The Center for the Human Rights Development Union in Egypt condemned the Iraqi Foreign Ministry’s emphasis on closing down Camp Ashraf before the end of the year, describing this as a challenge, a flagrant defiance of international laws and the will of the United Nations. This center issued a declaration, with a copy sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, condemning the Iraqi government’s deadline to close Ashraf, assessing this as a preparatory measure for another massacre in Ashraf in the next three months.