
‘’No More Racism’’
Thousands of Dr. Latif Pedram’s supporters demonstrated in city of Fayzabad northern province of Badakhshan on August 10th.
Protesters were carrying sign says ‘’No More Racism’’ accused the local government in conspiracy against Dr. Pedram, the leader of National Congress Party of Afghanistan.
Dust Mohammad, one of the protesters said the people who support ethnic cleansing were the one who modified Dr. Pedram’s audio speech where calling Amanullah Khan, the former king a traitor.
‘’When the Kochi representative claimed that Afghanistan is only belong to Pashtuns in the parliament nobody had taken any actions, but now the same people accusing Latif Pedram for a modified audio clip?’’the protester said to Payman Daily reporter.
During the current month Dr. Pedram, the Federalist leader had interviewed on Khorasan TV where he claimed that Amanullah Khan, the former King illegally distributed other ethnic lands to his Pashtun people in northern and central Afghanistan during his time. A few days later a 57 seconds of Dr. Pedram’s speech modified and published on Youtube which frustrated Afghan Mellat party, a Pashtun nationalistic movement.
After the modified clip heard inside the country, Afghan Mellat members gathered in Paktia province announced the bounty of two hundreds thousand dollars on Dr. Pedram’s head.
Dr. Pedram’s supporters called the bounty on Pedram’s head a terrorist deed and said the silence of central government shows that they no longer condoning terrorist threats, they added there is no a sign of democracy and freedom of speech in this government.
The demonstrators were carrying Dr. Pedram posters asked for civil rights moreover demanded on Kabul government to dismiss the racist and conspirator people.
Shapur, another protesters said how could we call this administration a national government when President Karzai hired Ismail Youn as his spokesman, the man who is author of the book, The Second Water Bearer, which asked Pashtuns of Pakistan to join Taliban in Afghanistan for cleansing Tajiks and Hazara?
Following demonstrate around the city of Fayzabad, the protesters requested from International Communities and human right organizations do not allow Karzai’s team for taking an ethno fascistic action against Dr. Latif Pedram in a democratic state.
Sent by: Mr. Khairy