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Protesters shouts slogans outside the U.S. Embassy as they call on the U.S. government to take action to protect Iranians in Camp Ashraf, Iraq

London Hunger strikers in plea for refugees in Camp Ashraf

Source: London InformerIRANIAN hunger strikers based outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square took their protest against the treatment of fellow exiles to the...

Iraqi lawyers committee demands release of 36 Camp Ashraf residents

NCRI – Mr. Majid Hamid Amin, chair of the Lawyers Association of Northern Iraq called on Iraqi Government to release the 36 Camp Ashraf...
Mrs. Danielle Mitterrand, President of France Libertés

Camp Ashraf: Appeal to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Agence France Presse*, Geneva, September 15 - Several NGOs in Geneva on Tuesday called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mrs....
At a briefing in the US House of Representatives, the Near East Human Rights Initiative (NEHRI) announced plans to send a humanitarian fact-finding mission to Camp Ashraf, Iraq, home to 3,500 Iranian dissidents.

Iraqi lawmaker, panelists urge US to ensure protection of Camp Ashraf; plan for

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a briefing in the US House of Representatives, the Near East Human Rights Initiative (NEHRI) announced plans to...
Mrs. Danielle Mitterrand, President of France Libertés and Mr. Eric Sottas, Secretary General of World Organization Against Torture (OMCT)

Iraq: Camp Ashraf – Observance of the Geneva Conventions

Source:  The World Organization Against Torture (OMCT)*Geneva, September 15, 2009 - On the occasion of the 12th session of the Council of Human Rights,...
A screen grab taken from a video showing Iraqi armoured vehicles drive into crowds inside Camp Ashraf, zig-zagging from side to side and running several people down on July 28, 2009.

The Italian AKI TV report from Camp Ashraf

The English translation of a report by the Italian AKI TV report aired on September 15 Reporter: These are shocking scenes of attacks on...
On the morning of May 28, 2009, the Iraqi police force attacked Ashraf at its entrance. They imposed a siege and for two months they exerted mounting pressures, threats and restrictions on Ashraf. Finally on July 28, 2009, they launched a brutal attack on Ashraf residents killing them savagely together with other suppressive forces at the behest of Khamenei who is engulfed in a nationwide uprising in Iran

Iraq’s tribal leaders press for the release of 36 residents of Camp Ashraf

NCRI - Two Iraqi tribal leaders have issued separate statements vociferously calling for the immediate release of 36 hostages taken by Iraqi forces from...
In a surprise move on the morning of May 28, 2009, the Iraqi police force attacked Ashraf at its entrance. They imposed a siege and for two months they exerted mounting pressures, threats and restrictions on Ashraf. Finally on July 28, 2009, they launched a brutal attack on Ashraf residents killing them savagely together with other suppressive forces at the behest of Khamenei who is engulfed in a nationwide uprising in Iran;

Dozens of Iraqi groups call for release of 36 Camp Ashraf residents by security...

NCRI - More than 40 Iraqi political and social groups in a letter to the U.N. Secretary General called for the release of 36...
On July 28, Camp Ashraf was raided by Iraqi soldiers who ended up killing at least 11 people. Hundreds were seriously wounded and 36 men abducted.

We must save besieged Iranians in Iraq

International law is clear – Britain and the US have a duty to protect Iranian dissidents being persecutedBy: Geoffrey BindmanSource: guardian.co.uk, September 11, 2009As...
On September 5, 2009, in a meeting near Paris attended by Arab and Islamic delegations comprised of lawmakers, legal, political and social personalities, and human rights activists from various Muslim countries, including Algeria, Jordan, Palestine and Egypt, the Arab-Islamic Committee in Defense of Ashraf was launched.

Arab dignitaries support committee in defense of Camp Ashraf

NCRI – A number of dignitaries including leaders of parties and organizations, members of parliaments, and social, political and legal personalities in Iraq and...