extensive, vigorous protests by the Iranians living abroad against the execution of five political prisoners in Iran. These protests were supported by the people within Iran. It all goes to prove, once more, that all the people in Iran share the same destiny in their struggle for liberation. The general strike by the people in Kurdistan was a manifestation of our slogan: ‘“No!” to ethnic state! “No!” to religious state! “Yes” to humanist state!’ Right, nationalist forces, as well as the regime itself, i.e., all the forces that seek to divide the people along ethnic and/or religious lines, received a fierce blow in the general strike in Kurdistan.

Finally, the general strike in Kurdistan was a great step forward also in that it promoted the tactics and forms of struggle, and thus contributed to the clearer articulation of the current revolution. It added, in practice, besides street demonstrations, “general strike” to the tactics of revolutionary struggle. At the present moment the adoption of this tactic is an absolute necessity for the revolution to advance. There is no doubt that today’s move by the heroic people in Kurdistan will set a pattern for the revolution across Iran.

The Worker-communist Party salutes the people in Kurdistan and congratulates all freedom-loving people, all the communists and the various political parties who made today’s strike a success.

Down with the Islamic regime of Iran!
Humanist revolution for a humanist state!
For a socialist republic!

Worker-Communist Party of Iran
May 13, 2010

Soldiers at Farzad Kamangar's family home

Some of the soldiers that have been sent to Kamyaran, Farzad Kamangar's city, for the general strike yesterday are currently surrounding the family's home and filming and photographing anyone leaving or entering the house.

Source: Kurdistan Committee of WPI

Sanandaj, Kurdistan today May 13

People and shopowners in Sanandaj following the call out for a general strike in Kurdistan in response to the execution of 5 political activists on Sunday in Tehran, 4 of them Kurdish.

London rally against executions in Iran this Saturday 15 May

Come and join WPI at a rally to protest against the execution of Farzad Kamangar and 4 other political activists in Iran and demand an immediate stop to executions in Iran.

This Saturday 15 May at 1pm Trafalgar Square, London
At 2pm we will be marching to the IRI embassy at 16 Prince's Gate. Please come and support people's struggle in Iran and protest against executions in Iran!

contact
wpiengland (at) googlemail.com
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