The Coordination Council for The Green Path of Hope Expresses its Solidarity & Deep Sympathy Towards the Courageous Syrian Nation

The Coordination Council for The Green Path of Hope Expresses its Solidarity & Deep Sympathy Towards the Courageous Syrian Nation
By Banooye Sabz
August 6, 2011

August 5th, 2011 – In a statement addressed to the Syrian nation, the Coordination Council for the Green Path of Hope expressed their solidarity and deep sympathy towards the courageous, freedom fighting Syrian nation.

The full content of the statement as provided to Kaleme is as follows:

In the name of God the merciful,

A God fully aware of the deeds of all wrongdoers,

To our pro-freedom, democracy seeking Syrian brothers and sisters of faith,

Warm greetings from a nation whose citizens fully understand and support your historic, tireless struggle to achieve freedom; a nation that like yourself has utmost respect for its basic human rights. The Green nation of Iran is greatly saddened by what is occurring in your beloved country as of late. Our thoughts are with you during every moment of this holy month [of Ramadan] and we are certain that as long as you continue to fight for justice, God will be your companion and victory will be on your side and with all freedom seeking people across the globe.

Despite the bloodshed and violent oppression, the demonstrations and protests by the freedom fighting Syrian nation continue, as the citizens of Syria courageously pursue their democratic and civil demands. In an effort to repress the protests, more than 1500 Syrian citizens have lost their lives, upwards of 5000 have been injured and thousands have been arrested and displaced at the hands of the authoritarian government of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.

The Syrian rulers, incognizant of the fate of the dictators in Tunisia and Egypt and many other parts of the world, and oblivious to the legitimate demands of their citizens, have chosen the same path as the likes of Muammar Gaddafi. Autocrats such as Assad and Gaddafi on the one hand provide the means and possibility for foreign intervention in the sociopolitical developments in their country and on the other hand leave behind a ravaged and destroyed nation, sacrificing all human and financial capital of their respective countries in their unquenchable thirst for power.

All freedom fighting, democratic opposition movements face a similar predicament when confronting authoritarian regimes. Over the past two years, the freedom seeking Green movement of the nation of Iran has also endured violent repression, threats and continued suppression at the hands of an authoritarian and illegitimate regime. Despite these tragic events, the totalitarian, tyrannical rulers [in Iran] refuse to learn from the mistakes and the fate of their counterparts in the region.

The Coordination Council for the Green Path of Hope while expressing its deep sympathy for the pro-freedom and democracy seeking nation of Syria, requests that the violent, authoritarian government of Syria put an end to the slaughter of its citizens and respond to their basic democratic demands.

While praising the steadfastness and perseverance of the Syrian nation in its determination to patiently and diligently pursue its demands, the Council would like to stipulate that the Green people of Iran continue to be partners in the suffering and grief of the citizens of Syria. All freedom seeking movements across the globe learn from each other and share their experiences with solidarity, tolerance and a unified front against the inhumane rulers seeking to silence the protesting voices of their citizens.

The Coordination Council for the Green Path of Hope calls upon the benevolent Iranian citizens to continue their efforts to bring attention to the political protests in the region and do everything in their power to demonstrate their solidarity with the freedom seeking, oppressed citizens of Syria, coupling perseverance with hope and patience. The Council also calls upon the ruling powers in Iran to uphold and protect the basic human and civil rights of their citizens and refrain from all inhumane, security related cooperation with the repressive Syrian regime and against the Syrian nation in its quest for freedom and democracy.

The Coordination Council for the Green Path of Hope
August 5th, 2011

Source: Kalame: http://www.kaleme.com/1390/05/14/klm-68066/

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