Brian Binley MP for Northampton South has spoken at a rally in Washington condemning the attacks that have been carried out against the residents of Camp Ashraf.
The rally was attended by a number of other key speakers including Patrick Kennedy, son of former US senator Ted Kennedy and former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island’s 1st District.
Brian said: “At the rally I urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to de list the Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from the U.S. list of terrorist organisations.”
“It is vitally important that this happens as thousands of Members of PMOI/MEK have repeatedly come under deadly attack in their main base of Camp Ashraf, Iraq, by Iraqi armed forces at the behest of Iran’s fundamentalist regime.”
“Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Maliki uses the terror label as an excuse to murder innocent residents. “
“In April this year Iraqi forces butchered 36 Members at Camp Ashraf and injured hundreds more- it is for this reason that I am urging the U.S. Government to intervene.”
“I am disgusted that the Iraqi Government, who our armed forces helped to create in the recent war in Iraq, are carrying out these atrocities. I was so disgusted that earlier this year I tabled a motion at the Council of Europe calling for the Council to look specifically at these human rights abuses.”
“It was for these sorts of reasons that the Council was first established and it is a matter which I know will be taken very seriously.”
Following on from the rally in Washington Brian followed up on these meetings by travelling to Geneva to further press home the case.
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