CFL ALERT: PALESTINIAN REFUGEES STRANDED AT AL-WALID BORDER BETWEN IRAQ AND SYRIA
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Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Palestinian refugees residing in Iraq like this little girl, pictured after fleeing to Jordan, have experienced increasing hostilty and harassment. Photo: UNHCR/A.Van Genderen Stort.
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http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/CFLWeb/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1364
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Citizens for Fair Legislation
For Immediate Release
October 13, 2005
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CFL ALERT: PALESTINIAN REFUGEES STRANDED AT AL-WALID BORDER BETWEN IRAQ AND SYRIA.
TALKING POINTS
*According to the UNHCR, twenty-four Palestinian refugees from Baghdad, have been stranded at the Al-Walid border crossing between Iraq and Syria since October 5. Those stranded include children, women and two semi-paralyzed men, who have been displaced once more without intervention from the international community. (http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/news/opendoc.htm?tbl=NEWS&page=home&id=4346b2864).
While Palestinian refugees in Iraq were not allowed to have land or become Iraqi citizens in the past, most benefited from subsidized housing and free education. Please take a moment and write to your representatives asking that they intervene and put an end to violence against Palestinian refugees in Iraq. As an occupying power the United States has a responsibility under the Geneva Conventions to protect Palestinian civilians from human rights abuses. Tell your representatives that they must stop ignoring the plight of refugees in Iraq and occupied Palestine.
*After sending our prewritten letter to your representatives, please do one of the following:
1. Call and fax the Syrian embassy in Washington, D.C. to ask that the stranded Palestinians be admitted into Syria.
Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic
Telephone: (202) 232-6313
Fax: (202) 265-4585
Email: syrembas@syrembassy.net
2. Call and fax the Iraqi “embassy” in Washington, D.C. and demand an immediate end to the persecution of Palestinian refugees in Iraq.
Embassy of Iraq
Tel: (202) 483-7500
Fax: (202) 462-5066; (202) 462-0564
Email: admin@iraqiembassy.org
3. Call, email and fax UNRWA offices in Damascus, Beirut, Gaza, and New York City, and request that the UN do its utmost to ensure that the Palestinian population in Iraq is protected; that the UNRWA and UNHCR continue to provide the refugees stranded at the Iraqi-Syrian border with shelter and basic needs until their situation is resolved; and that UNRWA and UNHCR help Syria as needed to admit the stranded Palestinians.
UNRWA
Lebanon Field Office, Beirut
Hoda Samra
Public Information Officer
Tel: (+ 961 1) 840 490-5, 840 461-9 (ext 314)
Fax: (+ 961 1) 840 466
Email: lebpio@unrwa.org
UNRWA
Syrian Arab Republic Field Office, Damascus
Hala Mukhles
Public Information Officer
Tel: (+ 963 11) 613 3035 (ext 258)
Fax: (+ 963 11) 613 3047
Email: sarpio@unrwa.org
UNRWA
Headquarters, Gaza
Paul McCann
Chief, Public Information Office
Tel: + 972 8 677 7526/7
Fax: + 972 8 677 7697
Email: unrwa-pio@unrwa.org
UNRWA Liaison Office, New York
Chief, Liaison Office - Maher Nasser
One United Nations Plaza, Room DC1-1265, New York, NY 10017, USA
Telephone: (+ 1 212) 963 2255, (00 1 212) 963 1234
Facsimile: (+ 1 212) 935 7899
EMAIL AND OR CALL THE WHITE HOUSE
WHITE HOUSE COMMENTS LINE: 202-456-1111
WHITE HOUSE SWITCHBOARD: 202-456-1414
WHITE HOUSE FAX: 202-456-2461
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Citizens for Fair Legislation is a grassroots organization committed to encouraging a fair domestic and foreign policy with an emphasis on the US/Arab world.
www.cflweb.org
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