13 Aug. 2010 Following the sentencing of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran, Diane Ala’i, the representative of the Baha’i International Community told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that currently 47 members of…
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Clear breach of human dignity in condemning the leaders of the Iranian Baha'i community
Monday 25 Mordad 1389 [16 August 2010] at 7:49 AM HRANA News – This morning, the Secretariat of the Group of Human Rights Activists in Iran issued a press release asking for recognition of the…
Baha’i World News Service publishes special report on seven Iranian Baha’i leaders
15 August (BWNS) – The Baha’i World News Service has published a special online report comprising articles and background information about the seven Iranian Baha’i leaders – their lives, their detention, trial and reported sentencing.
Harsh sentences are a judgment against an entire religious community
NEW YORK — The harsh prison sentences handed down to seven Iranian Baha’i leaders who are absolutely innocent of any wrongdoing is a judgment against an entire religious community, the Baha’i International Community said today.…
Australia joins international outcry over sentences
CANBERRA, 12 August 2010 The Australian Government has expressed “deep concern” following reports that seven Iranian Baha’i leaders have each received prison sentences of 20 years. Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the…
Arrest of a number of Baha’is in Vilashahr, Isfahan
HRA news- In the evening of August 5th , police forces searched the houses of Faraz Roohi, Jinous Jooshtiyan and Nasim Roohi, three Bahai’s living in Vilashahr [a common site of persecution; for example, see…
A Baha'i is sentenced to three years of imprisonment
Monday 18 Mordad 1389 at 17:23 HRANA News – In a continuation of the repression of religious minorities, a Baha’i is sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment by the Babol Revolutionary Court.
German government criticizes 20 year prison sentence
The commissioner for human rights and humanitarian aid in the Foreign Office of the Federal Government of Germany, Markus Löning, has declared that the “prison sentences against the Baha’i leaders are a massive setback for…
Amnesty International: SENTENCES AGAINST JAILED IRANIAN RELIGIOUS MINORITY LEADERS CONDEMNED
Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of seven members of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority to 20 years in jail on a series of politically motivated charges. The five men and two women, leaders of the…
Buzek on the sentencing of Baha'i leaders in Iran
Brussels – 11/08/2010 The President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, is deeply troubled and concerned about the reports of the sentencing of seven religious leaders of the Baha’i faith in Iran. According to news…
UK Foreign Secretary: Sentence of Baha’i leaders “completely unacceptable”
11 August 2010 Foreign Secretary William Hague has made a statement following the sentencing of 7 spiritual leaders of the Bahá’í faith to 20 years in prison. On hearing this news, the Foreign Secretary said:…
USCIRF Condemns 20-Year Sentence of Baha’i Prisoners
August 11, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC – Seven Baha’i leaders who have been in prison for two years were sentenced to 20 years in prison by an Iranian court, according to Baha’i activists who spoke with…
Nederland bezorgd over lot Baha’i-leiders Iran
Nieuwsbericht | 12 augustus 2010 | Mensenrechten Nederland is zeer bezorgd over het lot van 7 leiders van de Baha’i-gemeenschap in Iran. De zeven worden ervan beschuldigd ‘vijanden van God’ te zijn en zouden volgens…
EU Declaration by HR Ashton on sentencing of seven Baha'i leaders
Summary: 12 August 2010, Brussels – Declaration by High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton on behalf of the European Union on the sentencing of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran.
U.S.A. joins Netherlands, U.K. and European Union in chorus of condemnation at prison sentences
13 August 2010 GENEVA — The United States of America has said it “strongly condemns” the sentencing of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders to 20 years imprisonment. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the act…
U.S. Secretary of States: deeply concerned with the persecution of Baha'is in Iran
Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC August 12, 2010 The United States is deeply concerned with the Iranian government’s continued persecution of Baha’is and other religious minority communities in Iran.
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