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Iran: Arrests, Harassment of Baha’is

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Source: www.hrw.org Public Official Arrested for Speaking Out Against Repression (Beirut) – Iranian intelligence officials have increased the arrests of the country’s Baha’i religious minority over the past two months, with no clear charges, Human Rights Watch said…

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Leading Lawyers Take Iran to Task

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Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — In an open letter released yesterday, 25 prominent intellectuals and experts in human rights law called on Mohammad Javad Larijani, Head of the High Council for Human Rights in Iran, to acknowledge…

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Iran’s Secret Shunning of a Minority Faith

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Source: www.bloomberg.com By Eli Lake The Baha’i have been excluded from basic civic functions like pensions and education. They’re publishing the proof. Usually the Iranian regime’s assault on its people’s dignity is measured in its political prisoners,…

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