On Friday, January 17, 2025, a conference was held in Fier, Albania, by the Nejat Society Albania, with the cooperation and facilities of the Municipality of Roskovec, in the town hall.
Roskovec (Albanian definite form: Roskoveci) is a town and a municipality in Fier County, south-central Albania. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Kuman, Kurjan, Roskovec and Strum, that became municipal units.
Albora Cenaj, the head of the city’s municipal museum, was the coordinator of the affairs between the Nejat Society Albania and the municipality. She actively prepared the requirements for the meeting to be held in the municipal hall. She had seen the coverage of the conference and the documentary screening in the city of Shkodër and became interested in the topic. In her previous meetings with Erisa Rahimi, the head of Nejat Society Albania, she had said that she would support the Society because it pursues humanitarian goals.

Nejat Society Albania’s Conference in Fier
Blerta Çomëni, former head of the Municipal Museum and current IT officer at the municipality, participated in distributing brochures in the city and providing explanations to the public.
Harrilla Goga, the president of the Albanian Association of Former Partisans, also played a significant role in organizing and promoting the conference.
On Thursday and also on Friday morning, brochures were distributed in public places in the city to promote the conference. The conference started at 15:00 local time (17:30 Iranian time). The conference hall of the municipality was packed and some had to stand.

Nejat Society Albania’s Conference in Fier
At first, Erisa Rahimi, the president of Nejat Society Albania, explained about the society, its goals and functions. She introduced the Deputy Mayor, Maksim Goga, and thanked him for accepting the invitation to participate in the conference. She also thanked all the authorities and the audience for participating in the event and expressed her happiness that 60 municipal officials and members of the city council, as well as 20 officials from student organizations, had participated.
Then Aldo Sollulari, the director of the documentary, “Mother, Love, Separation, gave a speech. He first thanked the participants and then gave an explanation about the documentary and how it was produced. He revealed the terrorist nature of the MEK and also the human rights violations in the group’s camp in Manz.
In his speech, Sollulari thanked Ebrahim Khodabandeh, the CEO of Nejat Society in Iran, for providing them with the facilities to be the voice of mothers and families in Albania.

Nejat Society Albania’s Conference in Fier
Erisa Rahimi then invited Maxim Goga, the deputy of Mayor, to give a speech. She presented the gifts from Nejat Society Albania and a bouquet of flowers to the municipality and the museum, and in return, the Deputy Mayor presented gifts from the municipality to the Society. The Deputy Mayor also thanked Nejat Society Albania for organizing this conference and asked for further cooperation.
Then the documentary “Love, Mother, Separation” was shown. During the screening of the documentary, absolute silence filled the conference hall and the audience followed it moment by moment.
After the documentary, Mohammad Reza Sediq, a former member of the MEK, was introduced by Rahimi. He spoke about his bitter experiences in the MEK camp in Manz. He said that he had spent 23 years of his life in the MEK without contacting his family, and when he left the group, he found out that his mother had died and that she missed hearing his voice.
Also, Harrilla Goga, the head of the former partisans’ association, who is also a municipal official, gave a speech. After him, Ms. Donika, a university professor, gave a speech.
Finally, Deputy Mayor Maksim Goga gave another speech and expressed his feelings after watching the documentary.
Four television channels were present and covered the conference, including Apollon TV, Star Plus Digitalb, 4Plus TV, Info TV.
Also, a photo and caricature exhibition was held outside the conference hall, where Brikella Sollulari explained her caricatures to the visitors.
A petition addressed to the Albanian Prime Minister, His Excellency Edi Rama, was signed by the participants, in which the Albanian government was asked to investigate the violation of the most basic human rights in the MEK camp in Manz, Durres province.