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Iraq extends deadline closure of Camp Ashraf additional six months
Editor: OT Wednesday, 21 k 1 2011 19:13 GMT
Alsumaria News / Baghdad extended Iraq on Wednesday, the deadline for the closure of Camp Ashraf, a further six months in response to a request from the United Nations, which brokered the resettlement of the population who are increasing to 3000 people. He said Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at a press conference, said he "agreed to extend the deadline was to expire at the end of the year 2011 for a period of six months provided that the movement of United Nations between 400 and 800 of the population to other countries before the end of the year. " The United Nations called on the Iraqi government on December 6, the current extension of the date set for the evacuation of Camp Ashraf in Diyala to allow time and space sufficient to reach a solution may not be available in full before 31 December 2011 confirmed the need for any solution accepted by the Government of Iraq and the residents of Camp Ashraf, Anne, and based on respect for Iraqi sovereignty and international human rights standards and refugee law as well as the principle of non-refoulement refoulement. Maliki said that "the Secretary-General of the International Ban Ki-moon asked Iraq to give them a chance, which he did Iraq," adding that "the case is now in the hands of the United Nations and I hope to be able to close this file." Maliki reiterated that "Iraq does not wants to hand opponents of Iran, as he does not want to kill them or abuse them or starve them, "but he also said," but they are illegal. " took doubts the future of Camp Ashraf, which comprises about 3 thousand opposition to the Iranian regime, after Washington handed over responsibility for the Iraqi government in 2009 , as confirmed Baghdad more than once that she did not want the presence of the opposition (PMOI) on the ground in Iraq. and made head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, Maryam Rajavi on Tuesday (December 20th of this month) in a letter to President Barack Obama and Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki- Moon ready Ashraf residents initial move to Camp Liberty in Baghdad, calling Obama and the moon to intervene and help to secure the minimum guarantees for the security of the population and well-being and reaffirm the commitment of the Iraqi government to these safeguards to prevent the recurrence of violence during the population transfer to a third country, and called for a permanent observer, independent of the Camp Liberty as a refugee camp with the flag of the United Nations and ensuring the safety of every individual of the population without exception. and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on 12 October 2011, he was granted the MKO opportunity to the end of this year, he said it from the terrorist organizations that do not have legal cover, especially as they carry out operations in Iran and interfere in the internal affairs of Iraq, he said. As considered by the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council, the beginning of October 2011, the deadline set by al-Maliki to end the presence of residents of the camp, is to pave the new attacks, demanding U.S. Nations and the European Union and the United Nations to pay the Iraqi government to end them and to provide protection to residents of the camp, urged the U.S. officials, President Barack Obama to raise the name of the PMOI from the terrorism list. It is noteworthy that one of elements of the Organization of Iran (PMOI) were killed and 12 others wounded, and 13 wounded by an element of the Iraqi army, including 5 officers, one lieutenant colonel, during clashes between elements of the Organization and the Iraqi army at Camp Ashraf in April 8, 2011, while the organization said killed 28 and wounded 300 of its members against the backdrop of clashes, at the time emphasized the Iraqi government that the devices are imposed security on the perimeter camp after the raised elements of the Organization riots. accused by Amnesty International in a report released earlier, the Iraqi government of killing at least thirty members of the PMOI opposition, and the wounding of others to use live bullets in an attempt to suppress protests against the Iraqi forces have in Camp Ashraf in Diyala province. The Government of Iraq to change the name of Camp Ashraf camp in the new Iraq after the receipt of the functions of security responsibility in which American troops, where she was repeatedly subject to the strict security measures. The Mujahedeen-e Khalq (the People) was founded in 1965 to overthrow the system, the Shah of Iran, after the Islamic revolution in 1979 opposed the Islamic regime, and took refuge in many of its members to Iraq in the eighties during the war between Iran and Iraq from 1980 to 1988, the organization considers the armed wing of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, based in France, they announced the renunciation of violence in June 2001.
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