Do not transfer Ashraf residents to another location: Iraqi MP

Based on a report published by the Azzaman daily, Iraqi MP Mohammad Eqbal from the Iraqiya Coalition described Maliki government’s insistence to close the Ashraf residents dossier by transferring them to another location as bizarre.
“Refugees must be treated according to human rights standards and international conventions,” Eqbal said. “It is the Iranian regime that attempts to direct measures on the Ashraf dossier based on its own interests. Camp Ashraf residents are considered ‘protected persons’ based on the Fourth Geneva Convention and the UN must assume an additional role in the protection of the defenseless residents of this camp.”
Azzaman daily also reported: Prosecutor office lawyer Qahtan al-Saiidi says there are many threats and dangers in the relocation of Camp Ashraf residents to another location, and we suggest to the UN representative and UN Secretary General’s Special Representative that Camp Ashraf residents not be transferred to another location. Furthermore, necessary measures for their protection in Ashraf must be taken because they are ‘protected persons’ under the Fourth Geneva Convention.