NCRI - Based on reports received from inside the mullahs’ regime, the terrorist Quds Force and the mullahs’ intelligence ministry, with the assistance of the Government of Iraq, have installed sophisticated eavesdropping devices on 15-meter-tall towers adjacent to Camp Liberty to overhear the residents’ conversations. According to these reports, the eavesdropping devices are installed in a way which would cover the trailers used for the residents’ accommodation. On the other hand, as pointed out in statement ‘Camp Liberty- No. 4’, powerful espionage cameras have been installed at various points of the camp to monitor all activities inside the camp. Based on same reports, … [Read more...]
Installation of eavesdropping devices on 15-meter-tall towers adjoining Camp Liberty
February 21, 2012 By
Transfer of Ashraf residents to Camp Liberty is aimed at annihilation of mullahs’ legitimate opposition
February 21, 2012 By
Iraqi Prime Ministry assures Iranian regime to paralyze PMOI in Camp Liberty NCRI - Iranian Resistance has attained a document from inside the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) which says that following the transfer of the first group of Ashraf residents to Camp Liberty, the Iraqi prime ministry has reassured the Quds Force and regime's ambassador in Baghdad that members of the PMOI would be crippled in Liberty and would become politically dead. This shocking document leaves no ambiguity that the project for transfer of Ashraf residents to Camp Liberty is entirely to the wishes of the clerical regime with the objective of destroying this regime's democratic and legitimate … [Read more...]
Sub-Humane Living and Security Standards in Camp Liberty
February 20, 2012 By
On February 17, 2012, as a goodwill gesture, 400 Iranian dissidents residing in Camp Ashraf in Iraq began their relocation from Camp Ashraf, their home of 25 years, to Camp Liberty, a former U.S. military base near Baghdad international airport. They volunteered for this transfer even though minimum guarantees for their safety and security have yet to be provided by the Iraqi Government or the United Nations. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has formally recognized the residents of Ashraf as “asylum seekers” and “persons of concern,” which entitles them to fundamental protections and security based on humanitarian standards. Nevertheless, the Iraqi … [Read more...]
USCCAR Urges Secretary Clinton to Ensure Iraqi Guarantees for Safety and Security of 400 Iranian Asylum Seekers in Camp Liberty
February 19, 2012 By
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Friday, February 17, 2012, as a goodwill gesture, 400 Iranian dissidents residing in Camp Ashraf in Iraq since 1986, many with families and relatives in the United States, began their relocation from Camp Ashraf, their home of 25 years, to Camp Liberty, a former U.S. military base near Baghdad international airport, even though minimum guarantees for their safety and security have not been provided by the Iraqi Government or the United Nations. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has formally recognized the residents of Ashraf as "asylum seekers" and "persons of concern," which entitles them to fundamental … [Read more...]
Liberty not meeting minimum humanitarian and human rights standards
February 19, 2012 By
"Shelter expert's" lies on Liberty infrastructure ready to host 5500 people exposed NCRI - The statement of UNAMI on January 31, stated "the infrastructure and facilities at Camp Liberty are in accordance with the international humanitarian standards stipulated in the MoU." A technical report by a shelter expert dated January 30 which served as basis for the UNAMI statement confirmed that "the camp is currently configured to accommodate 5,500 persons." The UNAMI statement pretended that the UNHCR had approved the situation of camp Liberty, but the latter was explicit in its February 1 statement that the new location was "being provisioned" and "the UNHCR has been advising on the … [Read more...]
Iran Policy Committee: Responsibility to Protect Iranian Dissidents in Iraq
February 19, 2012 By
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2012 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ — A humanitarian tragedy unfolds as the Iraqi military and police harass and threaten 397 Iranian dissidents relocated to Camp Hurriya, a former American military base. They are the first of 3,400 residents of Camp Ashraf. How Iraq, UN, EU, and the United States act is a litmus test for whether the rest of the residents of Camp Ashraf relocate. Professor Raymond Tanter, former member of the National Security Council staff in the Reagan-Bush White House and President of the Iran Policy Committee, stated, “The UN shares with Washington responsibility to protect Iranian dissidents from being harmed by Iraqi authorities. At the UN World Summit, … [Read more...]
400 Iran exiles reluctantly move to new Iraq home
February 18, 2012 By
ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD (AP) — Lugging clothes, tables and whatever else they could carry, roughly 400 members of an Iranian exile group reluctantly moved Saturday from their camp in northwestern Iraq to a deserted military base outside the capital in what they called a show of good faith that they eventually will be allowed to leave the country peacefully. It was the first group to move of the more than 3,300 members of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran who have lived at Camp Ashraf for three decades. They left under pressure from the Iraqi government, whose army stormed Ashraf last April in a raid that left 34 of the exiles dead. The United Nations also wants the … [Read more...]
UN welcomes start of relocation of Iranian exiles to new camp in Iraq
February 18, 2012 By
UN NEWS CENTRE The United Nations has welcomed today's safe relocation of about 400 residents of the Iraqi settlement formerly known as Camp Ashraf to a new transit centre elsewhere in the country, calling it “the first step towards a better future” for the residents, who are Iranian exiles.The 400 people who voluntarily relocated today – the first to do so – now reside in Camp Hurriya, a temporary transit location, according to a press release issued by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) in Baghdad.The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will immediately start the process of verification and refugee status determinations, a key step in preparing the submissions of … [Read more...]
First exiles to leave Iraq’s Camp Ashraf slam new site
February 18, 2012 By
CNN Baghdad (CNN) -- About 400 members of an exiled Iranian opposition group who are the first to leave a long-term camp in Iraq under a U.N. plan criticized their treatment and the conditions at the new temporary site Saturday. The group left Camp Ashraf at midnight following 12 hours of inspections and checks, Shahin Gobadi of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement. When they arrived seven hours later at the new site, a former U.S. military base near Baghdad International Airport long known as Camp Liberty, the group discovered a heavy presence of police. Camp Liberty has been renamed "Camp Hurriya" and is now an Iraqi facility. Another inspection was … [Read more...]
Transfer of Ashraf residents to Camp Liberty is a mullahs’ regime project
Mullahs' thanking and welcoming the Iraqi government for the transfer of PMOI members to Camp Liberty, and the United Nations for helping their expulsion NCRI - The mullahs' regime on the fourth day of transfer of a number of Ashraf residents to Camp Liberty, unveiled the issue and while welcoming the Iraqi government's action, described it as the "resolve of the Iranian nation" and "the will of the Iraqi government". It also thanked the United Nations for helping to expel PMOI from Iraq. The regime acknowledged the fact that project to transfer Ashraf residents was completely designed and guided by the religious fascism ruling Iran. On Tuesday morning February 21st, Ramin … [Read more...]