[BWNS, 19 Dec. 2011] UNITED NATIONS — Reflecting the international community’s increasing intolerance for human rights violations, the UN General Assembly today condemned Iran for oppressing its citizens. By a vote of 89 to 30 with…
Monthly Archives For December 2011
4 Baha’i citizens held behind bars under very unsound conditions at Shiraz Pirbenoy prison
[RAHANA 16 Dec. 2011] Even though prison officials at Pirbenoy prison in the city of Shiraz assured the prisoners, Vehdat Dana, Afshin Ehsenian, Farham Masoumi, and Keyvan Karmi, that the conditions would become better, they have…
Heads of medical schools urge Iran to release jailed Baha'i educators
[BWNS, 8 Dec. 2011] WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — Almost 50 leaders of medical education in the United States have joined the worldwide protest against the Iranian government’s persecution of Baha’i students and educators. Forty-eight Deans…
Claim your Human Rights – IHRDC’s Evidence Collection Guide, Now on Video
[IHRDC, 8 Dec. 2011] In 2011, the world witnessed millions of people around the globe peacefully demanding their human rights and civil liberties. While less visible than the crowds in Cairo’s Tahrir Square or the marches…
The Struggle for Human Rights in Iran: Building a New Middle-East, Speaker: Dr. Payam Akhavan, PhD.
Speaker: Dr Payam Akhavan, Time: 7:30pm, December 7th, 2011, Room 1900 @ Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University, 555 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada In 2009, the Middle-East witnessed its first social media revolution in Iran,…
Baha’i Citizen Farhood Eshtiyagh Incarcerated for the Past 5 Months
[RAHANA 24 Nov. 2011] In his 5th month of detention, Baha’i citizen Farhood Eshtiyagh is still suffering from heart problems.
VIDEO: U.S. leaders, artists and activists defend Iran’s seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders
[bahai.us, 21 Nov. 2011] On May 12, 2011, United States Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois hosted a reception to raise awareness about the seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned in Iran. [view the video here]
Concerns for imprisoned Baha'i educators voiced in Senate
[BWNS 5 Dec. 2011] OTTAWA — At the Canadian Senate enquiry into the persecution of Iranian Baha’is, Canada’s first Muslim senator has strongly criticized Iran for its prosecution and imprisonment of Baha’i educators. Senator Mobina…
Senator highlights "warning signs" in Iran's treatment of Baha'is
[BWNS, 2 Dec. 2011] OTTAWA — Canadian Senator Romeo Dallaire, the former UN peacekeeping force commander who tried to stop the 1990s genocide in Rwanda, has said that Iran’s current actions against Baha’is remind him of…
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