Status of Residents
Camp Ashraf is the base in Iraq of the Iranian opposition group People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
After 2003, the coalition forces designated the MEK at Camp Ashraf as protected persons under the Geneva Convention. The UK government no longer holds the view that residents of Camp Ashraf are "protected people," according to a written reply to a question from an MP by Ivan Lewis, Minister of state at the Foreign Office on November 25, 2009
UN Secretary General in his quarterly report to the Security Council of 14 May 2010 pursuant to Resolution 1883, Ban Ki-moon, stressed the rights of residents of Camp Ashraf, Iraq, for protection against arbitrary displacement in Iraq or forced extradition to Iran. In order to better the humanitarian situation in the camp, EUHR Catherine Ashton has appointed Jean De Ruyt, a senior Belgian diplomat, to advise on the EU's response to Camp Ashraf
Brian Binley, a Member of Parliament from the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party in a big gathering asked for protection of Ashraf.
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