government to close down Ashraf that if not stopped would surely lead to
many residents losing their lives despite the fact that they are "Protected
Persons" under the Geneva Convention and recognized as asylum-seekers by the
UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The United Nations Assistant Mission for
Iraq (UNAMI) and its present president Mr. Martin Kobler have a significant
role and obligation here to prevent this massacre.
In this regard, we want dignitaries or organizations in any realm to email
the letter below to Mr. Kobler calling on him and UNAMI to stop this looming
massacre by the Iraqi government at its inception.
Please support this urgent humanitarian cause by:
- signing this letter and sending it to Mr. Kobler's email address
offered below this letter
- sending this call with a short introduction of your own to all
personage that you know or can email to urging them to participate in this
urgent life-saving campaign
Please note that this is an urgent matter and we need action now.
Thank you again for supporting Ashraf.
Very Respectfully,
Akbar Azizi
Support-Ashraf Campaign Coordinator
Send the following with a short introduction of your own to the figures you
know. They need to put the text in their letterhead and email it to Mr.
Kobler and Cc me:
Urgent Call on UNAMI and the UN Secretary General Special Representative in
Iraq to reject explicitly and unequivocally the forcible displacement of
Ashraf residents and their massacre:
Since September 13th the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
has declared Ashraf residents as asylum-seekers under international
protection who should benefit from basic protection of their safety,
including the principle of non-refoulement. Yet, it is more than two months
that the Government of Iraq prevents the initiation of the UNHCR work to
establish the identity of the residents and to reaffirm their refugee status
that is a pre-requisite to their relocation to third countries.
In addition to preventing the UNHCR to start its work, the Government of
Iraq insists on the illegal deadline of Dec 31 for the closure of the Camp
and the forcible displacement of Ashraf residents to unknown locations
inside of Iraq. A major crime against humanity and massacre of residents of
Ashraf that has been planned by the Iranian regime and dictated to the
Government of Iraq is under way.
While more than one million people of Iraq, the European Parliament, the
U.S. Congress, more than 4,000 parliamentarians the world over, including
the majority members of 30 parliaments and the most prominent European,
American, Iraqi and Arab dignitaries have declared their opposition to
forcible displacement of Ashraf residents inside of Iraq and the suppressive
Dec 31 deadline.
Ashraf residents have shown all kinds of flexibility; they have agreed to
the European Parliament’s plan to be transferred to third countries, despite
their obvious right to remain in Ashraf, where they have lived for the past
25 years; they have filled individual asylum application forms. But they are
not at all prepared to be forcibly displaced inside Iraq and one should not
expect them to volunteer to be slaughtered. If they are forced to be
displaced, they will have no other option but to resist.
We vehemently call on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)
and United Nations Secretary General Special Representative in Iraq who on
behalf of the international community have responsibility vis-à-vis Ashraf
residents in order to prevent a massacre, to declare their explicit and
unequivocal opposition to the forcible displacement of Ashraf residents
inside Iraq and the declared deadline. Otherwise UNAMI will be an accomplice
in the crime against humanity and the bloodbath that the Government of Iraq
and the Iranian regime will initiate in Ashraf.
Your email should be sent to:
Hon. Martin Kobler
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq
UNAMI
Baghdad- Iraq
Cc to: aziziakbar84@gmail.com
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