MEFD condemns conviction of Saudi activist
Raif Badawi London, 8 May (MEFD) Local media has reported that Jeddah’s criminal court has sentenced a Saudi Arabian activist…
Netherlands hears plea to grant Pakistani Christians special status
Pakistani Christians in The Netherlands protest against attacks on church in PeshawarPhoto credit: Roel Wijnants / Foter / CC BY-NC…
Women’s rights: the plight of women in Iran
By Dr Hoda Hosseini London, 08 Mar. (MEFD) International Women’s Day (IWD) has become an official holiday in 27 countries…
MEFD special hearing in the Dutch House of Representatives on minorities in Pakistan
MEFD special hearing in the Dutch House of Representatives on minorities in Pakistan The Hague, 05 Mar. (MEFD) On Tuesday…
MEFD condemns execution of Iranian poet Hashem Shaabani
London, 12 Feb. (MEFD) Middle East Forum for Development condemns in the strongest terms the execution of Hashem Shaabani, an…
Financing death: Iran’s ‘War on Drugs’
By Mosa Zahed LONDON, 23 Jan. (UPI) — Last year I wrote an op-ed on Iran’s bloody “war on drugs,” which…
Iran hangs 40 people in two weeks amid surge in executions
London, 16 Jan. (Amnesty International) Iran has carried out a total of 40 executions since the beginning of 2014, with…
MEFD condemns missile attack on Camp Liberty
Damage from missile attack 26 Dec. 2013 London, Dec. 29 (MEFD) On Thursday 26 December 2013, Camp Liberty, which houses…
No halt to executions while EU delegation visits Iran
LONDON, Dec. 26 (UPI) — Last week a European Parliament delegation returned from a six-day visit to Tehran, the first official…
UN says secret detention part of Syria ‘campaign of terror’
REUTERS, AP Geneva–Syrian activists and other citizens have vanished into secret detention as part of a “widespread campaign of terror…