The commissioner for human rights and humanitarian aid in the Foreign Office of the Federal Government of Germany, Markus Löning, has declared that the “prison sentences against the Baha’i leaders are a massive setback for…
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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…
Buzek on the sentencing of Baha'i leaders in Iran
Brussels – 11/08/2010 The President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, is deeply troubled and concerned about the reports of the sentencing of seven religious leaders of the Baha’i faith in Iran. According to news…
UK Foreign Secretary: Sentence of Baha’i leaders “completely unacceptable”
11 August 2010 Foreign Secretary William Hague has made a statement following the sentencing of 7 spiritual leaders of the Bahá’í faith to 20 years in prison. On hearing this news, the Foreign Secretary said:…
USCIRF Condemns 20-Year Sentence of Baha’i Prisoners
August 11, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC – Seven Baha’i leaders who have been in prison for two years were sentenced to 20 years in prison by an Iranian court, according to Baha’i activists who spoke with…
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…
EU Declaration by HR Ashton on sentencing of seven Baha'i leaders
Summary: 12 August 2010, Brussels – Declaration by High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton on behalf of the European Union on the sentencing of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran.
U.S.A. joins Netherlands, U.K. and European Union in chorus of condemnation at prison sentences
13 August 2010 GENEVA — The United States of America has said it “strongly condemns” the sentencing of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders to 20 years imprisonment. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the act…
U.S. Secretary of States: deeply concerned with the persecution of Baha'is in Iran
Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC August 12, 2010 The United States is deeply concerned with the Iranian government’s continued persecution of Baha’is and other religious minority communities in Iran.
Take Action! Send e-letters in support of Iran’s 7 Baha’i Leaders
[ ENGLISH: Send e-letters to WORLD LEADERS ] [ ENGLISH: Send e-letters to IRI EMBASSIES & OFFICIALS ] [ FARSI: Send e-letters to IRI EMBASSIES & OFFICIALS ] — COMING SOON Background In early August 2010, after over two…
Lord Avebury: Savage sentences
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010, Posted by lord avebury Savage sentences The seven Baha’i leaders who had been detained in Tehran’s fearsome Evin prison for 20 months without charge have finally been sentenced to 20 years’…
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…
BBC report on sentencing of the Yaran & interview with Shirin Ebadi
8 August 2010 Shirin Ebadi’s interview with BBC Persian Television Subject: Twenty years’ imprisonment for the Yárán. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P57D26H0hvE[/youtube] Question: Mrs. Ebadi, what is your opinion about the sentence of twenty years’ imprisonment? Answer: I was stunned; I…
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