WAC holds action in front of European Parliament

[ 11 Sep 2008 16:42 ]

Brussels. Ramil Mammadli–APA. On Wednesday the World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) held an action in front of the European Parliament defending Human Rights of Iranian Azerbaijanis and protesting the Iran’s inhuman actions against the non-Farsi peoples. WAC Press Service told APA socio-political organizations in Europe and the United States, WAC Honorable Chairman Professor Gulamrza Sabri Tabrizi, GunAZ TV’s manager Ahmad Obali, WAC Belgian representative Ayhan Demirchi, WAC Governing Board’s member Nasir Malikli, AMAT Spokesman Chingiz Goyturk, GAIP Dutch representative Araz Atakhan, Southern Turkmen’s German representative Haji Halimohammadi and representatives of other organizations attended the protest action. They protested violation of rights of more than 35 million Azerbaijani Turks and other non-Farsi peoples in Iran. The protesters demanded Iranian government to stop arrests, tortures, executions and stone-throwing lynching against the Azerbaijanis, who defend own national rights, to lift economic crisis against the non-Farsi peoples, to create conditions for 5 million Azerbaijani Turks to educate in their native language. Following the protest action in the Brussels’ Place Schuman Square the action participants informed European parliamentarians about the recent events in Iran and situation of arrested Azerbaijanis there and sought support of European Parliament for solution of these problems.