Press TV - Page 34 of 57

Mujahedin Khalq members deprived of basic rights

Nejat SocietyApril 27, 2011061 views

A former member of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) who has defected says MKO members are deprived of basic human rights at their Camp Ashraf base in Iraq.Maryam Sanjabi told Press TV on Tuesday that MKO members have no freedom and are not allowed to decide whether to stay with the organization or leave it. She said, “According to the organization’s regulations, members must follow orders and have no rights to ask any questions or make any comments,” she explained, adding, “Inside Ashraf, there is no access to the free world. Members are not allowed to read newspapers..

MKO, an inside look

Nejat SocietyApril 24, 2011063 views

New defections in anti-Iran group Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization. Some former members of the MKO give us some insight into what is happening in the group which is designated terrorist by much of the international community

Justice Minister: Iraq determined to expel MKO

Nejat SocietyApril 24, 2011065 views

The Iraqi justice minister says Baghdad is determined to expel members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from Camp Ashraf.Hassan al-Shammari made the remarks on the sidelines of a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Morteza Bakhtiari in Tehran..He went on to say that the parliament has voiced support for the move, and at a cabinet meeting, it was decided that the prime minister would oversee the process.Al-Shammari also said that the MKO members are living in a very bad situation and the leaders of the organization do not allow them to leave the camp..

MKO defectors offered suicide option

Nejat SocietyApril 21, 2011066 views

A Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) defector says any member of the terrorist group who wishes to leave has no choice but to commit suicide with a cyanide pill…“It is a custom within the organization to exterminate its defectors. Such a measure on occasions has been emphasized by [MKO leader] Massoud Rajavi. Two members of the MKO leadership council were killed some 2 years ago when they wanted to desert the organization.” ..Abdullatif Shadvari, a former MKO member…

Ex-MKO members recount ordeal in Iraq

Nejat SocietyApril 21, 2011086 views

he official said that the defected members have provided the Iraqi government with the evidence required to shut down the camp according to the international laws.The former members of the terrorist group say the residents of Camp Ashraf are completely cut off from the outside world, and are tortured and traumatized, but are also afraid to escape.

MKO defected members in a Press Conference in Iraq

Nejat SocietyApril 20, 2011077 views

The spokesperson of the Iraqi defense ministry said members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization, MKO, escaped Camp Ashraf and surrendered themselves to the Iraqi forces.He said the defected members have given useful information and the Iraqi government now has the required evidence to shut down the camp…The former MKO members said many residents of Camp Ashraf, who are under immense pressure, want to escape but are afraid and unsure of the future. The said scores of MKO/MEK/PMOI members have been killed by the organization recently.

Iraq: MKO presence violates constitution

Nejat SocietyApril 20, 2011052 views

Iraq’s foreign minister says his country will not allow the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) to use Iraq’s soil as a launchpad to conduct its terrorist activities. ..“So they have to abide by Iraqi rules and regulations, and we have called on European countries and others to resettle these peoples in their countries, for them to go on and continue their struggle. In Iraq, their presence is unacceptable,” Iraq’s top diplomat added.

Iraq unveils MKO’s hidden weaponry

Nejat SocietyApril 20, 2011073 views

Iraqi security forces say they have managed to discover a hidden munitions depot inside the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization’s (MKO) Camp Ashraf in Diyala province north of Baghdad.Local officials say that US troops had earlier claimed that they disarmed the MKO terrorists in the camp but that has turned out to be no true, it seemed that was not true, a Press TV correspondent reported Monday.

Hidden arsenal found in Ashraf Camp

Nejat SocietyApril 19, 20110125 views

Camp Ashraf was for years the armed training base in Iraq for the members of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization known as MKO/MEK/PMOI, where the group was sheltered by former President Saddam Hussein. The local officials stated the US troops already claimed they had disarmed the MKO members but it seems that was not true.The mayor of Al Khalis where the camp is located showed the pictures of the weapons and said that they were buried inside the camp near the shacks of the MKO members.

Support for MKO, a classic example of US unsustainable policy in ME

Nejat SocietyApril 18, 2011067 views

… A classic example of this is when you look at the American and Israeli support of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq, which was killing Americans in Iran back in the 1970’s during the Pahlavi era. But it has certainly become convenient for the United States and Israel to have an alliance with this so-called Marxist terrorist organization as long as these people are doing their bidding in Iran ..It is also noteworthy that the Saudi Arabian regime has been helping to bankroll this Mujahedin-e-Khalq or MEK …