ABC News Across the street from the White House for the last 16 days sit Iranians on a hunger strike, demanding justice for the victims of the attack onCampAshraf inIraq – an incident few Americans know anything about. Today Amnesty International called upon Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to investigate those attacks. So what’s the issue?…
Iranian group asks US to take control of Iraq camp
ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS (AP) – An exiled Iranian opposition group urged the international community today to assume control of a camp housing some of its members outside Baghdad, after an Iraqi raid last month killed at least six of its residents. The People’s Mujahedeen of Iran wants the United States to re-establish temporary control over…
Refugees’ plea to US forces in Iraq: protect us
The Christian Science Monitor Human rights lawyers say the US should intervene to safeguard the Iranians at Camp Ashraf, which was raided by Iraqi security forces July 28. Washington – Human rights lawyers for a group of Iranian refugees living in Iraq who appear to have been brutally beaten by Iraqi security forces last month…
Iranian dissidents in Iraq deserve our protection
THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR While in Iraq with the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Brigade, one of the safest areas for us to travel was Ashraf. This is the home of many Iranian dissidents who opposed Ayatollah Khomeini’s takeover in 1979. I am disturbed to hear that the Iraqi government has raided the village of Ashraf, reportedly…
Campaigners urge protection for Iranian dissidents in Iraq
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE GENEVA— Human rights campaigners and an Iranian opposition group on Wednesday called on the international community to ensure the protection of Iranian dissidents inIraq. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the vice president of a UN human rights body said they feared that at least 35 people arrested during a security…