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…
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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…
Canaries in the Coalmine: The Persecution of Iranian Bahá’í
(ASLAN MEDIA, 3 March 2011) As the Iranian regime continues to tighten the noose of oppression around the throats of all its citizens, one group of Iranians is being singled out for particular brutality. Last…
Roxana Saberi: Free Iran's Seven Baha'i Leaders
March 15, 2011 issue of the Wall Street Journal, By ROXANA SABERI (also see BBC Profile here) March 5 marked the third anniversary of the arrest of Mahvash Sabet, one of my former cellmates in Iran’s…
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.
Baha'is lobby U.S. commission to help them survive in Iran
By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Washington (CNN) – It is a bad time to be a Baha’i in Iran, American adherents of the faith say. The religion, founded in Iran in 1844, is now considered heretical by…
Families fear for Bahais jailed in Iran
WASHINGTON (AFP) 9-Feb-2011 – Prison conditions are worsening for seven leaders of Iran’s Bahai community who are staying in cramped cells with poor sanitation alongside common criminals, US-based relatives said Wednesday.
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…