BPCIF: The British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom strongly condemns the acts of violence on Monday 27 August by Iraqi government forces against Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf who were preparing for their transfer to Camp Liberty in Baghdad.

UPI - By Brian Binley - It is a sad day when a U.N. ambassador becomes the stooge of a repressive regime but it's happening. Martin Kobler, the United Nations' Iraq envoy, has brought shame on the institution by allowing himself to be duped into doing Baghdad's dirty work.

New Europe - By Baroness Turner of Camden - "The conditions in Camp Liberty are synonymous with those in a detention centre", says the report. "The situation of the residents of Camp Liberty is tantamount to that of detainees or prisoners."
Make no mistakes. This is not an extract from a propaganda sheet produced by a refugee support group, but rather a quote from the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.

BPCIF: Members of Parliament from all Parties Wednesday evening rejected a so-called UN "roadmap" for Camp Ashraf residents which aims to transfer the "Protected Persons" to a camp that a Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council last week described as a "detention centre".

BPCIF: On 19th July Mr Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Iraq and head of UNAMI, told the UN Security Council: “the [Iraqi] government’s patience is wearing thin. I therefore would like to ... urge Camp Ashraf residents to cooperate with Iraqi authorities and to relocate from Camp Ashraf to Camp Hurriyeh (Liberty)”.

UPI-By Lord King - Many eyes will be focused on the U.N. Security Council this week when it hears a report from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq Martin Kobler. Of particular interest will be how he tries to explain away the ineffective job he has done regarding a group of Iranian dissidents who have been mistreated by the Iraqi government.

BPCIF: Members of Parliament from all Parties condemn the increasingly belligerent efforts of the Government of Iraq (GoI) to force members of the Iranian opposition PMOI to relocate from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty without upholding their minimum human rights.

The Hill - By David Amess - In the furious debate about Iran, let us not forget that there are lives at stake right now. Those who wish to appease the mullahs in Tehran must not be allowed to forget that thousands of innocent refugees are caught in the crossfire.

BPCIF: More than 100 cross-Party Parliamentarians on Saturday rejected the call by the U.S. State Department on members of the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MEK) to vacate Camp Ashraf, their home for the past 26 years, without meeting their humanitarian needs. The MPs and Peers described the demand by the State Department as unjust.