Groups across Iraq are also demanding immediate protection from United Nations Blue Helmet forces for the residents of Camp Liberty who face the threat of further missile attacks.
On September 1, Iraqi forces under the command of Nouri al-Maliki attacked Camp Ashraf and killed 52 members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). Seven residents of the camp including six women were taken hostage by Iraqi forces.
The statements were issued by the Baghdad Council of Tribal Sheiks, Assembly of Iraqi Tribes, the Diyala province cultural center, the Society for Peace of Iraqi Women, the Center for Intellectual Iraqi Women, the Ashrin National Revolution, the Assembly of Fallujah Youth, the Club for Freelance Journalists.
They blamed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for the Ashraf atrocity and called on the US government and UN to first, exert pressure on the Iraqi government to ensure the health and safety of the hostages before their imminent release.
Second, send a UN monitoring team and a unit of UN Blue Helmet troops to Liberty.
Third, for the UN Secretary-General and High Commissioner for Human Rights to carry out an independent investigation into the massacre and bring the perpetrators to justice.
The statements said: “It is very clear to us after transferring the security protection in 2009 to the Iraqi forces that not even one person beside government forces is now able to enter Camp Ashraf. It is clear Maliki and Faleh Fayyaz’s denials are nothing but an attempt to escape punishment by the international court of law tribunals for this atrocity.”