DEFEND PROTESTORS IN IRAQI KURDISTAN

To: unhcr-erbil@un.org; irqba@unhcr.ch; Fax: +8731754271

hqpr00@unhcr.ch; Fax: +42227397353

I / My organisation am / is writing in full support of the 500 Iranian refugees who began a sit-in at the UNHCR office in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan on June 3 and in protest to the UNHCR’s policies and inaction.

Their demands are that the UNHCR:

1- Refer refugees to the embassies of countries offering resettlement

2- Facilitate their transfer to safe third countries

3- Improve living and health conditions.

I urge your office to immediately meet with representatives of the protestors and address their demands.

Signed:

Name, organisation

Cc: ifir@ukonline.co.uk