Source: www.roozonline.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Thursday 27 November, 2014 Mother prominently absent from daughter’s wedding Fariba Kamalabadi, who has been sentenced to twenty years of prison for being a member of the Baha’i Yaran…
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Fariba Kamalabadi Denied Leave to Attend Daughter’s Wedding
Source: wp.me/pNMoJ-2am Fariba Kamalabadi one of the seven “Yaran” (National facilitators for the Bahai community) who are serving twenty-year prison sentences as prisoners of conscience, has been denied leave from prison to attend the wedding of…
Details of the One-Year Prison Sentence of Susan Tebyanian
Source: cshr.org.uk/human-rights-portal/news/2822 Translation by Iran Press Watch November 6th 2014 Centre for Supporters of Human Rights By Nargis Tavasolian Susan Tebyanian, a Baha’i from Semnan, in 2005 wrote a letter directly to then-President Khatami, toward…
Men are Fulfilling their Duties as Fathers from Prison Cells
Source: roozonline Translated by Iran Press Watch by Masoud Bastani Thursday, October 10, 2014 Gorgani Baha’is in Rajai Shahr prison The first part of this report includes the stories of seven people who are among political…
Sentence of Susan Tebyaniyan Confirmed
Source: http://wp.me/pNMoJ-293 The review court has confirmed the sentence of Susan Tebyaniyan, a Bahai from Semnan who was arrested on May 31, 2014. She was sentenced to one year in prison and the confiscation of all…
Bahai Parents Not Allowed to Bury Their Child
Source: Alliance for rights of all minorities (facebook page) It has been over one week since the twelve-year old, Mahna Samandari has passed away but her parents have not been allowed to bury her. Mahna’s…
Opinion: Iran should stand trial for persecution of Baha’i
Source: montrealgazette.com/news/world/opinion-iran-should-stand-trial-for-persecution-of-bahai More from Irwin Cotler and Renée Maria Tremblay, Special to Montreal Gazette Published on: October 30, 2014Last Updated: October 30, 2014 3:44 PM EDT In Geneva on Friday, Oct. 31, the United Nations Human Rights Council is…
I Wish God Would Send Another Messenger, so They Would Leave Us Alone
Source: www.roozonline.com/persian/news/newsitem/article/-8be3372a21.html Translation by Iran Press Watch Wednesday October 22 Baha’i prisoners from Gorgan at Raja’i Shahr Prison By Masood Bastani They are seven. These seven are known as ideological prisoners amongst the…
Beyond Human Rights: Building a World on Empathy
Source: www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2014/09/18/beyond-human-rights/ 4 September 2014 By Payam Akhavan Vancouver Human Rights Lecture I am honoured to deliver this year’s Vancouver Human Rights Lecture. I am most grateful for the invitation extended to me by the…
Farhad Eghbali Transferred to Raja’i Shahr Prison
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-171 Translation by Iran Press Watch Farhad Eghbali, a Bahai prisoner of conscience from Gorgan, has been exiled to Raja’i Shahr prison of Karaj, where he is currently in the quarantine unit. Mr. Eghbali was…
The world governing body of the Baha’i Faith praises Bahai’s of Iran for their “unrelenting pursuit of knowledge”, describing BIHE as “one of the most outstanding examples of constructive resilience in the modern age”
Source: www.payamha-iran.org Translation by Baha’i World Center The world governing body of the Baha’i Faith1 has written an open letter 2 to the oppressed Baha’is of Iran which is so important and so eloquent that Iran…
Shahram Chiniyan Miandavab Beaten in Prison, Again
Source: hra-news.org/en/shahram-chiniyan-miandavab-beaten-prison 24th September, 2014 HRANA News Agency – On September 20, Shahram Chiniyan Miandavab, a Bahai shopkeeper from Tehran who is serving an 8-year sentence, was beaten as he was being taken to a judge…
Shame and Nothing Else!
Source: PCED, goo.gl/T2Hfmk Translation by Iran Press Watch Mohammad Nourizad and Dr. Mohammad Maleki visit a group of Baha’is who have been deprived of higher education. The Society to Combat Discrimination in Education – The Iranian…
Iran Is World’s Leading Jailer of Female Journalists and Netizens
Source: en.rsf.org/iran-iran-is-world-s-leading-jailer-of-28-07-2014,46712.html PUBLISHED ON MONDAY 28 JULY 2014. Ten women who work in the media are currently behind bars in the Islamic Republic The arrest on 22 July of two journalists and a photographer, including…
Susan Tabyaniyan Sentenced to One Year in Prison
Source: hra-news.org/en/susan-tabyaniyan-sentenced-1-year-prison Susan Tabyaniyan, a Bahai from Semnan who was arrested on May 31, 2014, has been sentenced to one year in prison. Her trial took place on August 7. After her arrest she was…
Imprisoned Baha’i Educators Refused Early Release Unless They Repent and Promise Not to Teach
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org/2014/09/imprisoned-bahais/ Three imprisoned Baha’is have been refused early release and furlough to visit their small children unless they recant their faith and pledge not to teach at the Baha’i university, a relative told the International Campaign…
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