AI issues Urgent Action on “SEVEN IRANIANS ABDUCTED FROM CAMP ASHRAF”

NCRI – Amnesty International said in an Urgent Action statement: “Seven Iranian exiles, members of the People’s Mojahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI), were abducted from Camp Ashraf, northeast of Baghdad, on 1 September by armed men who had attacked the Camp and killed 52 residents. Unconfirmed reports have suggested that they are in the custody of the Iraqi authorities. They are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment and could be forcibly returned to Iran.”

“Amnesty International condemns the killing of the 52 residents and has called for an independent and impartial investigation into the killings,” the statement added.

“Eye witnesses from the Camp stated that they had seen the seven people in handcuffs, being beaten and thrown to the ground and then taken away in a white minibus. Their whereabouts remain unknown although unconfirmed reports have suggested that the seven were held in a detention facility at the former al-Muthanna airport in central Baghdad,” the statement said.

Link to the Urgent Action call by Amnesty International