Tomorrow is the International Human Rights Day. A day to remind the world of each and every human being’s fundamental rights. International days are occasions to educate the public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity.
Thus, tomorrow is an occasion for recognize the human rights of thousands of people who are involved with the oppressive cult-like system of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).
Based on the United Nations’s definition, Human Rights Day, annually around the world on 10 December, commemorates the anniversary of one of the world’s most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). “This landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being – regardless of race, color, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.”
The UDHR was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 and sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. This year’s theme is: Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now.
The UN explains this theme stating, “Human rights can empower individuals and communities to forge a better tomorrow. By embracing and trusting the full power of human rights as the path to the world we want, we can become more peaceful, equal and sustainable.”
A better tomorrow for victims of the MEK will not come unless the International human rights bodies respect their human rights as well as other humans. As the UN says this Human Rights Day should focus on how human rights are a pathway to solutions, playing a critical role as a preventative, protective and transformative force for good; the good of people whose rights have been violated by Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, leaders of the Rajavi’s cult of personality.
Victims of human rights violations of the MEK are categorized in the following groups:
-Members of the MEK who are isolated from the free world in a remote camp in Albania, deprived from any contact with the outside world, under a manipulative ruling system.
-MEK members’ families, especially mothers who have been languishing a long-life separation from their beloved children who have been taken like hostages in the MEK.
-Former MEK members who are still suffering the traumas of mental and physical torture inside the MEK. They should have been gone through a deradicalizing program before integration with free society.
-A thousand Children of Mujahed Parents who were once separated from their parents in Iraq, smuggled to Europe and North America, where they were raised in the MEK’s team houses in order to exploit their social benefits or were fostered by the MEK sympathizers who abused them in several cases. Most of these children have lost the track of their birth parents or are not allowed by the MEK to contact them.
-Former child soldiers of the MEK who are hundreds of those smuggled children. They were then smuggled back to Iraq in their teen ages and were recruited as child soldiers of the MEK’s army, the so-called National Liberation Army. Some of these child soldiers were killed in military operations and clashes. Some of then are still under the mind control system of the group.
-Survivors of the MEK’s terrorist acts who have been injured, paralyzed and/or have lost one or more family members in the terrorist operations of the MEK against civilians.
As the UN states, this year’s theme of Human Rights Day is a call to acknowledge the importance and relevance of human rights in our everyday lives. “We have an opportunity to change perceptions by speaking up against hate speech, correcting misinformation and countering disinformation.”
The leader of the MEK and the MEK-run media are actually propaganda machines that propagate hate speech, misinformation and disinformation. They suppress any voice that reveals their atrocities and even any voice that criticizes their attitudes. This is the time to mobilize action to reinvigorate a global movement for human rights of the MEK victims.
Mazda Parsi
