Amnesty International’s Public Statement calling on the Iraqi government to extend the deadline for Ashraf residents has received wide coverage in Iraqi media outlets.
Al-Babelyia TV: Amnesty International said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has received Camp Ashraf residents’ individual refugee applications. In its statement, AI called on the Iraqi government to extend its year-end deadline to close the camp, provide the necessary supplies for them and allow refugee interviews to take place in a safe and impartial location.
Al-Rafidain TV: Amnesty International requested from the incomplete Iraqi government to postpone the deadline for Ashraf residents.
Al-Rashid TV: Amnesty International invited the Iraqi government to delay the deadline for the closure of Camp Ashraf belonging to the People’s Mojahedin.
Arabic Nawa Radio: In a statement to the Iraqi government, Amnesty International demands the Ashraf closure deadline to be postponed and necessary supplies to be provided for interviews to take place in a private and unbiased site.
NINA news agency – Iraq: Amnesty International called on the Iraqi government to extend the time period for closing Camp Ashraf, affiliated to the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran.
Amnesty International announced its concerns “that some 3,250 Iranian long term residents of Iraq who reside at Camp New Iraq, 60 kilometres north of Baghdad, are at serious risk of severe human rights violations if the Iraqi government goes ahead with its plans to force the closure of the camp by the end of December 2011.”