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The International Parliamentary Campaign in Defence of Ashraf strongly condemns today\u2019s deplorable\u00a0terrorist attack on the defenceless residents of Camp Liberty. It is shameful that at a time when the US\u00a0and British governments and the United Nations are duty bound to protect these civilians a further two
residents have been killed and fifty wounded in today\u2019s missile attack.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately this is not the first time this Committee has had to condemn a missile attack on this<\/p>\n
group of Iranians who are \u201cprotected persons\u201d under the Fourth Geneva Convention. In February of\u00a0this year we wrote to the UN Secretary General demanding that the residents be protected following a\u00a0vicious attack in which at least 38 mini-Katyusha rockets and missiles were used to kill 8 residents and\u00a0wound more than 100.<\/p>\n
The International Parliamentary Campaign in Defence of Ashraf has repeatedly warned UNAMI chief\u00a0Martin Kobler that Camp Liberty does not meet the security needs of the residents. Any assurances\u00a0that the UNAMI chief now wishes to make will remain hollow and false. He has proven himself\u00a0incapable of giving the residents the protection they require and the UN is duty bound to provide.<\/p>\n
The residents of Camp Liberty must now be immediately returned to Camp Ashraf, their original home\u00a0for the past 26 years, which is 80 times larger than the Liberty prison camp. Moreover, UNHCR must\u00a0without delay recognise the status of the residents as refugees and grant them asylum in safe third\u00a0party countries. Likewise, the British and US governments as allies in the war in Iraq have a duty to\u00a0condemn this attack, ensure the residents are protected from further attacks and their movement to safe\u00a0countries takes place without delay.<\/p>\n
Rt. Hon. Lord Fraser of Carmyllie QC
President, International Parliamentary Campaign in Defence of Ashraf
Former Lord Advocate for Scotland
15 June 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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