The politicians and prominent public figures said Liberty was neither temporary nor secure and its residents had been deceived into re-locating there.
The statement said: “It has been 15 months that the residents of Ashraf were transferred to Camp Liberty on the excuse of being relocated to third countries.
“Based on the promises of the UN, Liberty was supposed to be a temporary and safe place that met humanitarian and international standards for the refugees.
“As a result of these commitments and guarantees, a forcible displacement was imposed on the residents of Ashraf and they were transferred from their 27 year home in Diyala Province to a prison called Liberty.
“However it is clear that these refugees have been deceived and Camp Liberty was not a temporary and secure place and it also did not meet humanitarian and international standards. The residents’ lawyers are also deprived of visiting their clients.
“The February 9, 2013, attack on to Camp Liberty that left eight dead and more than 100 injured, showed that Camp Liberty has turned into a killing field for the refugees; and threats from the terrorist forces affiliated to the Iranian regime still continue.”
The UNHCR declared ten years ago that the residents of both Ashraf and Liberty as ‘protected persons’ under the fourth Geneva Convention, and said the Iraqi government was responsible for protecting them, the statement said.
It announced it had two key demands, adding: “Firstly, the residents of Liberty must urgently return to their long time home in Diyala Province (Camp Ashraf) in which has a higher security level than Liberty and their transfer to other countries continued from there.
“Secondly, the status of Ashraf and Liberty refugees is completely within the framework of the UNHCR agenda and the high commissioner must undertake this responsibility without Martin Kobler’s interference.”