Atlanta protest over Iranian elections on Saturday
June 19, 2009 at 11:07 am by Thomas Wheatley in NewsMetro Atlantans on Saturday will protest the recent Iranian election and its aftermath.
The event, which has been endorsed by Amnesty International and the American Friends Service Committee, begins at 5 p.m. outside the CNN Center at the intersection of Centennial Park Drive and Marietta Street
From a press release about the event:
“The demonstrations in Iran over the presidential elections have shown the potential for a fully democratic Iran,” said Peter Tadeo, a law student at Georgia State University. “Not only Iranians around the world, but many Westerners as well, have seen the blatant corruption in the so-called elections. I believe citizens of Atlanta should add their voices to the massive dissent in Iran to increase the pressure on the Iranian government.”
“The line has been clearly drawn,” added Ali Parman. “The current regime has murdered its own people because they disagreed with the government. A government which silences its own people with deadly force is no longer a democracy; it is now a dictatorship.”
Organizers of the rally say they are not supporting any candidate or political party in the Iranian election. “This is not for Ahmadi, not for Mousavi. It is for freedom,” said Ladan Mohkami, an Atlanta medical school graduate. “Freedom to vote, freedom of press – a true democracy.”
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:26 am
Here’re the pictures of the protest which was held in Atlanta, GA in front of the CNN Center on Saturday June 20, 2009: http://bit.ly/hCJuF