Camp Ashraf Inhabitants

HR Minster confirms the removal of 100 MEK from Iraq

Iraq’s Human Rights Minister, Mohamed Shaya Sudani, said on Wednesday that one hundred members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq had been removed from Iraq at their own request.

On the sidelines of a joint press conference with Martin Kobler, Sudani told Al Sabah, "The winding up of the agreement between the ministry and the United Nations includes the removal of members of the MEK from the country. They are being moved gradually from Diyala to Baghdad, in order to keep this agreement on track… HR Minster confirms the removal of 100 MEK from Iraq

Sudani pointed out that "the transfer process was being interspersed with interviews of individual members by the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in order to ascertain their choice to voluntary return to their country of origin or to apply for asylum for any country in the world; this resulted in the transfer of some 100 of them to other countries". Sudani warned that "the transfer of MEK members from one place to another part of the country is not a final solution to the problem and is not compatible with human rights standards. Because they are not accepted by the international community their stay in Iraq is being prolonged, which is incompatible with the laws in force and the new policy in the country and the government’s decision to expel them from Iraq."

He explained that "no organization or party has accurate statistics on the number present in the camp, either before the transfer or now. This is the responsibility of the international community, as members of the organization prevented entry of any party, whether government or non-governmental, to the camp to undertake an accurate count of the numbers either when they were under the American administration or the government of Iraq…"

Wafaa Amer, Al Sabah Newspaper, Translated by Iran Interlink

April 26, 2012 0 comments

The MEK Expulsion from Iraq

Iraq deports 40 Mojahedin to Europe, as others moved to TTL

Iraq’s Interior Ministry announced today that the committees overseeing the evacuation of Camp Ashraf, northeast of Baghdad, have completed the transfer of 1,600 MEK members to Camp Iraq deports 40 Mojahedin to Europe, as others moved to TTL Liberty near Baghdad International Airport where the process of transfer was started in February.

The Ministry noted that 40 members of the organization would be moved to Europe because they are nationals of countries in it. It was explained that Iraq’s security agencies were able to stop attempts to smuggle four documents and other evidence from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty in Baghdad.

Ashraf News, Translated by Iran Interlink

April 21, 2012 0 comments

USA

Allow the survivors to testify against Rajavi cult

Open letter to the US secretary of state , Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Greetings
Open letter to the US secretary of state , Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton
These days, we are watching the unbridled endeavors of the members of the Rajavi terrorist-religious cult and their lobbies in USA and Europe to force you to delist their organization from the US state department terrorist list. The pmoi or Rajavi’s terrorist-religious cult always intends to reach to its goals by using force , pressure and imposition . I congratulate you because of your resistance and persistence for the continuation of the US state department research and investigation about this notorious organization. I as a former member of Rajavi’s national liberation army and a veteran of pmoi with 25 years record of service in this organization besides my appreciation for your resistance and US state department , am ready to fully cooperate with you and US state department as a reliable source and witness to show you the reality of this cult and its real essence whenever and wherever is suitable . the reason that I want to cooperate with you is because I believe the silence of the people like me who has witnessed the terrorist essence of this cult is a treason to the future generations and Iranian people as well as other countries specially USA.

Mrs. Clinton , everyday I follow the news about this cult and unfortunately I see sometimes that the members of this cult unilaterally in your country by the support of their American lobbies(former politicians and prominent figures) participate in variety of sessions , meetings in Washington and unilaterally they define and admire themselves without any objections because the scene is full of their supporters so the reality of their essence is not revealed because there is no dissident and witness in that meeting to stand up and show his or her complaint against the lies which this cult says about itself and reveal the real entity and essence of this cult and then we will see by the revelation of the real entity of this cult ,the lobbies(sometimes hotter than the soup bowl) who support them will still continue their support or not?!

For this simple reason, I am urging you to allow some of the separated members of this cult to come to USA and participate in these sessions and meetings specially in Washington to debate with the supporters of pmoi and their lobbies face to face and testify about the real essence and entity of this cult in front of the US officials so truth and untruth can be revealed and clarified . I believe this is the best facility for you and the state department to become more acquainted with the dark and grim essence and content of this organization and I emphasize that no one except the separated members in this world can be useful for introducing and recognition of the essence of this cult . For this reason the leadership of this terrorist religious cult have issued the death decree of all separated members throughout the world and they have begun destroying their prestige and personalities by labeling them as agents of Iranian intelligence service to shut their mouth.

Once more I appreciate all your efforts and your tolerance and resistance against the pmoi propaganda which is accompanied by force , pressure and imposition, and I should say that keeping the name of this organization in your terrorist list is the least and besides that all pmoi activists who are living in USA without mentioning their affiliation with this terrorist organization should be expelled from the US soil or confined and believe me the presence of such people on your soil is the overt and clear breach of the US Home Security regulations and rules of law.

Respectfully

Hassan Piransar the former veteran member of Rajavi’s cult , Faryade Azadi, Paris

April 19, 2012 0 comments

U.N. Iraq chief: The countries of the world must take MEK refugees

The United Nations and the State Department have been struggling to convince the Iranian exile group the Mujahedeen e-Khalq (MEK) to move to a former U.S. military base in Iraq, but the real U.N. Iraq chief: The countries of the world must take MEK refugees need is for third countries to accept MEK "refugees" on a permanent basis, according to the top U.N. representative in Iraq.

The MEK is a State Department-designated foreign terrorist organization opposed to the Iranian regime that has been living in a closed compound in Iraq called Camp Ashraf for years. The Iraqi government has pledged to close Camp Ashraf, using force if necessary, so the U.N. and the State Department are slowly but surely cajoling Ashraf’s 3,200 residents to move to Camp Liberty, a former U.S. military base near the Baghdad airport.

But that’s only a temporary solution. ..

"I have the feeling that the Camp Ashraf residents have made peace with the idea to go to Camp Liberty and they’ve made peace with the idea that there is no future in Iraq and they will leave Iraq," Martin Kobler, the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), told The Cable.

But finding homes for the MEK members when they leave Iraq "is the most difficult part of the story," he said. "The whole process only will succeed if all the 3,200 find countries who will take them into their borders."

The U.N. held a resettlement conference on March 27 in Geneva and the response was "not overwhelming, to say the least," Kobler said.

Part of the difficulty of dealing with the MEK group members at Camp Ashraf is that they have been cut off from the world for years and little is known about their individual histories or whether they would qualify for refugee status. Some reports say that MEK members are still conducting violent attacks inside Iran at the behest of the Israeli government.

The United States is legally barred from accepting any refugees from members of a foreign terrorist organization. There is also no plan for what happens to those MEK members who do not qualify for refugee status.

"We will find a solution then," Kobler said. "Everybody has Iranian nationality and on a voluntary basis can go back to Iran… The question is what happens to them then."

Kobler disputed the claims made by the MEK and its long list of American advocates that the Camp Liberty site is not fit for human occupation.

"Camp Liberty is a place where 5,500 American soldiers lived for many, many years… What worked for 5,500 people should also work humanitarian wise for 3,200 Camp Ashraf residents," he said.

Kobler declined to comment on reports that the MEK is involved in ongoing attacks on the Iranian nuclear program and its personnel inside Iran. He also declined to confirm that U.N. reports have stated that MEK members were intentionally sabotaging the facilities in Camp Liberty in order to make the camp look worse than it is, saying only, "There were big initial difficulties and a lack of cooperation. However this has improved over the last weeks."

Some advocates of the MEK, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, have called Camp Ashraf a "concentration camp," a reference Kobler said is insulting and offensive.

"I am a German citizen. To compare the situation of Camp Ashraf residents to the systematic extermination of European Jews during Nazi dictatorship, this is not only historically totally absurd but is an insult to the victims," he said.

"My message to these supporters is, spend your energies not so much on attacking the United Nations or others. Spend your energies to convince your governments to take them into your countries," he said.

While in Washington, Kobler met with Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, Assistant Secretary of State for Refugees, Population, and Migration Anne Richards, and Ambassador Daniel Fried, the State Department official in charge of the Camp Ashraf issue.

Foreign Policy

April 17, 2012 0 comments

The cult of Rajavi

MKO hostages unaware of their basic rights

MKO members’ unawareness of their most basic rights is the major problem of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in determining their refugee status. MKO hostages unaware of their basic rights

According to a report published by Habilian database, some reports indicated that UN’s representatives investigating the refugee status of Mujahedin-e Khalq elements in Iraq called these individuals’ unawareness of their most basic rights as “the main hurdle in determining their refugee status”.

The report adds that although the process has not yet been started, the sporadic conversations of UN representatives with these individuals reveal that three decades of life in the Ashraf prison and Rajavi’s indoctrination sessions have left them in complete ignorance of rules of International relations, including international rules on asylum and human rights.

Feeling of insecurity after being drawn out of Camp Ashraf and destruction in case of separating the group are thoughts indoctrinated into their belief system.

Even though the cultic practices of MKO still continues in Camp Liberty, a brief opportunity for each individual to visit his/her family members or access to the world’s information help them realize their mistakes and point them in the right direction.

"If members of Camp Ashraf are provided with freedom of thought, the process of determining refugee status will be expedited, since most of them will decide to come back to Iran," said a former member of Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, also MKO and PMOI).

Defected members of the cult have described life at their Camp Ashraf base in Iraq as miserable saying the organization has been brainwashing its members for the last three decades.

A little more than a month ago, renowned cult expert Steve Alan Hassan said that in his professional opinion, the extreme influence (brainwashing) used by this destructive cult (Mujahedin-e Khalq) to recruit, indoctrinate and maintain control over their members ranks extremely high.

April 3, 2012 0 comments

MEK Camp Ashraf

Detach the Destiny of the Enslaved from Terrorists

To tie the destiny of residents and terrorist case of MKO deteriorates the predicament of the former

To tie the destiny of Ashraf residents to the controversial removal of Mojahedin Khalq Organization MKO from the State Department’s terror list has turned into another incongruous problem that has resultantly emboldened the group’s leaders to further disregard the previously arrived agreements and to start a new round of defiance by making new excuses. It all began with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s statement saying; “Given the ongoing efforts to relocate the residents, MEK cooperation in the successful and peaceful closure of Camp Ashraf, the MEK’s main paramilitary base, will be a key factor in any decision regarding the MEK’s FTO status”.

Was it a thoughtful statement or for any untold reason, for outsiders Clinton’s remarks were somehow viewed as an indication that the US is close to removing the terrorist group from its blacklist. But inside the group, Mrs. Clinton’s words were grabbed at as an offer that led MKO under the delusion that now it had an upper hand for any bargain over the lives of the residing members at Ashraf. Maybe she was looking for a fast and peaceful solution to the plights of the residents and regarded it as a humanitarian issue but it is hard to believe that she was unaware of the group’s innately opportunistic makeup.

Maryam Rajavi’s immediate reaction and response to Mrs. Clinton was that of someone playing the leading role in a bargain. She offered the removal of MKO from the terror list and relocation of residents to Temporary Transit Location TTL simultaneously and also to move residents to the Jordanian border instead of TTL near Baghdad. Besides, MKO was encouraged enough to fill the pockets of the scores of American pro-MKO personalities with bundles of dollars to send them onto the stage to voice their support on its behalf and to urge removal of the terrorist tag. In fact, knowingly or unknowingly, Mrs. Clinton’s sentence became a promoter and feeder of the group’s propaganda blitz as it is a master of the art.

The disadvantages of Mrs. Clinton’s offer seem to have outweighed the intended advantages and have been less than expected to help the enslaved residents out of their predicament. However, there are signs and hopes that the US feels a strong sense of responsibility for what MKO has wrongly taken as buttress for supporting its collapsing structure. An investigation is being conducted at the present by the US Treasury Department focusing on whether the former American officials have received funding, directly or indirectly, from MKO. Proved or unproved, it is a manifestation of the Administration’s concern about the release of a designated terrorist group and the consequences. It is also an indication that some people have been engaged in violating longstanding federal law barring financial dealings with terrorist groups, meaning nothing has changed concerning MKO as a designated FTO.

The latest reaction hit on Monday when the Obama administration urged a US appeals court not to interfere with its review and decision-making process over whether to remove MKO from the FTO blacklist. The group had in February accused the State Department in a court filing of ignoring a 2010 court order to reconsider its status as a terrorist group. According to reports, the State Department urged the court to stay out of the matter, saying it was continuing to evaluate the matter, consulting with the intelligence community and other government agencies and that it had met with representatives of the terrorist MKO.

However, MKO’s removal and its re-designation is a case between the US and a terrorist group while relocation of Ashraf residents is a humanitarian issue. To tie the two only deteriorates the predicament of the enslaved in a terrorist cult and the responsibility of any defiant backwash by MKO is on those who compromise with the group.

March 29, 2012 0 comments

MEK Camp Ashraf

What must be done to reach “liberty”?

On Thursday March 8, 2012, at 14.00 hours local time, some 400 individuals of the Rajavi cult were moved to camp Liberty using 18 closed, protected coaches.

According to the agreement reached between the Iraqi government and UN officials, the MKO will initially evacuate Ashraf garrison and then the inhabitants will be transferred to another location in Iraq and then they will be moved to a third country.

Whether staying in the cultic Ashraf garrison or moving from it, staying in Iraq or going to another country, or going to Europe or to some other place, will not make any difference so long as the cultic structure of the MKO – which is the basis of its terrorist characteristic – is in place and destructive mind control techniques are systematically applied. What all entities are in agreement with is that the Ashraf inhabitants must enjoy the minimum of freedom.

Will the individuals have the right to visit their close relatives in the new base? Will they have access to the outside world? Will they be able to think freely and decide for their own destiny? Will the brainwashing techniques still be in use? Will the families’ concern about their loved ones eventually be ended? Unfortunately those parties who praise the MKO just for accepting to leave Ashraf garrison are not ready to answer these questions.

We must act in the interests of the suffering families who have no voice in this dilemma. Each party is after their own political interests. Rajavi’s desire is to keep the cultic structure of his group intact and keep the members isolated from the outside world. So far, thanks to the weak positions adopted by the parties involved, not only has he achieved that goal, but apparently he must be rewarded and we must come to the conclusion that he is no longer a terrorist.

The suffering families of the members trapped inside the MKO will stay firm in their struggle until they reach their goal which is for their loved ones to have the chance to think freely and decide independently, and they will not be deceived. The only way their loved ones can reach liberty is to insist on the just demands they have been demanding for the last two years outside Ashraf garrison.

The latest pictures of the families

March 12, 2012 0 comments

UK supports UN and GOI efforts to transfer MEK members

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Crossbench)

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 27 UK supports UN and GOI efforts to transfer MEK members February (HL15532), whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the memorandum of understanding signed by the Government of Iraq in respect of Camp Liberty infrastructure and facilities.

Lord Howell of Guildford (Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Conservative)

The memorandum of understanding governing the voluntary transfer of residents of Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty [Temporary Transit Location] is a document between the United Nations (UN) and the Government of Iraq. It has not been made publicly available and I regret that the Government are not in a position to place a copy of this memorandum in the Library of the House.

The UN has said publicly, however, that under the terms of the memorandum of understanding, conditions at Camp Liberty[Temporary Transit Location] would meet basic humanitarian standards including: adequate accommodation; dining and food preparation facilities; hygiene infrastructure (water and sanitation); medical care; community spaces; separate accommodation and spaces for women; and facilities for religious observance. The UN conducted a thorough assessment of the conditions at the camp before the relocation of the first residents from Ashraf to Liberty [TTL]. The residents can also use contractors to further improve conditions at Camp Liberty [TTL].

Regarding access to lawyers and families, we would hope that the Government of Iraq would adhere to the undertakings we understand they have made to allow such access. With regard to personal belongings, we understand that those transferring from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty[TTL] would be able to take personal belongings with them. Iraqi authorities and representatives of the residents have discussed what this includes.

The UN continues to monitor the situation at Camp Liberty[TTL] on a daily basis, and officials at our embassy in Baghdad are in close touch with the UN. We continue to support the UN in its efforts to find a durable and peaceful solution to the issue of the future of the residents of Camp Ashraf.

March 8, 2012 0 comments

The MEK Expulsion from Iraq

Second stage of MKO’s relocation today

Governor of the town of Khalis – north of Baghdad, in which Camp Ashraf is located – announced that the second group of Mujahedin-e Khalq elements are due to be expelled from Camp Ashraf today. Second stage of MKO’s relocation today

According to Habilian, on Wednesday Oday Khadran was quoted by an Iraqi news agency as declaring: “tomorrow 400 other members will be expelled from Ashraf and transferred to Camp Liberty [TTL].”

“The second stage of expulsion was due to be done last week, but because of some technical obstacles it was postponed,” Khadran said.

“According to an agreement reached between United Nations and Iraq, all the members of the group will be expelled from Iraq over the next four months,” added the governor of Khalis.

The first step towards the relocation of the Mujahedin-e Khalq terrorist organization’s elements was taken in mid-February and some 400 were relocated to Temporary Transit Location, former U.S. military base near Baghdad International Airport.

Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the group to complete the move, but they are complaining about the conditions at TTL which the UN confirmed that it meets the international standards. MKO leaders accuse the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq of lying and misrepresenting the conditions at TTL..

In order to prevent the expulsion of MKO members from Iraq and being transferred to Temporary Transit Location which culminates in the collapse of her cult, Mujahedin-e Khalq terrorist group’s ringleader Maryam Rajavi begged the US on Sunday to let them live a temporarily nomadic life on the Jordanian side of the border instead of their temporary relocation to TTL.

March 8, 2012 0 comments

U.K. ready to help re integrate up to fifty MKO members

Lord Hylton (Crossbench)
U.K. ready to help re integrate up to fifty MKO members back into normal society
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the views expressed by the United Nations Special Representative for Iraq in the International Herald Tribune on 16 February, concerning the residents of Camp Ashraf, in particular regarding their permanent resettlement in third countries.

Hansard source (Citation: HL Deb, 27 February 2012, c280W)

Lord Howell of Guildford (Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Conservative)

The Government welcome the ongoing efforts of United Nations (UN) Special Representative of the Secretary-General Martin Kobler to broker a peaceful solution to the situation at Camp Ashraf. We welcome the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Government of Iraq and the UN to allow for the voluntary transfer of some residents to Camp Liberty.

The one British citizen we were aware was in Camp Ashraf has left and returned to the UK. Of the five Iranian residents of Camp Ashraf with valid UK refugee travel documents, four have left Camp Ashraf and arrived in the UK. The fifth is free to return to the UK so long as the refugee travel document remains valid. The UK has agreed to consider further the cases of the approximately 50 residents with previous residence in the UK as refugees who do not have valid refugee travel documents, subject to UNHCR (the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) conducting an assessment of their refugee status. The UK has no plans to provide resettlement opportunities for other residents of Camp Ashraf or Camp Liberty.

February 29, 2012 0 comments

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