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Some sensible answers to Mojahedin claims

Nejat SocietyApril 26, 20090112 views

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of alleged attacks on residents in Ashraf City by members of the Iraqi secret service; and if he will make a statement… We are aware that such allegations have surfaced in the Iraqi media. We have discussed these allegations with the US, who retain a presence inside Camp Ashraf, and with the Iraqi government. We have seen no evidence to support the allegations.

A debateon the terrorist listing of MKO in House of Lords

Nejat SocietyJanuary 15, 2009063 views

a partial transcript of the debate in the House of Lords on Monday on the terrorist listing of MKO..Asked By Lord Waddington:To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to observe the latest judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities concerning the People’s Mujaheddin Organisation of Iran

Gordon Brown: No evidence that MKO has given up terrorism

Nejat SocietyDecember 16, 2007058 views

…The proscribed organisation’s appeals committee have said that they are not involved in terrorism and that the refusal of the Home Secretary to de-proscribe them was flawed, perverse and must be set aside. Why does the Government not accept that? Mr Brown: I have looked at that issue that you raise. It is certainly, however, the case that the organisation that you describe has been, in the past, involved in terrorist activity, and I do not think…

The EU-wide asset freeze against MeK is therefore still in force

Nejat SocietyMarch 15, 2007069 views

On 12 December 2006, the Court of First Instance (CFI) of the European Community annulled the Council of the European Union’s decision to add the Mujahedinn e Khalq (MeK, also known as OMPI or PMOI) to its list of terrorist organisations subject to an EU-wide asset freeze. The CFI judgment focused on issues of EU procedure; the Court did not rule on the substantive question as to whether the MeK is a terrorist group

The residents of Camp Ashraf are subject to the laws of Iraq

Nejat SocietyDecember 4, 2006071 views

Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead, Labour) Hansard source
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her Department’s policy is on the proposed extradition to Iran of the Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf, South East Baghdad; and if she will make a statement

MEK Status in Iraq for Iraqi Government to Decide

Nejat SocietyOctober 12, 2006049 views

Lord Triesman (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office) Hansard source
Any statements or declarations made by Iraqi nationals in Iraq about the legal and political status of the”People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran”, also known as the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) inside Iraq, are a matter for the Government of Iraq. The MEK is proscribed in the United Kingdom under the Terrorism Act 2000.