Statement by the U.S. Committee for Ashraf Residents WASHINGTON, DC, JULY 29, 2023 – On behalf of hundreds of Iranian Americans with loved ones in Ashraf 3, the U.S. Committee for Ashraf Residents applauds members of U.S. Congress for introducing a bipartisan House resolution H.Res.627 sponsored by Congressmen Lance Gooden (R-TX) and Steve Cohen (D-TN),…
Category: USCCAR Statements
USCCAR Condemns Iraqi Government’s siege on Camp Liberty, Urges Secretary Kerry To Avert Humanitarian Crisis
PRNewswire WASHINGTON, July 17, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In a letter today to the US Secretary of State John Kerry, the US families of the residents of Camp Liberty, called for his urgent intervention to avert a humanitarian crisis at the Camp in light of the Iraqi Government’s imposition of further restrictions on the residents over…
USCCAR Demands Immediate Release of Camp Liberty Resident Taken Hostage by Iraq
Washington, DC, April 6 – The US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR)strongly condemns the abduction of Mr. Safar Zakery, a resident of Camp Liberty, Iraq, by the Iraqi authorities 21 days ago and demands his immediate release. Mr. Zakery, 60, has been declared a ‘protected person’ under the Fourth Geneva Convention by the United…
U.S. Families of Camp Liberty Residents to Join the Worldwide Hunger Strikes
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. families of thousands of Iranian dissidents, members of Iran’s principal opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), who reside in Camp Liberty, Iraq, have volunteered to join an indefinite hunger strike outside the White House beginning today. The DC hunger strikers will be joining hundreds of others at…
State Department Official Absolves Iraq’s Prime Minister of Responsibility in Massacre of 52 Iranian Dissidents, Abduction of 7, and Carnage in Iraq
President Obama Needs to Intervene Immediately WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — During a hearing on November 13, 2013 by the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran, Brett McGurk, when faced with repeated questions by several subcommittee members over the breach of commitments…