Pictures of the Great Ashraf 18 June gathering villepint with Maryam Rajavi in support of Ashraf

Villepinte Gathering to support Ashraf,18June 2011, Maryam Rajavi supported by 5000 French Mayors

French mayors pay respect to Iranian Resistance Martyres along with Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the NCRI , Mahin Sarmei, wife of veteran poltical prisoner and famed in Iran for his resolve to stand firm for Freedom, who was hanged by Iranian henchment in Tehran , paying tribute at the Martyres Monument at Villepinte, Paris 8 April, 2011.

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Paris / Villepinte Conference on protection of Ashraf with Maryam Rajavi

Maryam Rajavi at Villepinte Gathering to protect Ashraf, 18June2011, with Mahin Saremi, political prisoner who had escaped Iran to Paris to declare support of Iranian political activists with the PMOI. At the memorial, Mayors representing 5000 French and Belgian and Italian Mayors gathered to declare support for Mrs. Rajavi in her quest to fight for Iranian people's right to Freedom and Democracy .

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Appeal by SabasMessage: Massacre of Camp Ashraf underway June 2011

According to Fars News Agency (State controlled news agency) , Diyala province governor , RAAD Javad Altamimi in an interview with Almotamer newspaper has revealed that new organisational structure has been formed incorporated with Iraqi intelligence and military and police , which are preparing for a new attack on Camp Ashraf under direct control of the Prime minister Al Maliki himself

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Congressman Ted Poe - Message of solidarity with Camp Ashraf 2011

Ashraf maryam Rajavi, Paris,Ashraf 18 June 2011

Ashraf 18 June Gathering for protection of Camp Ashraf

Ashraf 18 June Great gathering -Paris Villepinte :Live streaming on Twitter

We shall try to live stream the Ashraf-Paris Great Gathering in Villepinte, 18 June  on twitter.
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A live online Stream of Ashraf 18 June Villepinte Event on :

A live VNR of Saturday's event will be available to broadcasters . The time will be announced later. (European Central Time).  There will be no cost and re distribution is allowed without any restrictions.  

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Majority of parliamentarians in Malta call for protection of Ashraf .

On 8 April 2011, some 2,500 Iraqi armed forces attacked the defenseless and unarmed Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf on orders issued by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and at the behest of the Iranian regime. This brutal attack resulted in the murder of 35 residents, including 8 women, and 350 others being wounded. A number of Ashraf residents were crushed to death by armored vehicles.

California congressman: I was not kicked out of Iraq! .

THE HILL  - By The Hill Staff - 06/13/11

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) is pushing back against reports that he was ordered to leave Iraq over the weekend

Rohrabacher, who was visiting the Middle East with other lawmakers, reportedly called for Baghdad to repay the U.S. for some of the money spent since the 2003 invasion. And that didn’t go over so well.


“We called the U.S. Embassy [Friday], and we told them to ask the congressmen to leave Iraq,” government spokesman Ali al Dabbagh said, according to an article posted on myfoxorlando.com. “We don’t want them here. What they said was inappropriate.”
In a statement, Rohrabacher denied he and his colleagues were expelled: “There was no change in our scheduling while we were in Iraq. Our itinerary remained exactly the same and we departed as scheduled. We were not officially told to leave the country before we left and were never told or warned not to come back.”
Other members who were on the trip included Reps. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.), Ted Poe (R-Texas), Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Jim Costa (D-Calif.), according to CNN.
Rohrabacher noted in his release that he will be holding a hearing “into the April 8 massacre at Camp Ashraf in eastern Iraq where 35 unarmed civilians were killed and scores more injured during an attack by Iraqi soldiers.”
He added that his request for access to the site was denied by the State Department and the Iraqi government.

Iranian Regime Sends Wanted Terrorist as Envoy

Consideringthe importance of the topic we include the following story in our blog :

ISDCIRAN

"Latin America is no longer the US backyard," said Ahmad Vahidi, Iranian regime's defense minister to a state-run website,, upon his return to Iran from Bolivia, mocking his international arrest warrant issued for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires.

"The allegation is so worthless that it is even deemed invalid in a neighboring country," said Vahidi despite an announcement by the Bolivian government that he was told to leave.
There is no doubt that such incidents are completely pre-planned by the Iranian regime. The aim is to punch holes in the tightening grips of international laws and sanctions to render them ineffective against the regime.
 Sanctions are good but only if they are rigorously implemented. The time has come to toughen up on mullahs' regime.

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Iraq declares US delegation persona non grata

KUNA:

controversial remarks over Iraqi forces' raid on Ashraf camp, which houses Iranian exiles and demand for Iraq to repay portion of the costs of the US war on Iraq, Iraqi government declared the US Congress delegation persona non grata.
Iraqi government Spokesman Ali Al-Dabbagh said the US Embassy in Baghdad was apprised of the decision that the delegation should leave now.
"They are unwelcomed in Iraq from now on," he affirmed. Al- Dabbagh harshly criticized the remarks made by the delegation members on the Ashraf camp raid.
"Their demand to conduct an investigation in the raid is categorically unacceptable and has upset Iraq," the Iraqi official said.
He went on to say that Mujahedeen-e-Khalq "is a terrorist organization should leave Iraq".
Al- Dabbagh also expressed surprise and regret from the delegation's call for Iraq to burden part of the costs of the US war on Iraq. (end) mhg.ibi KUNA 110104 Jun 11NNNN

Majority of parliamentarians in Iceland call for supporting the Iranian resistance and protection of Ashraf .

– A majority of the members of Parliament in Iceland have called for the protection of Camp Ashraf and support for the Iranian Resistance. Below is the translated text of the declaration: • The waves of change have overtaken the Middle East and North Africa, including Iran, and popular uprisings against the religious dictatorship, which is the main obstacle to peace, stability and democratic progress, are still continuing;

US ambassador: Investigations will continue about Camp Ashraf incidents .

Following the release of a statement by a visiting US congressional delegation to Iraq, al-Hurra TV reported that the US ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, has announced, “Investigations about the incidents in Camp Ashraf will continue and the Iraqi government, security forces and the residents of this camp must cooperate to complete the investigations.”

We had a frank and spirited discussion about the Camp Ashraf massacre by Iraqi troops: Rohrabacher .

PRESS STATEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE REALESE
June 11, 2011

 Rohrabacher Statement on Baghdad Meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister
CODEL not officially expelled from Iraq
(Istanbul, Turkey)- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) issued the following statement on his recent meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki while in Baghdad as part of an official Congressional delegation:

“We had a frank and spirited discussion about the Camp Ashraf massacre by Iraqi troops,” said Rohrabacher. “There was never any indication the Prime Minister  was angered  by having this discussion  or the during  the portion of the conversation about the  current economic situation in the U.S., which lead to the suggestion of repayment by the Iraqis.
The meeting was originally scheduled for an hour but continued for an extra 40 minutes.

Majority of parliamentarians in Italy call for supporting the Iranian resistance, people’s uprisings, and protection of Ashraf .

A majority of the members of Parliament in Italy have called for the protection of Camp Ashraf and support for the Iranian Resistance and the Iranian people’s uprisings. Below is the translated text of the declaration:
• In view of the Iranian people’s extensive nationwide uprisings against the religious fascism and their brave resistance against violence and state repression;

• In view of the widespread arrests, rising political executions, including the execution of family members of the residents of Camp Ashraf, who are the source of the Iranian people’s hopes;

Aswat Al Iraq / Politics , Baghdad Al-Iraqiya Leader attacks Prime Minister Maliki, charging him with hypocrisy and deception

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Chairman of al-Iraqiya Coalition, Iyad Allawi, has launched a strong attack against Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, charging him with lying, hypocrisy, deception and depending on the foreigner and Iran to become prime minister.

“He (Maliki) has forgotten that he was and still is holding the position of defense, interior, national security ministers and the intelligence chairman, and had depended on the foreigner and was supported by Iran to become prime minister,” Allawi said in a televised interview on Friday.

Congressman Ted Poes Staetment: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DENIED ACCESS TO CAMP ASHRAF

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Washington, Jun 10 -

 Today, Congressman Poe visited Iraq to visit U.S. troops and meet with Iraqi officials. Congressman Poe and other Members of Congress attempted to visit Camp Ashraf where they were turned away by the Iraqi government. Congressman Poe issued the following statement in response:
“I am deeply disappointed that Members of Congress were denied access to Camp Ashraf by the Iraqi government.  Earlier in the day, we had the opportunity to meet with Prime Minister Al-Maliki for nearly two hours and heard his candid position on this complex issue. These discussions were important and productive. However, it was also important to be able to hear the position of the residents of Camp Ashraf in order to get a fair assessment from both sides of what really occurred that day. We were not allowed to hear their side of the story. It is unacceptable for the Government of Iraq to continue to silence the Iranian freedom fighters at Camp Ashraf.”
On April 8, 2500 Iraqi forces attacked unarmed Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf. 35 people were killed and hundreds were wounded in these attacks. The international community has not been allowed access to the Camp. Members of the European Parliament were also denied access to Camp Ashraf when they visited Iraq at the end of April.

Ashraf:US lawmakers: US lawmakers visiting Baghdad say Maliki refuses to allow visit to Ashraf .

The Iraqi government has refused to allow a visiting delegation of US members of Congress to visit Camp Ashraf in order to discover facts about the killing of dozens of the camp’s residents, according to al-Hurra TV.
Al-Sumariya also reported that the US delegation criticized the Iraqi government’s decision to prevent the delegation from visiting Camp Ashraf.

 According to Iraqi news reports, a high-ranking bipartisan delegation from the foreign affairs committee of the US Congress visiting Iraq led by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., who chairs the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, revealed at a press conference that the Nouri al-Maliki government refuses to allow an investigation visit to Ashraf.

Egyptian party supports protection of Camp Ashraf

Egypt’s al-Majd al-Dastouri party has released a declaration on Camp Ashraf supported by all of the party’s circles and branches in 16 provinces in Egypt and including close to a million members.

The declaration says, “We condemn all of the crimes, killings and anti-democratic treatment by the Iraqi forces and the Iranian regime’s agents in relation to the suppression of freedoms and rights of Ashraf residents.”

IRAQ- ASHRAF ;Statement of the Council of Sheikhs of al-Radhvania, al-Ameria, and al-Naimia in Iraqi al-Anbar Province in support of European Parliament’s plan .

Guaranteed protection of Camp Ashraf by UN and U.S.

More than 2 months has passed since the attack on Ashraf which bought pain and anguish to the hearts of millions of Iraqis and people worldwide. We had repeatedly warned prior to the attack that the rights of Camp Ashraf residents were being violated. We say that they have been Iraqi people’s guests for decades and are protected persons under international agreements and laws, especially under the Fourth Geneva Convention. We consider the United States and the United Nations directly responsible for this situation.

47th day sit-in , Geneva, for Camp Ashraf

Egyptian lawyers urge Clinton to delist PMOI, protect Ashraf

45 Egyptian lawyers have written to the US Secretary of State demanding the delisting of the main Iranian opposition and guaranteeing protection for residents of Camp Ashraf, Iraq.
The letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton refers to last month’s international conference in Brussels on the policy towards Iran.

U.S.-Iran Policy: P.J. Crowley, Stuart Eizenstat and Nancy Soderberg, Join Former Republican Officials in Urging President Obama To Support a "Persian Spring": HRDI Symposium .

WASHINGTON, June 6, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Several former U.S. Government officials spoke to the need for the Obama Administration to focus more on the Persian Spring as the administration is calibrating its new Middle East initiative to adapt to the realities in the region, during a symposium in Washington, DC, entitled "New U.S. Middle East Initiative and the Policy on Iran," organized by Human Rights and Democracy International.

Iraqi VP’s spokesperson supports European Parliament solution on Ashraf .

The media spokesman for the Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi has said that the European Parliament’s proposed solution for the residents of Camp Ashraf is an appropriate, just and humanitarian option that respects international and human rights laws. According to the Iraqi news agency, Abdol elah Kazem said Iraqi nationalist forces are in agreement with this solution and have supported humanitarian result. “We oppose any displacement of the residents of Ashraf to another location in Iraq,” he added.

International Federation of Workers Unions supports the European plan for resolving Ashraf’s crisis .

Guaranteed protection of Camp Ashraf residents is necessary for independent international investigations
International Federation of Workers Unions  , a non-governmental organization at the United Nations Economic and Social Council, with more than 70 million members from 95 countries, supports the European plan for achieving a reasonable, peaceful, and permanent solution for Camp Ashraf, and calls for immediate actions to implement this peaceful plan.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: The proposal presented by the European Parliament is a peaceful and viable solution for Camp Ashraf .

Camp Ashraf

I join the UNHCHR,  EU,  other  countries  around  the world and  human  rights organizations and personalities to deplore strongly the Iraqi forces’ violent attacks against the defenseless and unarmed residents of Camp Ashraf on April 8th, 2011 which left 35 residents killed and hundreds of others wounded. Concerns exist that if the UN does not immediately assume the protection of the residents, Iraqi authorities will carry out yet another armed attack against Ashraf residents.

Over 300 Belgian Mayors express their support for Ashraf residents, call for their protection .

We would like to declare the support of over 300 Mayors, a majority of city mayors in Belgium, for Ashraf residents. This support from all major cities throughout the country is symbolically important and we hope it will add to the international pressures to save the defenceless people in Ashraf.

Enabling the Persian Spring .

Ali Safavi

Huffington Post

In his speech last month about the seismic shifts unfolding in the Middle East, President Obama referred to the "shouts of human dignity... being heard across the region" and said, "The question before us is what role America will play as this story unfolds."
The ousting of several dictators in recent months, the latest being Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen, and calls for democracy echoing across the region, are clear signals that change is inevitable. That is partly why the president stressed, "There must be no doubt that the United States of America welcomes change that advances self-determination and opportunity."

Symposium in Kuwait in solidarity with Mojahedin at Camp Ashraf .

In an article entitled “Where are Kuwaiti Shiites when Camp Ashraf Shiites are massacred”, the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah Daily wrote in its front page: “Dr. Walid al-Tabatabaee, a member of Kuwait’s Parliament described the killings committed by the Iranian government and the Iraqi Prime Minister’s military at Camp Ashraf ‘crimes against humanity’ and asked the international community to take ‘serious actions for stopping them.”

Syrian protestors burn Iranian regime flag .

Syrian protestors burned the Iranian regime’s flag on Friday in protest to the involvement of the regime’s Revolutionary Guards in the killing of Syrian protestors.

According to news agencies, Syrian protestors burned the flags of the Iranian regime, China and Russia, condemning these states’ cooperation with the Syrian regime. Friday’s demonstrations faced another round of brutal suppression by security forces. 70 people are deemed to have died.

According to news agencies and eyewitnesses, Friday’s demonstrations were the largest since the uprisings began in the country.

The most number of casualties have been reported in the city of Hama.

Three decades ago, the current Syrian dictator’s father, Hafez Assad, massacred thousands of protestors.

Separately, following growing protests in the Kurdish region of Syria,Bashar Assad, the Syrian President, invited the Kurds to a dialogue.

48 days of Sit-in in Geneva for Ashraf

Parallel to the UN Human Right Council Session in Geneva,Iranians have been active in a 48 day sit-in in front of the UNHRC , addressing the acute situation of Ashraf directly to Mrs.Navy Pillay.

Former U.S. officials call for protection of Camp Ashraf residents in Iraq

In a symposium titled, New U.S. Middle East Policy and the Policy on Iran", which was held in Washington D.C. on June 2, 2011, former U.S. high-ranking officials discussed recent transitions in the Middle East region and emphasized the delisting of the Mojahedin Khalgh from the US State Department's Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) list, and the protection of Camp Ashraf in Iraq. Participants in the symposium included, Philip Crowley, former Assistant Secretary of State, Amb. Stuart E. Eizenstat, former Under Secretary of State, Amb. Nancy Soderberg, former NSC Senior Official, John Hillen, former Assistant Secretary of State, Porter Goss, former Director of CIA and Michael Mukasey, former Attorney General:

Nahida al-Daeni, member of Iraqi Parliament: The Siege of Camp Ashraf is crime against humanity

NCRI - According to Nahida al-Daeni, a member of Iraqi Parliament, the Iraqi parliament plans to take serious steps to end the suffering of Camp Ashraf residents. She also said that providing medical assistance and medicine to Ashraf residents is imperative, Akhbar al-Iraq News Agency reported on June 3.

Iraqi Parliament plans to review Ashraf residents’ case from both legal and humanitarian perspectives, because many problems have been imposed on Ashraf residents, Akhbar al-Iraq quoted al-Daeni as saying.

“Preventing food and medicine to enter Camp Ashraf is unacceptable and these actions are considered crime against humanity,” al-Daeni said.

Ashraf families pressured, repressed and abducted by Iran agents in Iran

NCRI - Intelligence agents of clerical regime abducted Ms. Mahboubeh Mansouri, a family of Ashraf residents, on Wednesday, June 1; there is no news of her whereabouts. Five family members of Ms. Mansouri, including two of her sisters, reside is Ashraf. Her brother Mohammad-Ali, was arrested in 2007 because his son and some of his other relatives were in Ashraf and that he had participated in a commemoration of the massacred political prisoners. He was subsequently condemned to 17 years imprisonment and is currently in Gohardasht prison under excruciating conditions.

Camp Ashraf - Iraq Preparing New Assault on Iranian Opposition

Iraqi forces present at the Iranian refugee campground Ashraf, in Iraq show new suspicious activities, opening 10 passageways in fences surrounding the camp preparing for a possible new assault, said the Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in a statement today.

A number of Iraqi military Commanders are present at the camp since Wednesday, 1 June, to make these preparations, reports NCRI.

The passageways could facilitate Iraqi armored vehicles access to inside the camp into streets and residential areas where unarmed civilians, residents of Camp Ashraf live.

Al-Maliki forces prevent delivery of fuel to Ashraf despite summer heat

NCRI - On Sunday, 29 May 2011, Iraqi forces prevented the entrance of a tanker to Camp Ashraf, carrying fuel purchased at Ashraf residents’ own expense. Despite continuous efforts, the suppressive Iraqi forces returned this fuel tanker today, April 11th. This is part of the policy practiced by Maliki and the Ashraf Suppression Committee to escalate pressure on the camp’s residents, especially following the April 8th attack.

VP European Union: Camp Ashraf displacement, a Call for Catastrophe

Alejo Vidal-Quadras, 

26 May 2011 - Speaking at a conference held at the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday, Spanish conservative MEP Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Vice President of the European Parliament rejected any suggestion for forced displacement of Camp Ashraf residents to another location in Iraq as a call for another massacre, reported AFP.


He was referring to a raid by Iraqi forces on 8 April this year on the Iranian dissident Camp Ashraf north of Baghdad.  The raid cost the lives of 8 women and 26 men.   They were mostly shot directly by the Iraqi soldiers.

Iraq Continues Clampdown on Camp Ashraf Residents

In the aftermath of the 8 April massacre at Camp Ashraf by the Iraqi forces, and swarms of international condemnations, the residents of the camp continue to complain about the repressive measures by the Iraqi forces surrounding the camp.
On 19 May 2011, at a meeting with European Union ambassadors, the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari said, “Iraqi officials have initiated a series of measures to guarantee and provide humanitarian services, medical treatment and food supplies in Ashraf.”

Pax Christie International called on Catherine Ashton, guarantee for protection of Camp Ashraf

Considering that Ashraf’s residents have the status of protected persons under the 4th Geneva Convention, guaranteeing their protection is an international necessity and for this reason we consider compulsory relocation of Ashraf residents inside Iraq a non-realistic option.

We also support your emphasis at the European Parliament on May 11, when you once again strongly condemned the massacre of 35 defenseless residents of Ashraf and called for a peaceful solution and active intervention of European commission and European Parliament, and we ask you to immediately implement the necessary actions in order to carry out the proposed European plan and end the atrocities of Iraqi government at Ashraf.

Mesal al-Alousi called for investigation of crimes against humanity at Camp Ashraf .

What happens at Camp Ashraf to which Ashraf residents are exposed, is what the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and paramilitary forces under its cover are perpetrating.
I, Mesal al-Alousi, General Secretary of Ummah (Nation) Party of Iraq for a practical investigation of events of April 8, 2011 that Camp Ashraf residents were exposed to, and the truth must be revealed to everyone in order to clarify Iranian regime’s role in crimes committed against Ashraf residents, because Iranian regime has a direct hand in the Iraqi executive branch and what has happened, is from an international perspective, a massacre.

San Marino Parliament passes resolution on protection of Ashraf .

The Parliament of San Marino Republic has adopted a resolution condemning the April 8 attack of the Iraqi army against the residents of Camp Ashraf, where more than 3,400 dissident Iranians are located.

The resolution said that although Ashraf is a well-recognized place on an international scale, the attack on the camp left 35 dead and over 300 severely injured. The raid was conducted even though the residents of Camp Ashraf are protected persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention and their rights must be respected, the statement said.

The Iraqi government has violated its obligations for the benefit of the Iranian regime and threats against the defenceless residents of Ashraf remain because of the presence of an armed force inside the camp.

MRAP calls for protection of Ashraf at Human Rights Council session .

The prominent non-government organization Movement Against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples (MRAP) called for the protection of Camp Ashraf residents during the seventeenth session of the UN Human Rights Council session. MRAP said it hopes that current talks between the UN Assistant Secretary General Ivan Simonovic and Iraqi officials in Baghdad would involve the issue of the protection of Ashraf.

Maryam Rajavi Speech at the European Parliament on 25 May, 2011 .

Dr. Alejo Vidal Quadras,
Vice President of the European Parliament,
Distinguished representatives
and distinguished guests from the United States,

Dear Friends,
First I would like to welcome the decision by the Council of Ministers on Monday to work with the UN and US to find a lasting solution for the humanitarian crisis in Ashraf.

Forty-eight days after the massacre on April 8, 42 of the wounded remain in critical condition.

Despite the demand by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, there is yet to be an investigation about this tragedy.
In order to resolve this crisis, the first step is providing protection for residents of Ashraf.
The Iranian Resistance is prepared as always to lend any cooperation to resolve this issue.

Maryam Rajavi calls on EU to adopt urgent practical measure together with UN and US to protect Ashraf .

Following the EU Council of Foreign Ministers’ discussion on Camp Ashraf Monday, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, expressed hope that EU would urgently adopt a practical measure to guarantee protection of Camp Ashraf.  She said 6 weeks after the April 8th attack there have yet to be any practical measures to guarantee the protection of Ashraf, an independent investigation has not begun, and the presence of Iraqi military forces and installation of widespread military embankments inside Ashraf have evolved the possibility of further massacres to a permanent threat. The number of loudspeakers for psychological torture of Ashraf residents has been increased from 240 to 300.

France Libertes calls for protection of Ashraf at Human Rights Council session .

A representative of the human rights organization France Libertés Foundation - Danielle Mitterrand expressed support for the European Parliament’s solution for Camp Ashraf Iraq during the seventeenth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
The representative of France Libertes pointed to a statement by the UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay on April 22, which said about the Iraqi army’s attack on Camp Ashraf in early April, “The Iraqi military were well aware of the risks attached to launching an operation like this in Ashraf … There is no possible excuse for this number of casualties. There must be a full, independent and transparent inquiry, and any person found responsible for use of excessive force should be prosecuted.”
 The representative said despite the strong call by Ms. Pillay, no independent investigation has taken place and similar calls from human rights bodies remain unheeded.

Statement by all Lichtenstein Parliament members to support European plan for Camp Ashraf .

On April 8, 2011, at the order of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and on behalf of the Iranian regime, 2,500 Iraqi forces with armored vehicles attacked defenseless and unarmed Iranian dissidents at Camp Ashraf. In this attack 35 people including 8 women were killed and 350 people were wounded, a number of the dead were run over by the armored vehicles.

Iraqi forces and their weapons continue to remain inside the camp. Threats and the anti-human blockade continue. Due to lack of access to medical services, the wounded are in critical physical conditions.
In late April, the Iraqi government prevented a high ranking delegation dispatched by the European Parliament to Iraq from visiting Camp Ashraf.

Coalition for action by Australian lawmakers from four parties: Protection of Ashraf is responsibility of UN .

In a press conference at the Federal Parliament in Canberra, a non-partisan group of Australian members of Senate and Federal Parliament from the Labor, National and Greens parties announced the solidarity of the members of the Australian Senate and Parliament with the residents of Camp Ashraf and their support for human rights in Iran.

At this press conference, Senator Scott Ladem, representing the Greens Party, Senator John Williams, representing the National Party, Senator Claire Moore, representing the Labor Party, Mr. Calvin Thompson, member of Federal Parliament from Victoria, and Mr. Larry Ferguson, member of Federal Parliament from New South Wales on behalf of the Labor Party, along with Mr. Stephen Volker representing Amnesty International and Father Rivent Bryan Midway from the Organization of Canberra’s Churches were present.
Condemning Nouri al-Maliki’s government for the crimes it has committed against residents of Ashraf since 2009, Senate and Parliament members at this conference, as well as human rights personalities in Australia called on the UN, the U.S. government and the Australian government to protect the residents of Camp Ashraf and asked for removal of restrictions imposed on Ashraf residents by the government of Nouri al-Maliki on behalf of the Iranian regime.

Italian mayor supports Ashraf residents, particularly 1,000 women .

The mayor of the Italian city Pinasca has expressed support for the residents of Camp Ashraf, Iraq, and especially the 1,000 female residents.
Igor Alessandro Bonino dedicated a ceremony in the honor of Italian resistance against fascism to 1,000 women in Ashraf and the Iranian Resistance, saying, “They are fighting a cruel dictatorship for the liberation of their country.”

He added, “Although they have been subjected to criminal attacks, but they have proven to be the symbols of resistance and resilience for democracy in their country. I call on the international community to intervene to protect them and provide security for them.”

Pinasca’s chair of cultural affairs, Carla Reymondo, said, “The struggle of Iranian women for democracy starts with 1,000 brave women in Ashraf and expands to the streets of Iran. It brings the women of Iran to the forefront of street protests against the ruling dictatorship.”
She added that the women of Ashraf are “symbols of resistance for Iranian women, and the world is responsible for protecting such human beings.”
“We are witnessing crime against humanity in the time of peace and democracy, and we see the trampling of international law in the case of Ashraf,” she added.
“The resistance of our women is intertwined with the resistance of Ashraf women for the overthrow of dictatorship and establishment of peace and democracy in Iran.”

Over 1500 prominent Jordanians condemn attack on Ashraf .

Over 1,500 Jordanian personalities, including 15 parliamentarians, have strongly condemned the Iraqi government’s attack on Camp Ashraf in April, according to the Kuwaiti daily al-Sayassah.

Dozens of politicians and diplomats joined hundreds of jurists, judges and independent Islamic figures, academic figures and journalists to condemn the attack. They represented a wide range of political views from over 100 political parties and movements.

According to the Kuwaiti daily, in a statement, the Jordanian personalities said, “We express displeasure and condemn the attack on Ashraf using the strongest of terms. The attack dangerously violates international laws and customs and poses a clear challenge to the Fourth Geneva Convention, because the residents of Ashraf are protected persons under that convention.”

About one third of the signatories are women with a wide variety of political views in Jordan.