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Camp Ashraf Hunger Strikes 36 released, London - pictures.

Terence Bunch | 07.10.2009 21:30 | Iraq | Repression | Terror War | World

72 days after hunger strikes start around the world in protest at the attacks carried out by Iraqi security forces on Camp Ashraf, Iraq releases 36 Iranian pro-democracy prisoners it has been holding arbitrarily in extra-judicial detention.

The Hunger Strikes end.
The Hunger Strikes end.

The announcement is made.
The announcement is made.

The congratulations begin.
The congratulations begin.

Victory salute.
Victory salute.

Farzaneh Dadkhah and victory.
Farzaneh Dadkhah and victory.

Punching the air.
Punching the air.

Fatemah Khezri and Soudabeh Heidari.
Fatemah Khezri and Soudabeh Heidari.

Some tributes.
Some tributes.

Coming to an end.
Coming to an end.


72 days after hunger strikes start around the world in protest at the attacks carried out by Iraqi security forces on Camp Ashraf, Iraq releases 36 Iranian pro-democracy prisoners it has been holding arbitrarily in extra-judicial detention.

The 36 detainees are released from detention early on the morning of 7th October and are taken immediately back to Camp Ashraf. Observers claim the men are in poor physical health as a result of their detention.

In London, one of the sites of the worldwide hunger strikes, Iranians end their hunger strike in jubilant scenes outside the embassy of the United States in Grosvenor Square.

They spend the day congratulating each other on their success, watching a press conference that takes place in Paris formally announcing the release and preparing to take the now former hunger strikers to hospital for formal medical examination to assess their health post protest.

US embassy, London, UK. 07th October 2009.

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Additions

Context.

09.10.2009 17:31

"This article really lacks historical background or context."

This story has been ongoing since July and has been posted on IM regularly since then in the form of updates. To provide historical updates is a problem as it means endlessly repeating content over and over again.

The newswire is not really the place to post historical context except at the start of a story/event/action.

For a timeline of events posted here at IM:

4th August 2009.
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6739371.ece

7th August 2009.
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/435859.html

31st August 2009.
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/oxford/2009/08/437073.html

4th September 2009.
 https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/world/2009/09/437352.html

6th September 2009
 https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/world/2009/09/437466.html

10th September 2009
 https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/world/2009/09/437717.html

24th September 2009
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/09/438595.html

4th October 2009
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/439169.html

And then this report.




Terence Bunch
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  1. some background on Camp Ashraf.. more needed — Tom R