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Camp Liberty Updates

  • Iraq: Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty develop severe orthopedic diseases

    For the fifth consecutive month Iraqi forces refuse to give residents forklift trucks for carrying heavy loads Many residents have developed severe orthopedic diseases due to carrying heavy loads For the fifth consecutive month, the Iraqi forces refuse to give residents their own forklift trucks for their daily affairs. The…

  • Senator McCain urges Kerry to expedite resettlement of Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty

    U.S. Senator John McCain sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday to raise concerns about Iranian opposition members in Camp Liberty, Iraq, whose lives are increasingly at risk as the security situation in Iraq, particularly in Baghdad, continues to deteriorate. The letter published in Senator McCain…

  • Iraqi forces make Camp Liberty Iranians carry heavy loads, prevent use of forklift trucks

    Iraqi forces deprive Camp Libety residents of using their own forklift trucks forcing them to carry heavy loads with their hands or on their backs, The anti-human torture has caused residents severe orthopedic diseases The Iraqi forces continue to prevent residents of Camp Liberty from using their own forklift trucks. As…

  • Iraqi forces impose new medical access restrictions on Camp Liberty Iranians

    In a new anti-human restriction by Iraqi forces Camp Liberty patients may only refer to one hospital on any given day. In blatant violation of humanitarian standards, UNAMI agents are calling on the residents to adjust themselves to this tyrannical restriction and each day concur with each other as to who…

  • PACE expresses concern over Iranians in Camp Liberty, Iraq

    Statement issued today by The Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: “The Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe once again draws the attention of the international community to the situation of Iranian…

  • Iraq: 21st Camp Liberty resident passes away due to inhuman medical siege

    At 1:20 a.m, on 18 September 2014, Taghi Abbasian, a resident of Camp Liberty and member of Iranian Opposition (PMOI/MEK) who was suffering from heart ailment and Motor Neurone Disease lost his life at the camp’s Iraqi clinic as a result of the anti-human medical siege on the camp and…