South Azerbaijan, Iran and anti-racist Demonstrations - May 2006

A Change Is Gonna Come Sam Cooke...


I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh, and like that river Ive been running ever since
Its been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it real

Its been too hard living and Im affraid to die
I dont know whats up there beyond the sky
Its been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it real

I go to the movies and I go around in town
Everybody there keeps telling me dont hang around
Its been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it real

Then I go to my brother
And I say brother,help me please
But he just winds up, knocking me
Back down on my knees

Sometimes I thought I wouldnt last for long
But now I think Im able to carry on
Its been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it real
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ADAPP Calls on Iranian Authorities to Respect the Freedom of Assembly as Azerbaijani Iranians Mark the Anniversary of the May, 2006 Demonstrations

MAY 20, 2008. FOR IMMIDIATE RELEASE.

VANCOUVER, CANADA: At the anniversary of the May, 2006 demonstrations by Azerbaijani Iranians against the publication of a cartoon degrading and threatening them as an ethnic group, the Association for the Defence of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran (ADAPP) calls on Iranian authorities to be respectful of all citizens' constitutional rights, to stop the arrest and torture of Azerbaijani activists and to release Azerbaijani prisoners of conscience. The Association also calls on human rights organizations and democratic countries to join them in pressuring Iran to respect the freedom of assembly.

On May 16, 2006 the official state newspaper, Iran Daily, published a cartoon which portrayed Azerbaijanis as a cockroach and instructed ten ways to exterminate the insect. In northwest Iran, where Azerbaijanis dominate, hundreds of thousands demonstrated to protest the cartoon and decades of discrimination and humiliation by the state. Although the demonstrations were peaceful and theoretically constitutional, (Article 17 of the Iranian constitution states "Unarmed assemblies and marches may be freely organized, provided that no violation of the foundations of Islam is involved."), the demonstrations were violently suppressed. At least 27 people were killed and over one hundred people were injured. A large number of people were arrested. Many detained activists were tortured and made to sign papers promising not to participate or to urge participation by others in demonstrations. Since May, 2006, arrests of Azerbaijani activists have continued.

For more than eighty years, under both the Pahlavi dynasty and the present Islamic government, Azerbaijanis and other non-Persian ethnic groups of Iran have faced a policy of systematic assimilation. Non_Persian Iranians have experienced severe violations of their basic human rights. Although non-Persians constitute more than fifty percent of Iranian population and the Iranian constitution states that they have rights as ethnic groups they can not represent themselves and are deprived of education in their own languages. Detentions of cultural and human rights activists and threats continue to this day.

The Association appeals to the world community to watch and witness as Azerbaijanis mark the anniversary of the May, 2006 demonstrations. The Iranian government is called on to respect freedom of expression and not to use violent repression.

www.adapp.info
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Cənubi Azərbaycan, İran və anti irqçi Nümayişləri...

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[webbizz88]

@iranzartoshti SEN BIR PERIAN FASHISTSAN 

[Mrgraywolves1]

TABRIZ AZAD OLACAQ AZERBAYCAN BIR OLACAQ!!!

YASA BUTOV VE AZAD AZERBAYCAN!!!

[TheOguze]

@Azerbaycanimiz true Turkic spirit. May Allah bless my Azeri brothers. I have same dream like you brother. For my country East Turkistan's indenpendence, for lebirty of All Turkic People, and for Great Turannia....

Long Live Azerbayjian.... Long Live Oguze, Uyghur-Karluk, Kipchaq Turks.......

[Azerbaycanimiz]

Azerbaijanis living in Iran, are Turks. They are not Persian. They are Oghuz turks. South Azerbaijan belongs to Azerbaijanis. 200 years have passed since the Persians and Russians devided this beautiful turkic country into 2 parts. Even 2 centuries were not enough to make us change, to make us believe that we are someone else and not Turks. I would give my life to re-unite us again. Inshallah, we will be together soon. Menim qururum, menim qanim, menim canim, boyuk Turk milletim, Azerbaycanim!!

[Vatancin]

@iranzartoshti

@iranzartoshti

Bir fikir soyleyende faktlara arxalanin, propagandaya deyil. Siz dediyiniz bezi miniaturlarda mongoloid cizgileri var, tabii. Meselen, sultan Sancarin (Selcuk) anasi mongol kungrat tayfasindan olub.

[TheEnglishBird]

Khob bebinid ke azarbaijan az Iran joda beshe. mager az ghabre man rad beshid :-)

Dream on but your dreams never come true: hahah

[692ALBANNACH]

Azerbaijan is a country you don;t hear too much off , what is the tourist situation like .

[iranzartoshti]

@Vatancin

bular hamisi (hepsi) efsanedir. sen eski (ghadimi) minyatür resimlere bir bax. niye oguz şahlarin (Gazneli ve Selçuklu) yüzlerini moğollara benzer yapardilar?

[Vatancin]

@iranzartoshti

Tabii ki benzemir. Biz oguz turkleriyik,avropeodlara aidik, kipchak turkleri mongoloidlardir. Bunun gedim tarixden gelen sebebleri var, amma farslarla elagesi yok. Ozunuz dushunun, neden birden bire yuz milyonlarla fars hech bir boyuk sebebsiz dilini deyishib turk oldu? Imkansiz. Fars propagandasi bu.

Kichik misal- fin-ugor grupuna hem avropeod finler, hem mongoloid mokshalar aiddir.

[Vatancin]

@iranzartoshti Biz mustegil shimali azerileri canubi azeri gardashlarimizla beraber Shah Ismayil ile fexr edirik, cunki guclu azeri

Devletini gurdu, azeri dilini devlet dili etdi, cox doyushken gizilbashlar ordusu yartdi. Dushunurem onun azeri milletinin, azeri dilinin bu gun onun devlet kimi saxladigi Iranda zulmet altinda oldugundan sumukleri inildeyir.