(BWNS 10-May-2011) NEW YORK — As seven Baha’i leaders in Iran complete their third year in jail, the Baha’i International Community has confirmed that the two women amongst them have been transferred to another prison.…
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Baha'i Citizens Are Forced to Leave Iran
12 April, 2011. Fereshteh Ghazi In an exclusive interview with Rooz, the spokesperson for the Baha’i International Community Farhad Sabetan talks about the Iranian government’s growing pressure on Baha’i citizens to force them to leave…
Iran upholds prison sentence for Baha’i leaders ahead of Christians’ blasphemy trial
(4 April 2011) Seven leaders of the Baha’i faith, currently detained in Gohardasht prison in Karaj, have been informed that their original 20-year prison term has been reinstated. The judgment came days before the blasphemy…
Governments condemn Iran's reversal on jail terms
(BWNS – 6 April 2011) GENEVA — Governments and human rights organizations have been swift to condemn the reinstatement of 20-year jail sentences for Iran’s seven Baha’i leaders. The seven were informed last month by prison authorities…
AI USA: Iranian Baha'i Leaders Hit By 'Vindictive' Sentence Extension, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International Media Release For Immediate Release Thursday, March 31, 2011 Organization Repeats Call for Immediate Release of Seven Leaders Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) — The reimposition of 20-year jail terms on…
IRANIAN BAHA'I LEADERS HIT BY 'VINDICTIVE' SENTENCE EXTENSION
(Amnesty, 31 March 2011) The reimposition of 20-year jail terms on seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority is “outrageous”, Amnesty International said today as it made a renewed call for their immediate release. The…
Appeals Court confirms “20 years imprisonment” sentence of Seven Baha’i Leaders
(CHRR – 18 March 2011) According to reports received today, each of the seven Baha’i community leaders were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in the appeals court. They have been notified of their sentence in…
Amnesty International's "Nowruz Action"
The Persian holiday Nowruz (“new day”) is an ancient holiday celebrated on the first day of spring to welcome in the new year. On this Nowruz we want to remember several courageous prisoners of conscience…
Detained Baha'i leaders in grave danger
(FIDH 18-Feb-2011) The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Iranian League for Human Rights (LDDHI) and the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) wish to draw your attention to the grave plight of the…
Grave concern for safety of Iran's imprisoned Baha'i leaders
(BWNS 15-Feb-2011) NEW YORK — Iran’s seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders have been transferred to more brutal sections of their prison complex.
Human Rights Watch: “Iranian laws continue to discriminate against religious minorities”
World Report 2011: Iran Events of 2010 Iran’s human rights crisis deepened as the government sought to consolidate its power following 2009’s disputed presidential election. Public demonstrations waned after security forces used live ammunition to…
Tehran's persecution of its religious minorities violates its own constitution.
BY KISHAN MANOCHA (Wall Street Journal – 17 Dec 2010) Seven former leaders of the Bahai community in Iran are in their first year of a decade of unjust incarceration. They were arrested in mid-2008,…
Canada calls on Iran to release Baha’i prisoners
(Canadian Baha’i News Service) Toronto, Ontario, 17 December 2010 (CBNS) — Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lawrence Cannon, today called on Iran to release unconditionally the seven Baha’i community leaders imprisoned by the Iranian regime.…
Open letter speaks out for the rights of all Iranians
(BWNS – 7 Dec 2010) NEW YORK — In an open letter to the head of Iran’s Judiciary, the Baha’i International Community today contrasted the country’s persecution of Baha’is with Iran’s own call for Muslim…
U.S. State Department: Iranian government creates “threatening atmosphere” for Baha’is and others
BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR International Religious Freedom Report 2010 November 17, 2010 The constitution states that Islam is the official state religion, and the doctrine followed is that of Ja’afari (Twelver) Shi’ism.…
UK Baha’i representatives meet government Minister
LONDON 9 Nov – Representatives of the UK Baha’i community met today with Alistair Burt MP, FCO Minister with responsibility for the Middle East, to raise their concerns about the human rights of the Baha’is…