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Article: Human Rights Watch Report on the Iranian Opposition: A Reward for the Iranian Regime; A Penalty for the Iranian People
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 19, 2005
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WASHINGTON, May 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In a press release, Human
Rights Watch announced that it has released a 28-page report titled,
"No Exit: Human Rights Abuses Inside the MKO Camps." The report
contains telephone interviews with 12 "former...(Mujahedin e-Khalq
Organization-MEK)) members." It considers their statements as
"credible claims that they were subjected to imprisonment as well as
physical and psychological abuses."
But these "credible claims" are actually statements by agents of
the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
The Human Rights Watch press release also mentions the Iran Policy
Committee (IPC): "On February 10, a think-tank co-chaired by retired
U.S. ...