AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE STRASBOURG, September 30, 2009 (AFP) – Council of Europe parliament members on Wednesday called on the United Nations and the United States to guarantee the safety of Iranian dissidents at a camp in Iraq following clashes in July. Iraqi forces launched a deadly raid on Camp Ashraf, in Diyala province near the…
Iranian dissidents held in prison despite Iraqi court ruling
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE KHALES, September 29, 2009 (AFP) – Iraqi authorities have refused to allow 36 Iranian dissidents seized in a July raid to return to their base despite a court ruling they must be released, a judicial official said on Tuesday. The members of the People’s Mujahedeen, an exiled opposition group, were arrested by…
Rowan Williams: protect Camp Ashraf residents
ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — The Archbishop of Canterbury said Sunday that the U.S. and Iraq must protect the residents of Camp Ashraf from violence and abuse.The situation in Camp Ashraf “constitutes a humanitarian and human rights issue of real magnitude and urgency,” Archbishop Rowan Williams said in a statement on his Web site. “There is…
Church of England head urges protection for Iranian refugees
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE LONDON(AFP) – The head of the Church of England said Sunday that Iraqand the United Stateshave a duty to protect Iranian refugees in a camp in Iraq from violence or abuse. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said events at Camp Ashraf northeast of Baghdad “constitute a humanitarian and human rights issue of…
Obama’s dilemma in Iraq’s Camp Ashraf
The Christian Science Monitor The US isn’t supposed to intervene. But unless it does, Iranian exiles there face retribution from a brutal regime. Provo, Utah – The Obama administration is facing a difficult foreign-policy and humanitarian challenge that could have serious implications for its relationship with Iran. It concerns 36 Iranian dissidents, promised protection by…