The Movement for Justice and Development in Syria (Arabic: حركة العدالة والبناء في سورية, romanized: Ḥarakat Al-'Idalat Wal-Bana'a fi Suriyah) is a political party and movement founded in the year 2006 and based in London, United Kingdom.
The group describes itself as "committed to peaceful, democratic change in Syria, and the creation of a modern state which respects human rights and promotes economic and social development.
[2][3] The group, which openly advocated for the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was banned by the Ba'athist regime.
[5] While Anas al-Abdah is also a signatory[vague] of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights[6] and secretary of the Damascus Declaration Support Committee in the UK,[7][better source needed] his brother Malik set up the London-based Syrian opposition satellite channel Barada TV.
[8][9] Classified U.S. diplomatic cables, provided by the anti-secrecy Web site WikiLeaks, show that the U.S. State Department has funneled $6 million to Barada TV between 2006 and 2011 to operate the satellite channel and finance other activities inside Syria, The Washington Post reported.