PUBLIC SERVICE EUROPE The UN’s reputation will be tarnished unless there is an inquiry into the conditions at Camp Liberty and the human rights of Iranian dissidents protected, writes a member of the British House of Lords “To preserve the food from spoiling you use salt; what would you do when the salt itself is…
Author: Baroness Turner
U.S. turns its back on camp
THECOLUMBIADAILY TRIBUNE Iranian dissidents not terrorists but face abuse in Iraq. No presidential administration wants a crisis in an election year, yet 2012 finds the Obama administration careening headlong into a major showdown with Iran. Tehran just announced it has started enriching uranium at an underground site in Ferdow, near Qom, an ominous sign of…
Iranian opposition group eyes Jordan relocation
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS (AP) — An exiled Iranian opposition group being forced to relocate from its paramilitary base in eastern Iraq proposed on Saturday to temporarily move to the Jordanian border instead of Camp Liberty near Baghdad. Last month, the Obama administration offered to move the group temporarily to Camp Liberty, which once was…
U.S. should protest conditions at Camp Liberty
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL If the United Nations won’t act regarding conditions faced by Iranian dissidents in Iraq, the United States must. LONDON, March 2 (UPI) — The mullahs ruling Iran have had little reason to be happy with the United Nations in recent weeks, being forced to cope with crippling sanctions because of their pursuit…
Secretary Clinton Must Delist MEK; Ensure Safety, Security, and Dignity of Iranian Dissidents in Iraq
WASHINGTON, March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR) calls on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to promptly remove Iran’s principal opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq [PMOI/MEK], from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) and refrain from making the long-overdue delisting contingent on non-statuary demands. USCCAR is troubled…