Members of the MEK in Albania

The lack of freedoms and human rights in Ashraf 3 camp

Ashraf 3 camp is a place where members of the Organization of the Mujahideen People of Iran (MEK) have been sheltered after leaving Iran and previous attempts to fight the Iranian regime. This analysis focuses on the lack of freedom and human rights in this camp, examining how living conditions and restrictions imposed on MEK members reflect their deprivation of freedoms and fundamental rights.

One of the most noticeable aspects of the lack of freedom at Ashraf 3 camp is the restriction of the movement of individuals. MEK members are locked inside the camp and have very little opportunity to travel outside of it. This restriction is a sign of isolation and a lack of autonomy, making them feel confined in a tight space, unable to enjoy the freedom to choose their lives.

Another aspect of the lack of freedom and human rights is the restriction of ways to communicate with outside world. MEK members are unable to communicate freely with their families and friends due to information verification and strict rules within the camp. This kind of restriction of social and family connections is a grave deprivation of the right to communication and development.

Living conditions in Ashraf 3 camp are insufficient and difficult. MEK members live in strict conditions, with little opportunities for freedom of expression, personal development and to have a dignified life. Opportunities for education, work, and activities that could help individuals develop and contribute to society are often lacking. These conditions violate the human rights and dignity of any individual, forcing them to live in conditions of persecution and isolation.

Another element of the lack of freedom in Ashraf 3 camp is information control. MEK members are often required to follow certain opinions and obey certain rules, which restrict freedom of thought and expression. This control of information makes it impossible for individuals to develop independent thought and to criticize their own reality. Often, this leads to a kind of “forced praise” and a lack of freedom to openly discuss different ideas and thoughts.

MEK participants often face uncertainty, fear, and ongoing stress about their future. They feel threatened and frightened by the possibility of violent and unjust punishments, making their lives a long period of suffering and fear.

In response to the living conditions in the Ashraf 3 camp, there has been reactions from various human rights organizations and several countries. Many of these organizations have raised concerns about human rights violations and the lack of freedom that the MEK group has. The insecurity and difficult living conditions in these camps have been criticized as outright violations of international human rights standards.

The lack of freedom and human rights in Ashraf 3 camp is a reality that has profound impacts on the lives of MEK members. They are deprived of opportunities to enjoy life the way they please, to have open and free relationships, and to express their opinions without fear. This isolation and lack of freedom is a reflection of the difficult and unfair conditions they face, creating an oppressed and controlled environment, where freedom is a seemingly distant aspiration.

January 22, 2025 0 comments

Human Rights Abuse in the MEK

Raise Awareness about rights of MEK members on International Migrants’ Day

On International Migration Day, members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) are deprived from their human rights as Iranian migrants in Europe. Their rights are actually violated by the group leaders rather than the host countries.

Each year, International Migrants’ Day is observed on 18 December. Designated by the United Nations General Assembly on 4 December 2000, in response to increasing migration around the world, the day aims to draw attention to migrants’ human rights and highlight their contribution to host societies.

However, the UN and other international human rights bodies neglect the disastrous situation of over 2 thousand MEK members who are taken as hostages in the MEK headquarters in Manez, a village near Tirana, the capital of Albania. They have no legal status in Albania. They are not considered as refugees or asylum seekers or migrants. Their identity is only defined by their membership in the Cult of Massoud Rajavi (MEK).

It is important to understand that, MEK members residing under the isolating system of the Cult of Rajavi, should be entitled to have all their human rights protected and respected, regardless of the status they have in Albania. The International community as well as the Albanian government must protect all MEK members as migrants from violence, exploitation and forced labor.

According to the UN documents, On 4 December 2000, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) designated 18 December as International Migrants Day, taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world. Through its resolution A/RES/55/93, the UNGA invited Member States and others to observe the Day through the dissemination of information on human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, the sharing of experiences, and the design of actions to ensure protection of migrants.

The UN claims that by supporting regular pathways for migration, they can enable opportunities for migrants, better protect their rights, and contribute to greater prosperity while hostages of the MEK can never think of future and prosperity. They see no regular pathway for leaving the mental and physical bars of the Cult of Rajavi. They will succeed to escape the group’s camp if they are lucky enough to accomplish their escape plan.

The rights of the MEK members are violated by the group leaders every day. They are subjected to forced celibacy, forced labor, forced clothing, forced hijab, gender segregation, mind manipulation, isolation from the outside world including their family and friends. They need urgent help from the outside world because it is quite difficult to break through all the chains that MEK leaders have tied around them.

The UN says, “Together, one step at a time, we can continue building a world where migration is safe, orderly, and beneficial – for everyone.” In order to achieve such a valuable objective, the UN officials must pay attention to the calls from the families of hostages of the MEK. They have been longing for a phone call or face to face visit with their loved ones who have been barred by the group leaders for decades.

Mazda Parsi

December 18, 2024 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

Conference on Iran and the struggle against terrorism in Italy

On Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 17:15, a conference titled “Iran and the struggle against terrorism” was held in the city of Modena in Italy.

The Italian newspaper LaPressa.it wrote this morning in a report before the start of the program by its social reporter Gianni Galeotti:

A conference organized by La Terra dei Padri will be held on Saturday afternoon at 5 pm in Modena, in the Ulivi hall, entitled Iran and the struggle against terrorism.

“Iran is at the center of tensions in the Middle East chessboard, its opposition to US and Israeli policies in the region has cost the Islamic Republic frequent media campaigns in the Western mainstream, which has been accused of being close to terrorism.

But what is the reality of Israel, beyond the exploitation of the West? What has Iran done about domestic and international terrorism? What does this group called Mojahedin-e Khalq really represent and why does Iran consider it a terrorist group?

These are the questions that will basically be answered at this afternoon’s meeting organized by La Terra dei Padri in the Salle Olivi di Modena at via Ciro Menotti 137.

Hanieh Tarkian, professor of Islamic studies in Italy, Abolfazl Emami, religious authority of Shiites in Italy, Erisa Idrizi, Nejat Society, Maria Morigi, geopolitical analyst, Stefano Bonilauri, editor, will be present as speakers.”

The speakers will be introduced by Beatrice De Maio, former councilor of the city council, and the program will be concluded by Gianni Alemanno, secretary of Italian Independence Party.

Mrs. Erisa Rahimi (Idrizi), the president of the Albanian Nejat Society, who participated in this program on behalf of the Nejat Society and at the invitation of the organizers, gave a speech in Italian, which she is completely fluent in, and introduced herself and the Nejat Society and presented demands on behalf of the families to especially the international communities.

Immediately after finishing the program, Mrs. Rahimi did three interviews with Italian TV channels, which was broadcast live for 4 minutes with the Italian channel 9mq.it.

The entire length of this program, including Mrs. Rahimi’s speech, was broadcast live on Italy’s 9mq.it network. Additional reports and coverages and the text of Mrs. Rahimi’s speech will be announced later.

At the end of this conference, the participants visited the terrorism exhibition of the Mojahedin-e Khalq.

Image of the letter inviting Erisa Rahimi to the conference “Iran and the struggle against terrorism”

Image of the Poster of “Iran and struggle against terrorism” conference in Italy

Exhibition about Mojahedin-e Khalq terrorism on the sidelines of the conference

October 13, 2024 0 comments

Albania

What we expect from the Albanian government?

More than 7 years have passed since September 2015, when the relocation of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from Iraq to Albania was completed. The group has been settled in the territory of a European country, Albania, which is one of the signatories of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). But they still behave as if they are under the umbrella of the former dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein; The MEK apply their cult-like mind control system over members; they do not allow their members to decide with their own free will.

For nearly eight years, the leaders of the MEK cult have deprived the members of their basic human rights in Europe as well, and instead of allowing the members to contact and communicate with their families, they have brainwashed them.

Why should the members of the MEK in Albania be so enslaved and trapped by the cult leaders that they cannot freely choose a profitable job for themselves like any other refugee in the country. The Rajavis should stop forcing defectors to spy other defectors by threatening them.

Why shouldn’t the members have the right to marry and live independently after being in Albania for about 8 years? They should be given the opportunity to live a normal life, get married and have children.

Why can’t the media activists freely go inside the Manez camp in Albania, so that the voices of the dissident members can be heard. With the withdrawal of cult-like control over members, the truth of inside the camp will be known to public and the government of Albania.

Why should the sick members be kept under the control of the MEK inside the Manez camp like slaves”? They are deprived of medical, medicinal and convalescent needs. Eventually, some of
them die or come close to death every day.

Undoubtedly, if the Albanian government had prevented the leaders of the MEK from continuing their cult-like and violent actions in its country, the death rate in this cult would have been significantly reduced. If the Albanian government had proper control over the Cult of Rajavi, many members who died due to diseases would be alive now.

Why does the Albanian government allow the leaders of a destructive cult, who boast of their violent and terrorist actions and incite people to violent acts, to continue this propaganda?

Didn’t the government of Albania notice how the leaders of the MEK led their members to clash with the police on June 30th, 2023?

Isn’t the experience of the MEK conflicts with different Iraqi governments after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and their experience of conflict with the Albanian police not enough for the government of this country to realize that the group is violent in nature.

The government of Albania must pave the way to remove cult-like regulations from the isolated Manez camp and instead, the law governing the country of Albania should be applied in the camp. This is the minimum expectation that the families of MEK members have from the Albanian government and it is the minimum that the Albanian government should as the consequence of hosting the group.

As Iranians, it is our tradition to visit each other during Nowruz and spend the New Year with our closest relatives. I hope the government of Albania fulfills this minimum request of the families, which is to visit their beloved children, and allow the families of the members taken as hostages in the Cult of Rajavi to have the opportunity to contact and meet their children freely.

Iraj Salehi, defector of the MEK and member of Nejat Society
Translated by Mazda Parsi

April 2, 2024 0 comments

The cult of Rajavi

Modern slavery in Europe on the verge of the second quarter of the 21st century

Currently, nearly 2000 members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO, Rajavi Cult) have been settled in an isolated and remote camp near Manëz or Manzë city in Durrës province for about 7 years. They consider themselves to be the alternative of the Islamic Republic of Iran and want to overthrow the current Iranian regime by resorting to violence and bloodshed. By its own admission, this group is responsible for the lives of about 12,000 individuals in Iran.
The MEK actively participated in the Iran-Iraq war under Saddam Hussein’s rule in Iraq for many years, of course on the side of Iraq and against its own country, and also participated in many crimes against the people of Iraq, especially the Kurds in the north and the Shiites in the south.

After the fall of Saddam Hussein, the governments of Iraq one after the other wanted the exit of this organization, which they considered a threat to national security, until finally based on the agreement made with the then government of Sali Berisha (the leader of the right-wing Democratic Party of Albania). This organization was transferred to Albania with all its members as a humanitarian measure and settled in an isolated and remote camp near the city of Manëz in Durrës province.
What was narrated above is related to the recent and distant past and is not the subject of this article. Our current issue is a completely human rights matter. In addition to everything that has been said, the MEK violates the most basic human rights of its members on a daily and systematic basis. This is our issue today. It can be boldly said that there is no outside control over the internal anti-human relations of this camp in Albania, and practically modern slavery has been exposed in Europe on the threshold of the second quarter of the 21st century, and the Albanian government either does not want or cannot take action, to stop this process.

Mrs. Ela Deda, a criminologist and the legal director of the Nejat Society of Albania, in her speech at the women’s conference of the Nejat Society of Albania on the occasion of International Women’s Day on Friday, March 8, 2024, at Villa Nejat Hall in Tirana, stated:

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (official name: Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international instrument for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. This convention was prepared in 1950 by the Council of Europe. It is mentioned in this convention that:

Article 2 – Right to life (Article 2 protects the right to life of every person).

Article 3 – Prohibition of Torture (Article 3 prohibits torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and there are no exceptions or limitations to this right.)

Article 5 – Right to liberty and security (Article 5 stipulates that everyone has the right to liberty and personal security.)

Article 8 – Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8 stipulates the right to respect private and family life.)

Article 10 – Freedom of expression (Article 10 protects freedom of expression limited only by “lawful” restrictions that are “necessary in a democratic society.” This right also includes freedom of thought.)

Article 12 – The right to marry (Article 12 states the right to marry and form a family for adult women and men [1]).
Meanwhile, the Republic of Albania wants to enter the European Union and is trying to align itself with the European legal and judicial standards. It is worth mentioning that this convention is approved by the Council of Europe and the Republic of Albania, as a member of the Council of Europe, is one of the signatories of this convention [2].
Now we will discuss some provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and its examples in the Manëz camp in Albania:

Article 2 – Right to life

The MEK in Albania does not pay the least attention to the health of its members in terms of medical and health care, and the deaths that are constantly reported indicate this lack of care. It does not mean that treatment facilities are not available, but the MEK has deprived people of free access to these facilities. Many reports have been received that there is a lot of delay in bringing people to doctors and hospitals in Durrës or Tirana due to the fear of dissatisfied people running away. MEK members cannot easily leave the camp and go to medical centers in Albania.

Article 3 – Prohibition of torture

Former members of the MEK have reported systematic acts of psychological and physical repression in the inquisition meetings, as well as insults, humiliation, slander, and even physical encounters for forced coercion in the Manëz camp in Albania. The psychological destruction of the members has sometimes led them to the border of insanity, and currently there are many mental cases inside the camp that are kept in complete isolation. Inhumane and humiliating treatment is a common practice in the MEK in Albania to destroy people’s psychological defense so that they can take away the ability to say “no” from them so that they always give a positive answer to any illegitimate request.

Article 5 – Right to liberty and security

No member of the MEK in Albania feels safe and is always afraid of being targeted for repression and punishment, without reason. In the MEK, there are no written rules and regulations that can be cited, on which a person can be accused and punished, but the discernment of the leaders at any time is considered as law and regulation. It has been officially announced that the wishes of the organization’s leadership at any time are considered the law of that time.

Article 8 – Right to respect for private and family life

No one in the Manëz camp of the MEK in Albania has any privacy whatsoever. The MEK has invalidated and prohibited any kind of privacy based on its cultic doctrine. Based on the brainwashing that takes place, people are even obliged to report their night’s sleep and pay for it. Free thinking is rejected under the title of mental wandering or intellectual liberalism.

Article 10 – Freedom of expression

People in the Manëz camp do not have the right to disagree or even question the performance of the organization and its leadership. The MEK in Albania has a cultic pyramid structure with the leader at the top of the pyramid. Criticism is allowed only from top to bottom, and towards oneself in front of the official. No question is answered by logical discussion but psychological repression is done to silence the person. All methods of forced coercion are constantly used.

Article 12 – The right to marry

The right to fall in love, get married, form a family, and have children in the camp of the MEK in Albania does not exist at all. Forced celibacy, which is an anti-human imposition, is applied within the relations of the MEK in Albania. In the Manëz camp, gender segregation is implemented in the most severe possible way. There are no families or children in this camp. The family is called a nest of corruption. The main enemy of everyone is considered to be his family.
All of the above and many more clearly prove that destructive cultic mind control methods are practiced inside the remote and isolated Manëz camp. According to the laws and regulations in European countries, brainwashing and mind control and the impositions carried out in this camp are crimes, but the Albanian police and judicial system have closed their eyes on these cases for years.

Right now, in the most blatant way possible, the rights enshrined in the European Convention, drafted, ratified and enforced in the mid-20th century, are being violated on Albanian soil by a destructive mind control cult, and it is the responsibility of the Albanian government to put an end to this situation. And put an end to cultic relations in Manëz camp in Durrës province, which is nothing but modern slavery.

All human rights organizations should demand that the gates of this mysterious camp with medieval connections be opened to the media, government officials and human rights investigators to find out what is going on inside this terrible fortress. Many former members inside and outside Albania are ready to testify at any place and at any time to provide details of this blatant violation of the most basic human rights of the members.

The fact that the MEK has been able to force people to voluntarily give up their human rights, by using mind control methods over time in its cultic base, does not fundamentally change anything, and the responsibility lies with the human rights institutions. Humanity does not accept this, because in practice what is really happening is that still the most basic human rights are violated, and this situation must be terminated immediately. If a person does not demand his rights due to mind control and brainwashing methods in an isolated environment and even volunteers for brutal mental and physical torture, should the torturer be allowed for doing it?

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1- The European Convention on Human Rights, (official: Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms), is an international treaty for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe, which was drafted in 1950 by the New Foundation prepared by the Council of Europe, and entered into force on September 3, 1953.
European Convention on Human Rights
https://www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/echr/Convention_FAS
This convention has 59 articles and 16 additional protocols, in each clause of which there are many examples from within the organization, which are enough to condemn the MEK for violating basic human rights.

2- The Council of Europe (It is different from the European Union and should not be mistaken) has 46 members from European countries, including Albania. Albania is one of the countries that has signed the European Convention on Human Rights and is committed to its implementation.

March 24, 2024 0 comments

Albania

Options for Albania: either to expel or extradite the leaders of the MEK

When we defected the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) and planned to return to Iran, it was said that except for 50 MEK leaders who are on the black list, the rest were included in amnesty and can return to Iran. Most of the families who were worried about If their loved ones decide to leave and return to Iran, will they be in danger of being arrested and tried or not? Now this list has increased to 104 people who are being tried in Tehran court.

Although everyone in their organization knows if they were directly involved in a crime or not? Or they were just members who were deceived and taken to the group, and it can be concluded that all the defectors who decided to return to Iran know that they did not participate in any crime against the Iranian people, and they do not have private complaints.

But from the point of view of international law, now the question arises as to why the Albanian government has sheltered the members of this black list in its country with the participation and direct order of the American government? We, the defectors, are also complaining to the Albanian government that why has the MEK been settled in their country as a legal entity that violates our rights? Why should the group be formed in Ashraf 3 in a coherent way and no one has the right to enter and leave freely?

The government of Albania was supposed to fulfill the preparations for de-radicalizing of MEK members in the path to free life, but now, more than 7 years have passed since the members of the organization entered the territory of Albania, this task has not been realized. When the Albanian police entered the Ashraf 3 headquarters on June 30 this year, we all saw that the leaders of the terrorist organization were reminiscing about their previous and terrorist organizations and had no idea of releasing the captive members of the organization.

As always and like what the French government did on June 17, the MEK leaders should be treated by force, after examining all the shameful records of the organization, it is important to conclude that in the first place we, defectors, should complain to the Albanian government that they are torturers and corrupters. The givers of our life and youth have sheltered us in their country, now that the government of Iran has started the trial of 104 of the heads of the MEK and the organization itself as a legal entity, it is appropriate that the complaint of us is also related to this case between the governments of Iran and Albania should be annexed and our complaint, which is now between the two governments of Iran and Albania, should be submitted to the International Court of Justice in The Hague and the government of Albania should be held accountable for sheltering the leaders of the MEK in its territory.

The MEK has always spent its life in the gaps and conflicts between Iran and its enemies. There is a gap between the definitions between a liberation movement and terrorism! It is obvious that a group that has killed 17,000 Iranian people and has thousands of its members killed or tortured and imprisoned within the group is not a liberating organization.

The Albanian government is blamed for harboring terrorists. Masoud Rajavi, who escaped and if he is still alive, is in the rat hole, but Maryam Rajavi and the heads of the group, as the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization, which is a legal entity, should not travel freely between countries, international criminals should not travel freely, and the judges of the Hague Court should oblige the governments not to shelter terrorists, the Albanian government has no right either. If it tolerates the terrorists any more, the Albanian government has two options: either to expel or extradite the leaders of the MEK.

The heads of the Albanian government should be held accountable in the Hague court. They should be asked why they gave shelter to the terrorists? Those terrorists who are organized and conduct terrorist trainings in their organizations including bomb making and launching explosives in public places.

Some of these terrorists received political asylum and cannot be extradited or tried, although such people do not have the right to be members of a formerly terrorist designated organization. Giving shelter to a group of rebels with a violent background means that if an opportunity is provided, they will continue their terrorist acts again. Before granting asylum to asylum seekers, governments have been asked by the United Nations to ensure that these people have not been involved in committing terrorist acts, and after granting asylum, they must take care of the status of asylum seekers.

For these reasons, even their political asylum should be canceled, and granting the right of political asylum should not create immunity for terrorists to continue their terrorist acts. Violence in any form is prohibited, and the Albanian government has no right to support terrorists from its territory and openly endanger the interests of other countries.

The Albanian government seems to be indifferent to the actions of the MEK in its territory. The 1937 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism (1937 Geneva Convention) can be considered the first international convention on terrorism. This convention defines the act of terrorism as “criminal actions against a government with the aim of causing terror in certain individuals and groups or at the level of society.”

Conspiracy, incitement to commit a criminal act, incitement of people to do something, even if it is not successful, or voluntary participation and cooperation in criminal acts are among the things mentioned in this convention. The government of Albania allows the MEK to finance terrorists from the Albanian territory, now the government of Albania is accused of supporting a terrorist group.

The fact is that terrorism is one of the main threats to international peace and security. This action has a criminal aspect and cannot be justified in any way and under any circumstances.

January 29, 2024 0 comments

Albania

letter of the CEO of Nejat Society to the authorities in the Albanian government

Ebrahim Khodabandeh, CEO of the Nejat Society, wrote a detailed letter to the authorities in the Albanian government, which was delivered by the Nejat Society of Albania on January 24 of this year, along with some attachments. This letter contained new information as well as requests from the Albanian government.
Parts of this letter are summarized as below:

To the responsible authorities in the Albanian government
Greetings and respect

I would like to present some issues as follows:
On June 20 of last year, the isolated and remote camp of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO, Rajavi Cult) in Albania was inspected by police forces with a judicial directive. Of course, the reaction of the organization was violent and illegal, as it appears from its cultic nature and has been repeated in Iraq and other countries in the past.
Before that, the respected Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania announced in various interviews and statements that the MEK members were accepted in Albania for humanitarian reasons, but they did not adhere to their commitments and became a threat to national security. It is not a secret to anyone that the MEK targets the psychological and physical security of the Iranian people from the territory of Albania.

During the 7 years that the MEK has enjoyed the unrestricted hospitality of the country of Albania, the families of its members have been deprived of receiving visas and traveling to Albania and visiting their loved ones. After the turning point of June 20, the families expected that, firstly, an opening would be provided for the suffering families to travel to Albania, and secondly, the hostile actions of the MEK against the people of Iran would be prevented, but in both cases, the expectations were not fulfilled.

The ban on families entering Albania, which is said to have been at the request of the MEK, is still in force months after the violent and cultic nature of the MEK was exposed, and as far as the families are concerned, the conditions in Albania has not changed after June 20 and this cult is fully allowed to firstly violate the most basic human rights of its members and secondly to threaten the security of the Iranian nation from the territory of Albania.

The government of Albania has announced that it does not provide the Internet to the MEK camp in Albania, but the MEK continues to widely attract individuals from the Albanian soil through the Internet with deception or inducement or even threats, and leads destructive and abusive actions according to those who recently left the organization. This process continues with all intensity from the organization’s camp in Albania, as it was in the past. Several cases of recent confessions to such actions from the organization’s own propaganda machine are attached.

As you are aware, since the MEK entered Albania, many members have separated and some have begun to expose the internal affairs of the organization. Some of these former members have organized themselves in Albania and have been supported by their families and the Nejat Society. These people want to return to normal life as soon as possible with the help of Nejat Society and responsible authorities. The people who are under the protection of the Nejat Society fully adhere to the laws and regulations of the country of Albania and avoid political and intelligence activities; and based on their sense of responsibility towards the families, they engage in human rights activities to fulfill the wishes of the family.
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Below, I will summarize the demands of the families and the Nejat Society:
A policy be adopted so that the families be pleased after years of sorrow and hardship. There are people inside the MEK camp who want to leave. Respected authorities can create a space for these people to have access to their families and to the Nejat Society so that they can choose and experience a free life if they wish. The people inside the camp have been in an isolated environment and under cultic brainwashing for years, and they have no image of the world outside of the cult, and they are unnecessarily afraid of it and consider themselves unable to face it.

An arrangement be made to give visas to the families of former and current members of the MEK. These families and the Nejat Society pledge to firstly obey the laws and regulations of the Albanian government and the rules set by the responsible authorities, and secondly, their stay in Albania is limited to the duration of their visas.

A procedure be taken to remove the bans and cultic boundaries of the camp of the MEK in Albania, so that the members stationed there can communicate freely with the outside world. It means that the MEK should treat its members like all other organizations, groups and parties, and should not violate the basic human rights of its members and their families and recognize them.

Sincerely,
Ebrahim Khodabandeh
CEO of Najat Society

January 28, 2024 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

Akbar Khosravi was kidnapped by the MEK

Hojat Khosravi, the brother of Akbar Khosravi visited Nejat Society office in Urumia. While meeting Nejat representatives there he asked the authorities of the Albanian government to provide him with the conditions to meet his brother Akbar who has been taken as a hostage by the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).

Hojjat Khosravi further said, “Our demand from the Albanian government is only humanitarian. The Albanian government should pay attention to this demand. Families of MEK’s hostages are still feel uncertain due to the ban on travel to Albania by the government of this country.”

He asks the Albanian government to consider only the human aspects and human rights regarding members of the MEK and refrain from politics in this regard.

The authorities of the Albanian government at the time also announced that the reason for the presence of the MEK members in this country was only a humanitarian issue and not a political one. Now they should fulfill their human duty and provide the conditions for families to meet their loved ones in the camp of the Cult of Rajavi, away from the pressures and media manipulations of the MEK leaders.

“I consider the establishment of the Albanian Nejat Society as a good omen and I am sure that this work can have a great role and efficiency in fulfilling the wishes of the families,” Hojat said. “From here, I send greetings to all those involved and those who are trying to ease the conditions and draw the attention of the government of Albania to the legitimate wishes of the families.”

It is worth to mention that Akbar Khosravi was born in 1974 and is from Naqdeh, Azerbaijan. He is now 49 years old and is trapped in the MEK cult, in Albania. During this period, the leaders of the MEK have not allowed his family to have any contact or visit with him.

After the fall of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the family of Akbar Khosravi made many efforts to save Akbar from the hands of this notorious cult, but they have not succeeded so far.

Akbar Khosravi’s brother says: “Akbar was never a political person. At the age of 17, while he was studying in the third grade of high school in Naqdeh city, in September 1991, together with one of his friends, they wanted to go to European countries through the Iraqi border to reach favorable conditions and earn more money.”

Akbar Khosravi left a letter for his family and went. “My friend and I want to go to Europe for work and we will definitely return one day,” He wrote in that letter. “There, we will find a good and well-paying job to support our family financially.”

From that date onwards, The Khosravis have had no information about Akbar. Until, through the defectors who entered Iran in 2003, they learned that Akbar was captured by the MEK. In the early 1990s, Akbar was taken to Camp Ashraf by the agents of the MEK with the promise of work in Europe.

December 18, 2023 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

The Rashidis’ letter to Mosayeb Rashidi in the MEK’s camp in Albania

To our beloved father and grandfather Mosayeb Rashidi

My dear father,
your daughter and grandchildren have been hoping for many years to see you in our hometown among family members. We have always wanted to live with you and experience and enjoy the feeling of having a father and grandfather.
Father

We inquired about your condition through everyone who knew you. We know that you are not a member of any political organization and you have always been under cult-like pressures. so why don’t you come home?
It has become a wish for us to see you in freedom, by our side some day. Some time ago, we sent you a letter from your young grandson. You may have seen it. We hope that you will be moved by that letter since it was written from the bottom of the heart of a child. We hope that you will choose us and come back.
Hoping that day.

Your daughter and grandchildren,
Love

December 12, 2023 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

Letter of Mostafa Qaedi’s mother to Albanian Prime Minister

Mr. Prime Minister,
I am Montaha Zahrai; A mother who has been longing to see her son for several years. My son Mostafa Qaedi has been imprisoned in an organization called Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) for 35 years.
The MEK is based in your country, Albania. I don’t know how I can visit my child in your country, Albania. The MEk led by Maryam Rajavi does not allow my son to contact his mother. I suffered hardships and pains in the absence of my child. My son was studying at the university when he was in Iran, when the MEK tricked him to join them out of Iran and transferred him to a Camp Ashraf, Iraq and cut off his contact with me.

Who understands my pain?! The MEK brainwashes my child and has turned family into an enemy in my child’s mind. I request you to open the way to travel to Albania so that I can meet my child closely. Please, Pay attention to the words of a grieving mother.
Sincerely

Montaha Zahrai, Mother of Mostafa Qaedi

November 19, 2023 0 comments

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