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Dear Mr. Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees.<\/p>\n
We are a group of families who have come to Iraq in the hope of visiting our loved ones who are incarcerated in Camp Liberty. From 23rd to 26th of May 2016 we have presented ourselves four times at the gates of the Mojahedin Khalq’s camp (Liberty) bringing flowers and sweets and presents including tokens of our country’s soil. We have come in good faith and with clean hearts, without any feelings of hostility or even criticism against the leaders of the Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, NCRI …). Our only hope has been to meet with our family members. But the cult minders and guards not only did not show any friendly gesture or regard for our simple demands, instead they crushed our presents (the soil of our county which is obviously precious for us) under their boots, destroyed and burned the flowers and gifts we brought. On 26th May 2016 they increased their hostile activities and, adding to the usual swearing and insults, they started attacking us physically, injuring some.<\/p>\n
I would like to bring to your attention some parts of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights UDHR):<\/p>\n
“Article 13.<\/p>\n
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.<\/p>\n
And:<\/p>\n
Article 16.<\/p>\n
(…)<\/p>\n
(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.”<\/p>\n
Link to UDHR<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/universal-declaration-human-rights\/index.html<\/p>\n
Your colleagues from the UNHCR attended the scene shortly after we were attacked by the Mojahedin Khalq (MKO) and witnessed the situation. There are also photos and video clips which can be presented as evidence. All the families involved in this event are, of course, ready to give evidence about what happened.<\/p>\n
Our question is why your good self and your organisation which clearly witnessed the injustice and the abuse of our human rights in front of the gates of Camp Liberty are silent and why is it that you do not wish to act to restore our rights?<\/p>\n
How do you explain your double standards to the on looking international community?<\/p>\n
We don’t have any demand but just a simple one. We demand the right to visit our children. Why is it that your do not engage to restore this simple human right which has been abused for long enough right in front of you?<\/p>\n
We urge your good self to take notice of our basic, legal, humanitarian demand.<\/p>\n
The Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, ….) claim that we are “agents of the intelligence ministry of Iran” and not the families of the people trapped inside camp Liberty. The Mojahedin Khalq have long used this excuse to prevent us from visiting our loved ones. To take away this ridiculous excuse we would now like to ask you and your organisation (UNHCR) to take charge of our trips to Iraq and arrange simple and basic meetings with our loved ones outside the confines of Camp Liberty and without the presence of Mojahedin Khalq minders and commanders. We are of course ready to bear the expenses but we need this trip to Iraq to be under your supervision and command. Our country is a member of United Nations and pays its yearly dues accordingly. It is part of your duty to give us an official answer.<\/p>\n
We now wait for your reply.<\/p>\n
Iran,<\/p>\n
22June 2016<\/p>\n
Signatories:<\/p>\n
List of signatories, families of those imprisoned in camp Liberty in Iraq<\/p>\n
R Name and Surname of Visitor Name and Surname of Prisoner Relationship with Prisoner<\/p>\n
1 Mahnaz Akkafian Mohammad Ali Sasani Mother<\/p>\n
2 Jahanshir Sasani Mohammad Ali Sasani Father<\/p>\n
3 Ahmad Hajari Ali Hajari Brother<\/p>\n
4 Shahin Hajari Ali Hajari Sister<\/p>\n
5 Zeynab Hajari Ali Hajari Sister<\/p>\n
6 Sakina Avazzade Ali Hajari Mother<\/p>\n
7 Mohammad Beheshti Mostafa Beheshti Brother <\/p>\n
8 Narges Beheshti Mostafa Beheshti Sister<\/p>\n
9 Mah Monir Iranpour Ahmad Reza and Mohammad Reza Iranpour Sister<\/p>\n
10 Raheleh Iranpour Ahmad Reza and Mohammad Reza Iranpour Sister<\/p>\n
11 Homa Iranpour Ahmad Reza and Mohammad Reza Iranpour Sister<\/p>\n
12 Hassan Toffah Ahmad Reza and Mohammad Reza Iranpour brother in law<\/p>\n
13 Zomorrod Amini Gholamreza Shokri Mother<\/p>\n
14 Hassan Morad Shokri Gholamreza Shokri cousin<\/p>\n
15 Fariba Sorkhi Ahmad Sorkhi Sister<\/p>\n
16 Fatema Keykhahi Hassan Ali Baharloo brother’s wife<\/p>\n
17 Fatema Baharloo Hassan Ali Baharloo Sister<\/p>\n
18 Sakran Bavi Soltan Bavi Brother<\/p>\n
19 Shahla Mardani Soltan Bavi brother’s wife<\/p>\n
20 Aziz Mahdavi Majid Mahdavi Brother<\/p>\n
21 Jehad Motavveri Valid Motavveri Brother<\/p>\n
22 Jahangir Saberi Agil Saberi Brother<\/p>\n
23 Mortaza Nowroozi Abdolmajid Nowroozi Brother<\/p>\n
24 Saeid Zolgadari Mahmood Zolgadari Brother<\/p>\n
25 Hossein Hassan Kaveyar Mahsen Hassan Kaveyar Fother<\/p>\n
26 Mohammad Ali Arbabi Hadi Arbabi Brother<\/p>\n
27 Karam Reza Mirzayi Gholam Ali Mirzayi Brother<\/p>\n
28 Shahnaz Mirzayi Gholam Ali Mirzayi brother’s wife<\/p>\n
29 Fereshte Mahdian Gholam Ali Mirzayi wife<\/p>\n
30 Tajoddowla Heydarian Mehdi Hamidfar Mother<\/p>\n
31 Bijade Mahmoodi Fard Chegini Eskandar Arjomand Mother<\/p>\n
32 Rogayya Farazian Fard Kohan Feridoon Nedayi Mother<\/p>\n
33 Ghahraman Pooladrag Bijan Pooladrag Father<\/p>\n
34 Farida Pooladrag Bijan Pooladrag Sister<\/p>\n
35 Behrooz Awladi Massooma Awladi Brother<\/p>\n
36 Alireza Darvishtabar Ali Asghar Darvishtabar Brother<\/p>\n
37 Akbar Moradi Kamrani Hooshang Moradi Kamrani Brother<\/p>\n
38 Jahanbakhsh Najafi Zelani Daryoosh Najafi Zelani Brother<\/p>\n
39 Gholam Reza Jaafari Ali Reza Jaafari brother<\/p>\n
40 Hamida Dabbagh Aali Nassab Manssoor Abbaskhani brother’s wife<\/p>\n
41 Nader Abbaskhani Manssoor Abbaskhani Nephew<\/p>\n
CC:<\/p>\n
UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)<\/p>\n
Office of UNHCR (Baghdad)<\/p>\n
ICRC<\/p>\n
Office of Iraqi President<\/p>\n
Office of Iraqi PM<\/p>\n
Office of Iraqi Parliament Speaker<\/p>\n
State Department (US)<\/p>\n
US embassy (Baghdad)<\/p>\n
HRW<\/p>\n
US and Iraqi Media<\/p>\n
Peyvan Rahaee,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" we would now like to ask you and your organisation (UNHCR) to take charge of our trips to Iraq and arrange simple and basic meetings with our loved ones outside the confines of Camp Liberty and without the presence of Mojahedin Khalq aka MKO\/MEK\/PMOI minders and commanders. We are of course ready to bear the expenses but we need this trip to Iraq to be under your supervision and command. Our country is a member of United Nations and pays its yearly dues \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":-1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[504],"tags":[599,197,653],"module":[76],"ctype":[17],"blog":[580],"class_list":["post-6556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unhcr","tag-mko-bar-reunion-families","tag-family-rights-mek","tag-temporary-transit-location","module-letters","ctype-story","blog-families-of-mko-members"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6556"},{"taxonomy":"module","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/module?post=6556"},{"taxonomy":"ctype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctype?post=6556"},{"taxonomy":"blog","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog?post=6556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}