Amnesty International urges the Iraqi authorities to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into violence at Camp Ashraf that reportedly left at least 47 dead on 1 September. “On previous occasions the Iraqi authorities have failed to conduct effective investigations into attacks on camps housing Iranian exiles. This has meant that no one has been…
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Iraq must urgently investigate attack against Iranian exile camp
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL – PRESS RELEASE Authorities in Iraq must urgently investigate the attack against a camp of Iranian exiles that left several people dead and injured and ensure all those wounded receive appropriate medical care, said Amnesty International today. The investigation should also look into the conduct of Iraqi security forces in the lead up and…
Amnesty International: Residents of ‘Camp Shraf’ in Iraq at risk
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Between 400 and 800 Iranian nationals living in a camp in Iraq could be transferred to a new location at the end of this year. Their security could be at risk while they are being moved. Amnesty International is calling on the Iraqi authorities to ensure the ir protection . Camp New Iraq,…
Amnesty International urges the Iraqi government to extend deadline for Camp New Iraq residents
Amnesty International is concerned that some 3,250 Iranian long term residents of Iraq who reside at Camp New Iraq, 60 kilometres north of Baghdad, are at serious risk of severe human rights violations if the Iraqi government goes ahead with its plans to force the closure of the camp by the end of December 2011….
Rights groups call on UN to protect Iranian exile camp
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Human rights groups called Wednesday on the United Nations to protect an Iranian exiles’ camp in Iraq, after a deadly Iraqi army raid. “The UN has acknowledged the death of 34 people but no efficient measure of protection has been taken,” said Nils de Dardel, from the Swiss lobby group Committee of…