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Source: The Herald SunA PASCOE VALE father-of-three has passed the 50th day of a hunger strike to protest the alleged murders of members of an Iranian dissident group at Iraq’s Camp Ashraf.<\/p>\n
Source: The Herald Sun
A PASCOE VALE father-of-three has passed the 50th day of a hunger strike to protest the alleged murders of members of an Iranian dissident group at Iraq’s Camp Ashraf.<\/p>\n
Jahangir Hosseini, 54, and fellow protesters, including his wife Zeinab, are calling for seven survivors to be \u00adreleased safely to a country of resettlement – possibly Australia – and that all Iranian refugees in Iraq be able to be resettled immediately.<\/p>\n
Mr Hosseini said his hunger strike would continue \u00aduntil all Mujahideen-e-Khalq hostages abducted by Iraqi forces were released.<\/p>\n
He has protested outside the Department of Immigration and Citizenship on Lonsdale St since September 19.<\/p>\n
Mr Hosseini fled Iran “for political reasons” and resettled in Australia in 1989, but has remained outspoken. He said the strike was part of the global protest sparked by the September 1 massacre at Camp Ashraf, which led to the alleged murder of 52 Iranian refugees and abduction of seven.<\/p>\n
Mr Hosseini, who is surviving on tea, water and fruit juice, said he was “mentally strong but physically weak”.<\/p>\n
The lack of food has started to take its toll on his body – causing dizziness, significant weight loss and a lack of bladder control – but he said the thought of the refugees gave him strength.<\/p>\n
“The 3100 people in Camp Liberty are in a very bad condition in Iraq,” he said. The human rights advocate said he was “standing (up) for justice, human rights, peace, democracy and freedom”.<\/p>\n
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The Victorian Trades Hall Council and unions, including the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and Australian Services Union, have supported the protest.<\/p>\n
Wills federal Labor MP Kelvin Thomson backed a Coburg ALP branch motion that called on the Federal Government to request the Iraqi government release the seven hostages and prevent their extradition to Iran.<\/p>\n
The motion also called on the Government to request the UN station a permanent Blue Helmet team at Camp Liberty, an investigation be undertaken into the September 1 violence and perpetrators be prosecuted before the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n
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