Posted on 06/28/2009 10:42:11 AM PDT by Schnucki
MORE than 2000 people are still in detention and hundreds more are missing in Iran since a government crackdown on protests over a disputed presidential election, the FIDH human rights group says.
"According to the latest information we have, more than 2000 people have been arrested and are currently in detention,'' Karim Lahidji, vice president of the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), said.
"Hundreds of people are missing, according to independent information that has came to us from Tehran since yesterday,'' he said at a protest meeting in Paris held to denounce the crackdown in Iran.
Lahidji, who is also president of the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights, said the information had come from several different sources inside Iran, including from families with members missing or detained.
The Iranian authorities have cracked down on unrest that swept the country after the June 12 election that returned hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power amid complaints it was rigged.
At least 17 people have been killed in clashes with security forces, according to state media. Foreign media are banned from the streets under new restrictions imposed in the wake of the election.
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My heart breaks for the people being held...but it’s just a matter of time. Like Eastern Europe in 1989...in spite of governments...people want to be free.
Their day will come...no thanks to Barry Obama.
“Like Eastern Europe in 1989...in spite of governments...”
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The East Europeans did not have to resort to armed uprising — the Soviet Union just gave up, (temporarily). If Iranians want to be free, they will need more than just silent marches through Tehran streets. The mullahs couldn’t care less about these sort of demonstrations. They can squash them at any time.
Hey you p.o.s. American poser president,
Why don’t ya take your brats to get some more ice cream ya punk?
“hundreds more are missing in Iran”.
And you can’t bring yourself to support the protesters?
Jerk
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