{"id":11520,"date":"2011-12-12T08:45:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T08:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/ashraf-liberty\/11520-andrew-card-state-department-should-say-the-mek-is-not-a-terrorist-organization-and-they-should-be-delisted"},"modified":"2023-01-14T02:17:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T01:17:05","slug":"andrew-card-state-department-should-say-the-mek-is-not-a-terrorist-organization-and-they-should-be-delisted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/ashraf-liberty\/andrew-card-state-department-should-say-the-mek-is-not-a-terrorist-organization-and-they-should-be-delisted\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Card: State Department should say the MEK is not a terrorist organization and they should be delisted"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/dJ6NuMBO88c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Andrew-Card\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-37885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Andrew-Card.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"margin: 5px;float: left\" width=\"200\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a>NCRI &#8211; On Saturday December 10, on the International Human Rights Day, and on the eve of U.S. President Barack Obama\u2019s meeting with Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki in Washington DC, in a call to President Obama, American and European dignitaries urged annulment of the December 31 deadline on Ashraf and the forcible relocation of its residents inside Iraq, warning of an impending massacre and human catastrophe in Ashraf. (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/dJ6NuMBO88c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video Clip<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Speakers to the meeting were: Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance; Andr\u00e9 Glucksmann, author and a member of New France Philosophers; Andrew Card, President Bush Chief of Staff (2001-2006); Bill Richardson, New Mexico Governor (2003-2011) and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Mitchell Reiss, U.S. State Department Head of Strategy Development (2003 \u2013 2005); Alan Dershowitz, one of the most prominent advocates of individual rights and the most well-known criminal lawyer in the world; Geoffrey Robertson QC, prominent British jurist and former appeal judge at the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone; Sid Ahmed Ghozali, former Prime Minister of Algeria; Patrick Kennedy, U.S. Congressman (1995-2011); Senator Ingrid Betancourt, Columbian presidential candidate; General David Phillips, U.S. Military Police Commander (2008-2011); Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Le Garrett, Mayor of Paris 1st District; Aude de Thuin, the founder of Women\u2019s Forum for Economics; Cynthia Fleury, West contemporary philosopher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is speech by\u00a0 Hon. Andrew Card:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much.\u00a0 Madame Rajavi, distinguished panelists, ladies and gentlemen who care an awful lot about Camp Ashraf, next week the United States celebrates the 220th anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights to our Constitution.\u00a0 One of the greatest human rights documents in the history of the world.\u00a0 It allows me to practice my faith, speak freely, to gather with people who share my concerns, allows me to petition government, it allows for freedom of the press.\u00a0 That anniversary probably will not be celebrated very much in the United States, but it is something that would very much like to be celebrated in Camp Ashraf.\u00a0 Next week, President Obama will be meeting with the prime minister of Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I pray that President Obama is not silent.\u00a0 I pray that he uses that first amendment to the Constitution to express his opinion.\u00a0 I pray that he recognizes your gathering.\u00a0 I pray that he petitions the government of Iraq.\u00a0 And I pray that he is not silent, he is cognizant and that he is courageous.\u00a0 Because you see the United States has a disproportionate responsibility.\u00a0 The United States promised to protect the people of Camp Ashraf.\u00a0 The United States promised that the people of Camp Ashraf would have the Geneva protections of a protected people.\u00a0 The United States has an obligation to follow through in that promise, and it has a responsibility to make sure that Prime Minister Maliki fully understands the promise and that there are consequences if it\u2019s not kept.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Card2\" class=\" size-full wp-image-38397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/Card2.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Card2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Card2-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are many reasons that the people of Camp Ashraf deserve to be protected.\u00a0 There are powerful people, not powerful by might but powerful by example, by courage, by empowering women, by respecting rights, by inviting freedom, by allowing speech, by recognizing all faiths, by calling all people as having rights and benefits, not just a select few.\u00a0 The people of Camp Ashraf have demonstrated commitment.\u00a0 They overcame the cynicism of a U.S. government when we were skeptical of their commitment to be allies in the war on terror.\u00a0 When we were skeptical that they would not lay down their weapons, in fact they turned them over.\u00a0 They overcame the skepticism of the United States and the United States made a promise.\u00a0 The United States has an obligation to keep its promise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The United States also has an obligation to recognize I think a growing legal recognition that the MEK, the PMI, is not a terrorist organization.\u00a0 The courts in the United States have spoken and challenged the State Department to make the decision.\u00a0 And the decision is ripe.\u00a0 In fact it\u2019s overripe.\u00a0 And it should be announced before Prime Minister Maliki meets with President Obama.\u00a0 And the State Department should say the MEK is not a terrorist organization and they should be delisted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So I don\u2019t want next week to be remembered as a week where America stood by with silence, or acquiescence, and caused human rights to be violated.\u00a0 Instead I want next week to be a week where America celebrates the Bill of Rights, the First Amendment and the protected freedoms for the people of the MEK and Camp Ashraf.\u00a0 Thank you very, very much.\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/dJ6NuMBO88c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video 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