Solidarity With Iranian People's Protests

9th of July (18 e TIR) demo in London

2009-07-08T18:41:00.000-07:00

Please join us outside Iranian embassy from 5:30 pm, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Iranian students protests on 9th of July (18 e Tir)

10 Years ago the protests were triggered off after closure of "Salam" newspaper and introduction of university fees. The students had occupied the Universities in Tehran and elsewhere, where their main slogan was: "Azaadi e Andisheh - Hamisheh Hasmiheh" - Freedom of Tought , forever forever. The students were brutallu murdered by the members of Sepah, Basij and Plain Clothes police(Lebas shakhsi) in their dormitories. Many students disappeared and were discovered, much later among Evin prisoners. Many were not disqualified from studying. Many members of student union were pressurized, threatened and jailed every once in a chile for years. 9th of July has been commemorated ever since by students and the rest of the public ever since.

Join the protests outside Iranian Embassy today - (th of July- 5:30 pm

فراخوان عضو گیری

2009-07-07T16:12:00.000-07:00

دوستان گرامی

کمیته ی همبستگی‌ با اعتراضات مردم ایران، در پی اعتراضات و حوادث ناگوار پیش آمده پس از انتخابات بیست و دوم خرداد، در راستای اعلام حمایت از مبارزات آزادیخواهانه مردمی در ایران، به طور موقت اعلام موجودیت نمود.

این کمیته بدون هر گونه وابستگی به جریانهای سیاسی و مذهبی ‌برای دفاع از حقوق سلب شده ی مدنی مردم ایران اقدام به برگزاری همایش‌ها و تظاهرات، رایزنی با فعالین سیاسی و مدنی، پی گیری شکایات به مراکز بین‌المللی، جمع آوری امضا و... نمود.

باری ما بلوغ فکری - فرهنگی‌(و نه الزاما سیاسی) و افزون بر آن، بیداری دگر باره ی ایرانیان که خود را در مبارزه‌های مدنی و آگاهانه مردمی (پیش و پس از انتخابات) بروز داد را بیش از هر فرایند دیگر سیاسی بر آماده از اتفاقات اخیر ارج می‌‌نهیم.

در راستای گسترش روحیه ی آزاد اندیشی و اندیشه ی تغییر طلبی ‌میان ایرانیان، بر آن شدیم تا از ایرانیان فرهیخته، به ویژه هنرمندان، نویسندگان، اندیشمندان، فعالین سیاسی و مدنی، فعالین کارگری، فعالین زنان، دانشجویان، فعالین دانشجویی و سایر علاقمندان، دعوت به عمل آوریم تا با حضور خود در نشستی که بدین منظور برگزار خواهد شد زمینه ی ایجاد جنبشی روشنگرانه را فراهم آورند. پویایی روند کنونی مستلزم حضور جنبش‌های های نظری، هنری، ادبی ‌و فرهنگی ‌برآمده از اقشار گونگون جامعه می‌باشد.

از مدعوین خواهشمندیم با ارایه نظرات خویش، چه از طریق ایمیل، ایراد سخنرانی ‌و یا طرح حضوری با شرکت در این نشست، ما و خود را در برپا داشتن جنبشی آگاه گرانه یاری رسانند. خواهشمند است، دوستانی که قصد ایراد سخنرانی‌، خواندن مقاله، و یا طرح نظر دارند ما را از پیش مطلع سازند.

چنانچه شرکت در این نشست برایتان مقدور نیست، میتوانید نظرات خود را با ایمیل با ما در میان بگذارید و چنانچه تنها خواستار مطلع شدن از نتیجه همفکری ها و یا برنامه های آتی هستید، با فرستادن ایمیل می‌‌توانید به لیست ایمیل های مربوط بپیوندید.

زمان: شنبه هجدهم جولای - ساعت پنج بعد از ظهر

Holloway Road 266-268مکان:

London N7 6NE

Iranian Community Centre (ICC)

Email: swipp.uk@googlemail.com

SWIPP's open meeting

2009-07-04T18:10:00.000-07:00

SWIPP

Dear friends, we have an open meeintg on Sunday 5th of July.

The focus of the meeting will be on long temr strategies as well as immediate plans for organising events for 9th of July (18 e Tir). I urge people to turn up for the event, as we are at a stage where several organisations are in the process of organising events and SWIPP has been asked to cooperate.

Most members will be meeting in front of the Iranian embassy from 6 o'clock onwards. However the Open meeting will be held on at the following address at 9:00 pm:

Coventry street
1-2 Conventry Street
London
W1D 6BH

Should the timing of the meeting is inconvinient , we rocommend that you meet us in front of the embassy earlier, should you wish your points to be raised in the meeting.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

SWIPP UK (London branch)

STOP PRESS TV -George Galloway

2009-07-01T09:55:00.000-07:00

PRESS TV, founded and funded by the Iranian regime, has never had it so good. While the Iranian independent and pro-reformist have been shut down, and many journalists and bloggers have been arrested, the Iranian regime has even sent foreign journalists back home. Furthurmore the Internet services in Iran have been slowed down while SMS facilities, as people's means of communications, have been interrupted. Thanks to Nokia-Siemens technology the Iranian regime have the baility to eavsedrop people's conversations while they have interrupted. Thus no one, westeners and Iranians alike, are able to witness the crimes happening in Iran. PRESS TV have been acting as the mouthpiece of the criminals who have remained in power by engineering a coup, for which to happen, they have arrested, beaten, tortured and killed many. Neck Ferrari a PRESS TV presenter has recently quit his job over "bias" in PRESS TV reporting and in "protest after regime crishung dissent" after Iranian elections. In addition to Nick Ferrari, Press TV has employed: Cherie Blair's sister Lauren Booth, The MPs Derek Conway and George Galloway, and the journalists Andrew Gilligan and Yvonne Ridley.

OFCOM, esteblished as a body corporate by the Office of Communications Act 2002, is responsible to regulate UK communications industries, with responsibilities accross Television, Radio telecommunications and wireless communications services. Ofcom is already investigating a complaint that PRESS TV has breached its duty to be "accurate" and "impartial".

According to Potkin Azarmehr an activist, and a popular blogger, the coup govornment has not yet had to pay a price abroad, for the the crimes that they have committed invluding, killing, wounding and arresting protesters in Iran.

SWIPP urges its members and non-member supporters to ACT upon this call. We need to make complaints to OFCOM regarding bias coverage of PRESS TV regarding Iranian post elestion events. Please follow the link below and take a minute or two to make a complaint. Remember people are being beaten on the street and this is the very least we can do.

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/progs/other/

Additionally you can make complains to Stop The War Coalition for cooperating with Regime apologists such as George Galloway. You could ask very simple questions such as :

1- Why is George Galloway cooperating with Press TV, a bias media, founded by iranian govornment, who has been ignoring the crimes taken place in Iran and has been spreading nonesense about the nature of the protests.

2- Why Mr Galloway, being so obsessed with Israeili crimes and Palestinian victims, has turned a blind eye on atrocities taking place in Iran?

3- Why Mr Galloway, being so obsessed with the victims of war in Iraq and afghanistan, has chosen to completely ignore the Iranian protesters on the street who have been killed, arrested, wounded for expressing their view about the rigged elections through marching peacefully on the streets of Iranian towns and cities?

4- Why Mr Galloway, being so concerned about institutional crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, has kept silent about the mass arrest of journalists and politicak activists in Iran?

6- Why Mr Galloway, being a shameful apologist for Ahmadinejad's govornment has failed to recognize the crimes of the coup govornment?

How can he place Ahmadinejad's govornement in the category of anti-imperialist and defenders of the working class govornments? Has he forgotten the main backers of Ahmadinejad (Sepah) have gained key financial resources through the privatisation scheme in Iran? Has he failed to see that Sepah-e-pasdaran in Iran owns an unknown number of corporations, mines, factories, and has heavyinvestments in oil, gas and arms industries?

CALL Stop The War Coalition and raise your deep concerns about cooperation with George Galloway:

02078012768
Or email them byfilling a form at:
http://stopwar.org.uk/component/option,com_contact/Itemid,3/

Additionally call George Galloway's Office on:
02072196940

AND/OR

George Galloway's constituency office on:
02076135225

Alternatively if you wish to email him, send your emails to:
georgegallowaydotcom@gmail.com

Please Spread the links to everyone that you know.

2009-06-28T15:09:00.000-07:00

London Demonstration For Solidarity With Iranian People's Protests

On Wednesday 24th July, days after the people of Iran took to the streets for the crime committed by the government; SWIPP UK engaged Piccadilly Circus the busiest square of London to let a large group of people amplify their voice; putting aside political beliefs in order to unite the cheerless but fuming call to stop the barbaric killing of protesters in Iran.

London was happy to see a large group of Iranians joining us from Bristol, just so they could also unite their heated voice and welcome the citizens of London to share the grieve of the latest victims and also sharing the distress about the political captives.
SWIIP UK is looking forward to continue the serious of events in order to raise awareness and highlight the lack of human rights in Iran.

2009-06-27T13:37:00.000-07:00

SOLIDARITY WITH IRANIAN

PEOPLE'S PROTEST IN BRISTOL

Just after the electionresults were revealed and the violence began, Iranians living in and around Bristol decided to gather for a series of peaceful demonstrations outside Bristol City Council in order to show their support and solidarity with Iranians in their struggle for democracy and justice. We have had three gatherings since Thursday June 18th, one of which was organised to honour the memory of Neda and all those who perished in pursuit of freedom.

The media has been very interested in covering these events especially BBC RADIO BRISTOL, Evening Post and ITV NEWS.

London Demonstration For Solidarity With Iranian People's Protests

2009-06-18T19:30:00.000-07:00

Organised by SWIPP UK with cooperation with various Iranian and British Political, Non-political, humanitarian organisations.

Where? LONDON - Piccadilly Circus
When? Wednesday 24th 6:00 - 9-00 PM

Please bring flowers and candles to show your solidarity with those who have been harassed, arrested, beaten and imprisoned since the elections.

Read our mission statement to see who we are and what our purpose is. To get involved please email us to discuss.

Also please promote the peition link as well as the event

Friday 19th in Sheffield: by SWIPP(Sheffield)

2009-06-18T09:57:00.000-07:00

Sign the Petition

2009-06-18T02:51:00.000-07:00

Our petition is online now. Please sign the petition and ask others to do so:

Sign the Online Petition

If you need a hard copy, please download this PDF version and print it off - all hard copies' signatures, when returned to us, will be added to the online petition:

Download the PDF Version

Mission Statement

2009-06-17T05:49:00.001-07:00

Solidarity With Iranian People’s Protests (SWIPP) is an independent campaign organization with the purpose of encouraging British and International governments not to recognize the coup government in Iran, and pressurize the Iranian government not to violate the human rights of people who oppose the result of the election.

Statement of Purpose

Following the widespread electoral fraud in the Iranian Presidential Election waves of protests have risen across Iran. However, these peaceful demonstrations have been brutally attacked by the Revolutionary Guards. Moreover, hours before the announcement of the final results of the election, high profile political figures from the reformist parties have been either arrested or have been put under house-arrest. Not only major reformist media have been closed down, the coup government has also cracked down all independent journalists; as a result, a great number of news and networking websites have been banned, newspaper offices have been attacked and journalists have been warned and threatened about what they report. Tehran streets are still witnessing violent clashes between the Revolutionary Guards and the unarmed demonstrators – tear gases have been fired on people, police batons are used in an excessively brutal manner, in addition reformist student unions, political parties and ordinary people have been widely denied their constitutional right to peaceful demonstration and gatherings. We appeal to the International public and organisations to show their solidarity with the Iranian people by asking their governments not to recognise the Iranian presidential election results, to question the legitimacy of Ahmadinejad’s government and to pressure Iran to investigate these allegations of election fraud and to respect their international obligations on human rights.

History and Core Values

The founding meeting of SWIPP took place on June 16^th 2009, as a reaction to the extreme violation of human rights in Iran after the government was accused of rigging the votes. We strive to bring together the broadest possible spectrum of forces, organized on the basis of certain core values that our founding committee has agreed upon. The campaign must remain independent of any particular political party/group at any time. We respect the will of Iranian people thoroughly and completely. We are deeply concerned regarding the violation of human rights in Iran as results of people’s peaceful protests against the electoral fraud in Iran. Thus the very existence of our campaign shall remain subject to continuation of the crisis in Iran.

Organization

SWIPP is governed by a board of political activists, students and those from professional back ground who are deeply concerned about the recent events in Iran.

Campaign Strategy

Our strategy focuses upon:

raising a strong voice in the media (Internet, radio & TV and the press), and challenging questionable new allegations and threats as they arise
lobbying members of parliament and opinion-makers
extending the campaign to an international level
addressing petitions to various officials, media as new situations arise.
organizing public events to raise awareness and to encourage various organizations from a vast set of political positions to agree upon our humanitarian and democratic values to be able to, through cooperation, change the situation for the Iranian people for the better. This, we believe, will allow people of Iran to decide more freely for themselves.

As a reaction to the electoral fraud and the coup govornment in Iran . . .

2009-06-16T19:20:00.000-07:00

Iranian Solidarity With Iranian People's Protests SWIPP has started its campaign. More to come.