UnionsACT, the Australian workers union council representing 24 labor unions with 30,000 members issued a letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calling for the UN to impose monitoring over Camp Ashraf and the Iraqi government to cancel its illegal deadline to close down the camp at the end of 2011.
Excerpts of this letter are as follows:

Mrs. Navy Pillay
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Dear Ms. Navy Pillay

The international community, as well as human rights organizations across the globe, are concerned about prospects of another assault by Iraqi forces against the defenseless residents of camp Ashraf.
The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nori al-Maliki, has announced that he intends to close the camp by the end of this year. This means that within three months, we are going to witness another massacre in Ashraf. We believe that the burden of responsibility in preventing another massacre lies on your shoulders as well as the UNHCR.
As you are surely aware, UNHCR recently released a statement in which it officially recognized residents of Ashraf as asylum seekers. This statement reminds the government of Iraq about its international obligations which require that the residents’ basic security be provided and urges the Iraqi government to extend its ultimatum for closure of camp Ashraf.

To prevent another massacre in Ashraf we urge you to:
– Station UN observers, on the ground, in camp Ashraf and declare the camp a demilitarized zone; evacuate all Iraqi armed forces and recognize camp Ashraf as a refugee camp under consistent UN monitoring.
– In unison with the international community, make the Iraqi government adhere to international laws as it pertains to camp Ashraf residents, which will lead to an eventual termination of the ultimatum for closure of Ashraf, cessation of the illegal siege on Ashraf and removal of loudspeakers from around the camp which are used by Iranian agents to subject the residents to psychological torture.
Finally, let me just express my appreciation, in advance, for all your efforts in finding a solution to this humanitarian crisis.