(CHRR 8-Aug-2010) The Committee of Human Rights Reporters announced that seven former administrators of the Baha’i community were each sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court. They are detained for…
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Prison sentences for Iran's Baha'i leaders reportedly reduced to 10 years
(BWNS – 18 Sep 2010) NEW YORK — The 20-year prison sentences received by Iran’s seven Baha’i leaders have reportedly been reduced. The Baha’i International Community has learned that the lawyers representing the seven were informed…
Iranian actions strike too close to home
By Robert Freeman – Chilliwack Progress Published: September 10, 2010 11:00 AM Updated: September 10, 2010 8:41 PM Persecution by the state because of religious faith. Denial of an education, of jobs, of passports for…
Roxana Saberi: In Iran, shackling the Bahai torchbearers
By Roxana Saberi Saturday, August 28, 2010 For several weeks last year, I shared a cell in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison with Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, two leaders of Iran’s minority Bahai faith. I…
Global support intensifies for Iran's seven Baha'i leaders
26 August 2010 GENEVA (BWNS) — An increasing number of governments, human rights groups and prominent individuals are raising their voices against the harsh prison sentences handed down earlier this month to Iran’s seven Baha’i…
Seven Baha’i Leaders Given Harsh Prison Sentence
Seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community were sentenced to twenty years in prison by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran on 7 August 2010. Although they have done nothing more than peacefully practice their religion, they…
MRG concerned by reports of lengthy jail sentences for Iranian Baha'í leaders
17 August 2010 Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is deeply concerned by reports indicating that seven Iranian Baha’í leaders have each received jail sentences of 20 years. The seven prisoners are Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi,…
Appeals Court Should Overturn Unjust Sentencing of Baha’i Leaders
Shirin Ebadi: Trial “Riddled with Irregularities” (10 August 2010) Seven leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, each of whom has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on security, espionage and other crimes, should be…
Clear breach of human dignity in condemning the leaders of the Iranian Baha'i community
Monday 25 Mordad 1389 [16 August 2010] at 7:49 AM HRANA News – This morning, the Secretariat of the Group of Human Rights Activists in Iran issued a press release asking for recognition of the…
Harsh sentences are a judgment against an entire religious community
NEW YORK — The harsh prison sentences handed down to seven Iranian Baha’i leaders who are absolutely innocent of any wrongdoing is a judgment against an entire religious community, the Baha’i International Community said today.…
Amnesty International: SENTENCES AGAINST JAILED IRANIAN RELIGIOUS MINORITY LEADERS CONDEMNED
Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of seven members of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority to 20 years in jail on a series of politically motivated charges. The five men and two women, leaders of the…
Nederland bezorgd over lot Baha’i-leiders Iran
Nieuwsbericht | 12 augustus 2010 | Mensenrechten Nederland is zeer bezorgd over het lot van 7 leiders van de Baha’i-gemeenschap in Iran. De zeven worden ervan beschuldigd ‘vijanden van God’ te zijn en zouden volgens…
Baha’is meet in Vancouver as news of 20-year prison terms for Iranian Baha'i leaders raises international concern
Vancouver, British Columbia, 11 August 2010 (CBNS) — More than 1,400 Baha’is meet this weekend at a downtown Vancouver hotel for the annual Association for Baha’i Studies Conference amidst community-wide anguish at the sentencing in…
Iran: Free Baha'i Leaders
Reports Say 7 Baha’i Leaders Have Been Sentenced to 20 Years Each AUGUST 10, 2010 (New York) – The Iranian judiciary should set aside any judgments issued in closed judicial proceedings against seven Baha’i leaders…
Canada Deeply Concerned by Reports of Sentencing of Iranian Bahá’í Leaders
(No. 251 – August 10, 2010 – 10:30 a.m. ET) The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement expressing Canada’s concern over Iran’s continued detention of seven Bahá’í community leaders…
Appeals Court Should Overturn Unjust Sentencing of Baha’i Leaders
Shirin Ebadi: Trial “Riddled with Irregularities” (10 August 2010) Seven leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, each of whom has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on security, espionage and other crimes, should be…
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