Fifty-three
detained Iranian refugees released from detention
The fifty-three Iranian refugees who were detained since Saturday, November 1, 2003 by the police in the border town of Van in southeast Turkey were released Friday night November 7. The detainees were from the group of over thousand Iranian Kurds who have been residing in Northern-Iraq before moving to Turkey in 2001 and have since been living in dire and precarious circumstances.
Many thanks to all those who sent appeals. Your further action is
appreciated on the longstanding problems that this group of refugees continue
to face and were noted in the November 6, 2003 Appeal.
Iranian Refugees' Alliance, is a non-profit organization in the
US assisting and advocating on behalf of Iranian asylum seekers and refugees
nationally and internationally.
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Refugees' Alliance, Inc.
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