June 12, 2009
El-Yasin holds Hunger Strike in Imam Khomeini’s shrine for release of their leader
200 of the of El Yassin community representatives hold hunger strike in the shrine Ayatollah Khomeini in protest to the 11 months of solitary confinement of their leader Mr. Peyman Fatahi including various interrogations and torture for making false confessions. The security agents effort to drive them out, so far have been result less.
According to the news of Union for Human Rights and International Affairs of El-Yasin, 200 Members of El-Yasin in protest to the critical physical condition of their leader held in Evin security prison are still holding their hunger strike in the shrine to Ayatollah Khomeini.
They started their strike on Tuesday June 9, 2009 with slogans and carrying placards for freedom and treatment of their leader Peyman Fatahi who is suffering 11 months of solitary confinement in the ward 209 of Evin prison and recently the shocking news of tortures and respiratory problems and bleeding.
Those who favor Peyman Fatahi know him as Master Eliya, a teacher of thought, culture and life. They stress that “El-Yasin” community is an academic society with 200 thousand members and apolitical.
Peyman Fatahi has started his public teachings 12 years ago in the subjects of theology, dream interpretation and revival of the soul, and the owner of 4000 pages of didactic text which were detained by the security and secret service of Iran.
According to Deutsche Welle one of the witnesses during a telephone conversation said: "On the first day the security forces locked down the shrine. They came inside and started pulling women on ground and threw their bags. We maintain calm and quiet and chained our arms together then they came back and brought the shrine Imam and he tried to make a peaceful dialogue with us. They told people that we are Baha’i or Wahhabi and devil worshipers! So people have a bad image of us. But they can’t force us to leave because we are inside the Holy shrine. We have been drinking only sweeten water in past two nights. Last night they lowered the air freezing cold we trembled till next morning.” She continued: “some strikers were not feeling good they were weak and needed medical attention. First they let some emergency medical crew inside the shrine, but later we were told that whoever gets sick can’t have medical attention and that we must go out to see a doctor. We were given an ultimatum to leave the shrine otherwise they’ll bring the special police squad.”
According to the latest reports online, security agents surrounded the shrine and cut off water. In addition to the lack of entry to foreign reporters, the officials are not allowing the Emergency medical forces for treatment on hunger strike.
Also in the final hours before the beginning of the election a number of armed with to teaser Guns and tear gas attaching the strikers and told them that holy shrine of Imam is the area for voting and you have to leave the premises. A group of people present at the shrine witnessing the scene of strife and officials of insults entered the scene with slogans breaking glasses of the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini and supported the protest movement.
According to the witnesses, after two hours of tension, the shrine officials negotiate with the representatives present in promising those talks with officials. The hunger strike is due to lack of attention senior officials of the Islamic still continuing.
The videos taken from this violent incident will be added to “you tube” website for public review.
The Union for Human Right and International Affairs of El-Yasin (UHRIAE)
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