Source: BahaiNews1 The annual registration of Vahed Kholusi for the nationwide university entrance examination is a symbolic act by this education rights activists in protest against the 12 year long deprivation of this Iranian Baha’i&hellip
Education Is Not a Crime
Maghsoud Anvari Expelled from University
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, Maghsoud Anvari, a Baha’i citizen, has been expelled from Shahid Bahonar University2. According to this Baha’i citizen’s account, he was expelled during the final exams of&hellip
Dallas Mural Part of International Campaign Against Religious Persecution in Iran
Source: frontrow.dmagazine.com BY ALAENA HOSTETTER Harassed, arrested, jailed, tortured, killed…These are just a few of the options facing people of the Baha’i faith in Iran. Since its inception in 1844, the religion has been effectively criminalized&hellip
Maziar Bahari Visits Dave the Chimp’s New London Mural for #NotACrime and Explains Why He Started the Campaign
Source: Education Is Not a Crime Maziar Bahari visits Dave the Chimp‘s new London mural for #NotACrime and explains why he started the campaign. “The Iranian government is discriminating against the Baha’is and other Iranians on a regular basis. So&hellip
#notacrime Mural Moves Plight of Iran’s Baha’i Community to Bondi Beach
Source: www.abc.net.au PHOTO: The Bondi Beach mural is the third in Sydney as part of the campaign. (Supplied: Hayley Francis) A concrete wall in Bondi Beach has been transformed by street artists as part of a worldwide campaign&hellip
#NotACrime: A Global Street Art Project for Human Rights in Iran
Source: en.iranwire.com Tuesday 15 December 2015 Saleem Vaillancourt Freddy Sam’s mural of a boy and injured bird in Cape Town The #NotACrime campaign launched a global street art project this year with nearly a dozen murals across New York&hellip
Top Student Among Baha’i’s Banned from Higher Education
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com 7 December 2015 By Sepehr Atefi Translation by Iran Press Watch April 2015 – Delaram Sadeghzadeh, a Masters degree applicant in educational psychology at Shahid Beheshti University, waits in the office of the Director&hellip
Imprisonment of Both Parents of a Child for Their Promotion of Higher Education
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—1 December 2015—As part of an outrageous effort to block Baha’i youth from higher education, Iranian authorities have imprisoned the mother and are threatening to imprison the father of a six-year-old boy, depriving him&hellip
Education is a Human Right
Source: Persian Media Production
President’s Office Tells Baha’is They Have No Right to Higher Education
Source: bahainews1 5 October 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch Anisa Motahar, a Baha’i citizen of Isfahan, who received a two-year suspended sentence in 2011 for “proselytizing and collaboration with anti-government organizations,” and Kiana Rahimi, have&hellip
In a Few Days We’re Going to Jail Because We’re Baha’is
Source: en.iranwire.com Wednesday 14 October 2015 Mahrokh Gholamhosseinpour Two teachers face long prison sentences for educating Baha’is, who are banned from pursuing further education in Iran. After repeated harassment and intimidation, married couple Azita Rafizadeh and Peyman&hellip
Baha’is Banned from Education: “The order comes from the top
Source: en.iranwire.com Tuesday 22 September 2015 Mahrokh Gholamhosseinpour The academic year is underway again, and once again Bahai’s are being denied their right to higher education. Among those who have been prevented from continuing their education&hellip
A Heartfelt Letter from a Young Baha’i Deprived of Higher Education
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 16 September 2015 Farid Rastegar’s Letter from the Heart A Young Baha’i Deprived of Further Education I, Farid Rastegar, am a Baha’i citizen born in 1997, who has been&hellip
Iran Continues to Deny Higher Education to Bahai’s
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports by the “No to harassment and imprisonment of Baha’i citizens” campaign: A Baha’i citizen residing in Tabriz named Afsaneh Asadnejad has been deprived of higher education.&hellip
Bahai Education Rights Activist Arrested in Tehran, Transferred to Raja’i Shahr Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Sen’s daily Vahed Kholousi, a Bahai student who has been excluded from tertiary education, was arrested in front of his home in Tehran a few days ago. According to current reports, he&hellip
Paint the Change: A New Campaign for Baha’i Students in Iran
by Tara Abhasakun In February 2015, a concert was held in Los Angeles in support of the “Education is Not a Crime” campaign, founded by Canadian Muslim journalist Maziar Bahari in&hellip
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