UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Immediate Release of All Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience, and a Moratorium on Executions. (October 11, 2012) Cataloguing “a wide range of human rights violations,” UN Special Rapporteur on…

UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Immediate Release of All Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience, and a Moratorium on Executions. (October 11, 2012) Cataloguing “a wide range of human rights violations,” UN Special Rapporteur on…
In late June 2012, a professor at Georgia State University (USA), offered to have his public relations class write articles for Education Under Fire. At the beginning of July, his students began a series of…
[PCED, 17 Oct. 2012] In an update and correction of the previous report of the arrest of Shahnam Jadhbani ( شهنام جذبانی ) and his wife Shohreh Samimi ( شهره صمیمی ) in Minudasht, Golestan…
[hra-news.org] Iranian Baha’i, Shahnaz Ranjbar Oladi, was summoned by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and detained by a court warrant. According to HRANA reporters (The Human Rights Activists News Agency), A Baha’i citizen, residing…
[variety.com 11 Oct. 2012] By RICHARD KUIPERS A Makhmalbaf Film House production. (International sales: M-Line Distribution, Seoul.) Produced by Makhmalbaf Film House. Directed, written by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. With: Maysam Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ririva Eona Mabi, Paula…
[al-monitor.com, 10 Oct. 2012] Here is an excerpt from an interview with Colette Naufal, the founder and director of the Beirut International Film Festival (BIFF), about The Gardner. You can see the entire interview here:…
[Iranian.com, 12 Oct. 2012] Education prohibited in the “Holy Land” — Please see the correction from irannian.com below. Editor — correction: by Khosro Shemiranie10-Oct-2012 This article was originally written in Farsi by Khosro Shemiranie of…
The Gardener(Documentary – Iran)The Gardener(Documentary – Iran)By RICHARD KUIPERSA Makhmalbaf Film House production.(International sales: M-Line Distribution, Seoul.) Produced by Makhmalbaf Film House. Directed, written by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.With: Maysam Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ririva Eona Mabi, Paula…
It seems like the Bahai’s of Egypt share persecution with the Baha’is of Iran. Below is an English translation of an article from Persian (http://www.radiofarda.com/content/f3_bahais_egypt/24712130.html) by Dr. Wahied Wahdat-Hagh. Editor — In an article in…
[BWNS, 18 Sep 2012] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — More than 80 leading academics are calling upon the Iranian government to end its persecution of Baha’i educators and students. The Slovak Republic’s former Prime Minister, Professor Iveta Radičová,…
[http://www.educationunderfire.com] Please sign the Friends of BIHE Open Letter organized by Fall Campaign of Education Under Fire. — oin hands with thousands of members of academic, civic, religious and human rights communities in showing your…
GENEVA — Two United Nations Special Rapporteurs have expressed their deep concern at the situation of minority religions in Iran. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, has joined…