Mission          for Establishment         of Human Rights in                   Iran                  
 
(MEHR)
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Defend
Mr. Bollinger,
the President        of Columbia University,
 
Mr. Lee C. Bollinger, the        President of Columbia University, who told Ahmadinejad: "Mr. President,        you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator," and exposed the        human rights violations of the Islamic Regime in Iran (IRI), has become        under a vicious and orchestrated attack. 
        
       All lobby groups and individuals        who work for the unconditional relations between the US (meaning        Halliburton, GE, etc) and IRI, along some so called “progressives” who        regard and defend Ahamdinejad as an “anti Imperialist”, have united their        forces and are using all their resources to ridicule and discredit Mr.        Bollinger. They are afraid that this may set a tone and start a trend to        loosen their influence on American academia. 
       
These reactionaries who are        apologists for a dictatorship without any concern for human rights        violations in Iran must be encountered by the        Iranians who seek a secular democracy. 
              
We are not judging Mr.        Bollinger’s positions on all issues but he was right in what he did and        said on the occasion of Ahamdinejad’s visit. Please sign this petition to        defend him who had the courage to ignore the pressure of IRI’s apologists        and tell the truth.
         
               
       PETITION:
       Defend Mr. Bollinger, the President        of Columbia University, Against IRI's Lobby groups and        Individuals
       http://mehr.org/Bollinger.htm
           MEHR
P.O. Box        2037
P.V.P., CA 90274
Tel: (310) 377- 4590
Fax: (310)377-        3103
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 Dear Mr. Bollinger:   
I commend your courageous act of exposing the human rights violation of the Islamic Regime in Iran (IRI). You showed that you are a man of principle and I hope this will give an awakening message to some academics and academia that have become greatly influenced by the IRI’s lobby groups and individuals.  
Your remarks have apparently annoyed the lobby groups and individuals but I can assure you that you have found many admirers and friends among the freedom loving Iranians. 
                  
                    
                                                 
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