THE HILL (Global Affairs) For the past three and a half years I have served first as chief of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) Human Rights Office and then as adviser to the Secretary General’s Special Representative for Iraq, monitoring, among other things, the human rights and the humanitarian situation of 3,400…
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Time for U.S. to remove the chains on Iranian dissidents
THE UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL The author argues it’s time for the United States to remove the People’s Mujahedin of Iran from the county’s list of terrorist organizations. LONDON, Aug. 22 (UPI) — Ever since the United Nations brokered a deal with the Iraqi government regarding the 3,400 Iranian dissidents at Camp Ashraf north of Baghdad,…
Top U.N. official in Iraq ‘misled’ world on camp for Iranians
THE WASHINGTON TIMES The top U.N. official in Iraq directed his staff to cover up the prisonlike conditions of a relocation camp for Iranian dissidents in reports to the world body, said a former U.N. official who has resigned in protest. In his first interview since leaving his post, Tahar Boumedra told The Washington Times…
Stand firm for human rights Secretary Clinton
THE HILL (The Congress Blog) As the U.S. approaches the presidential election and the inevitably orchestrated party conventions, there is little evidence of agreement in American political circles. Ideological differences have poisoned dialogue on just about every issue – the only apparent agreement being on when to recess, and even that brings about partisan maneuverings….
Camp Ashraf safety a final legacy for the US in Iraq
THE DAILY MAIL In recent weeks the situation surrounding the safety of 3,400 members of an Iranian opposition group based in Iraq has taken a significant turn in the halls of the White House. As the US takes a keener interest in protecting these Iranians from the clutches of the regime in Tehran, it appears…