ICRIR PRESS RELEASE: URGENT: 30 Iranian Asylum-seekers in Kurdistan, Iraq Scheduled to be Illegally Deported to the Islamic Republic of Iran TOMORROW
An ongoing crisis faces Iranian refugees who seek asylum in Iraq: their lives are at critical risk due to being caught between UNHCR's criminal negligence of Iranian refugees in Iraq, the general crackdowns by the local authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan (the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Patriotic Kurdish Union (PKU)), and Islamic Republic of Iran penetration and targeting throughout Iraqi Kurdistan.
As a result, there has been an unprecedented number of illegal deportations of Iranian asylum-seekers from Iraq back into the hands of the Islamic Republic, which is known to detain, imprison, torture, and sometimes execute returned refugees. Thus, the return of any Iranian refugee to the Islamic Republic is illegal under the principle of non-refoulement, which is recognized as jus cogens international law.
Yesterday, a group of 9 Iranians who have lived and worked in Iraq for several years with legal work permissions were arrested without any reason given. They were handcuffed, imprisoned, humiliated and are scheduled to be deported tomorrow (March 17, 2011). They are currently being detained in Julakaan (Jews) Prison in Suleimaniya. Their names are as follows:
1-Sayid Mir-Ahmad
2- Jamil Najmeddin
3- Soran Ablollah
4- Mehdi Badié
5- Hasan Mohammad
6- Mehdi Neemat
7- Ghodrat Eskandar
8- Fateme Ali
9- Kaaveh Baba-Mohamad
In addition to these 9, there are 21 other Iranians, many if not all of whom are asylum-seekers, who are also known to be scheduled for deportation tomorrow. The order for deportation has been given by the authority of Asayesh, the local security apparatus.
The International Coalition for the Rights of Iranian Refugees expresses the strongest possible condemnation of this planned illegal deportation of Iranian asylum-seekers from Kurdistan, Iraq. We demand that UNHCR-Iraq immediately intervene in this crisis, and we call on the Kurdish Regional Government, specifically Dr. Barham Salih, to halt these illegal deportations to Iran.
We ask concerned people to immediately, urgently call the Embassy of Iraq in their country and demand an immediate halt to deportations of Iranian asylum-seekers.
CONTACT:
Soheila Nikpour
Maria Rohaly
Representatives,
International Coalition for the Rights of Iranian Refugees
email: icri.refugees@gmail.com
phone: +1.202.630.0385
An ongoing crisis faces Iranian refugees who seek asylum in Iraq: their lives are at critical risk due to being caught between UNHCR's criminal negligence of Iranian refugees in Iraq, the general crackdowns by the local authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan (the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Patriotic Kurdish Union (PKU)), and Islamic Republic of Iran penetration and targeting throughout Iraqi Kurdistan.
As a result, there has been an unprecedented number of illegal deportations of Iranian asylum-seekers from Iraq back into the hands of the Islamic Republic, which is known to detain, imprison, torture, and sometimes execute returned refugees. Thus, the return of any Iranian refugee to the Islamic Republic is illegal under the principle of non-refoulement, which is recognized as jus cogens international law.
Yesterday, a group of 9 Iranians who have lived and worked in Iraq for several years with legal work permissions were arrested without any reason given. They were handcuffed, imprisoned, humiliated and are scheduled to be deported tomorrow (March 17, 2011). They are currently being detained in Julakaan (Jews) Prison in Suleimaniya. Their names are as follows:
1-Sayid Mir-Ahmad
2- Jamil Najmeddin
3- Soran Ablollah
4- Mehdi Badié
5- Hasan Mohammad
6- Mehdi Neemat
7- Ghodrat Eskandar
8- Fateme Ali
9- Kaaveh Baba-Mohamad
In addition to these 9, there are 21 other Iranians, many if not all of whom are asylum-seekers, who are also known to be scheduled for deportation tomorrow. The order for deportation has been given by the authority of Asayesh, the local security apparatus.
The International Coalition for the Rights of Iranian Refugees expresses the strongest possible condemnation of this planned illegal deportation of Iranian asylum-seekers from Kurdistan, Iraq. We demand that UNHCR-Iraq immediately intervene in this crisis, and we call on the Kurdish Regional Government, specifically Dr. Barham Salih, to halt these illegal deportations to Iran.
We ask concerned people to immediately, urgently call the Embassy of Iraq in their country and demand an immediate halt to deportations of Iranian asylum-seekers.
CONTACT:
Soheila Nikpour
Maria Rohaly
Representatives,
International Coalition for the Rights of Iranian Refugees
email: icri.refugees@gmail.com
phone: +1.202.630.0385
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