Prominent Women Back Maryam Rajavi for a Free Iran Global Solidarity from Asia, Africa and Europe
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REBIYA KADEER - President of the World Uyghur Congress and Noble Peace Prize Candidate, East Turkestan We share a common destiny in struggle. Free Iran. I know many among us sitting here today paid a heavy price in order to fight for freedom, human rights and democracy. Dear Maryam Rajavi, sisters and brothers, we share a common struggle. I would like to honor those brave Iranian men and women who were killed with brutality in Camp Liberty. We live at a time when the world is more than ever facing global threats by religious extremists. Extremist Muslims count women as the foremost victims of their philosophy. The world needs to engage in a cultural battle against extremism and the solution must have Islamic and female elements. Part of the solution is right in front of us: Maryam Rajavi, who is a Muslim woman with a tolerant and democratic interpretation of Islam. She’s a president who reflects the true essence of Islam, which is peace and liberty. Respect, tolerance and deep compassion are the genuine principles of Islam. These are principles shared by the Uyghur people.
RANJANA KUMARI Director of the Centre for Social Research, India I bring you greetings from the largest democracy on this planet, India. Your gathering here once again is sending the message across the world that the fighting spirit of people shall remain until they win. I don’t think anything in the world can stop your struggle and your victory. We all have to stand by you to struggle and fight to get the democracy and freedom in Iran. Until you get it we are with you. I think it is really important for the globe to know if there is peace and democracy in Iran, if there is civil liberty protected in Iran, if women are respected in Iran. It is only then that there is going to be global peace. So I really salute Madame Rajavi for her courage of conviction to struggle, to fight for the rights of people of Iran, and I salute all of you who are supporting her. I am sure the day is not far when you win and walk free with head and spirit held high.
BANDANA RANA 2016 UN CSW Women of Distinction Awardee, Nepal Having worked with women victims of violence for almost three decades, I share the pain, the anguish, and the trauma of the women in Iran. I express my solidarity towards this movement. I have seen such amazing leadership, power, and energy of the women in the front line of this movement and I salute them and their mission. Let us ensure that the women of Iran are not left behind to continue to be suppressed, violated, and discriminated. Let us support the women power and leadership in the journey to equality, development and peace.
SEKAI MASIKANA HOLLAND MARIA CANDIDA ALMEIDA Deputy Prosecutor General, Portugal Madam Rajavi, I respect and believe in your ideals and share your dream of freedom, equality, liberation and your perseverance in fighting for human rights, in particular for women rights. As a Portuguese woman who deals with the rule of law in her profession, I would like to express my deepest solidarity with your struggle for justice, democracy, and human rights in your country. Your dream is a noble, humanist and democratic one. I am sure you will make that dream come true soon. It is the law of life, the hope of justice and peace.
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Founding Member of Australia's Anti-Apartheid Movement and Founder of the Movement for Democratic Change, Zimbabwe From Africa, Madame Maryam Rajavi, I bring our solidarity messages. I salute the crowd gathered here today. I also salute our people in Zimbabwe who are today engaged in a nonviolent stay-home resistance to disable 50 years of dictatorship as we, like you, ache for freedom. We walk the same path of freedom as you do. Having attended this rally, I want to convince the African Union and the UN, and to approach all the anti-apartheid movement survivors that supported our struggle to turn their full attention to the struggle of Iran. Today we extend our solidarity to your struggle as Iranian women against religious fundamentalism. I heard Madame Rajavi today communicate to us an inspiriting message. I know now that freedom is coming to Iran. Until we meet in Tehran soon.