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Conditions unbearable for Iranian dissidents in water-logged Camp Liberty, Iraq, a week after flood

NCRI – Worsening living conditions in Camp Liberty are posing a serious health risk to residents a week after flooding and blockade of vital supplies and equipment by the Iraqi government.

Heavy rainfall severely damaged the camp’s roads, drainage and trailer accommodation, with food rotting and sanitary equipment rendered useless.

Many injured or sick residents are now unable to travel across the camp due to sludge and water-logged roads remaining unusable on foot or in vehicles.

Liberty’s over3,000 Iranian dissidents have been making repeated requests for a year for Iraqi contractors to repair the drainage system and make-shift roads at their own expense, but their demands have been ignored by prime minister Nouri al-Maliki’s agents.

Iraqi officials are also barring the entry into the camp of many essential goods needed by residents, including pipes, hoses, water pumps, sealants for sealing the trailers, and even waterproof clothing to enter the camp.