In wake of the raid on the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) by the Islamic Republic of Iran in May 2011, we saw a world-wide genuine reaction by individuals, organizations and governments. Below is…
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Iran: Baha'is educating their youth is a "conspiracy" against the state
(BWNS 27 July 2011) GENEVA — Some nine weeks after they were arrested, 11 Iranian Baha’is – associated with an initiative offering higher education to young community members barred from university – are now reportedly facing…
Baha’i Citizen Ighan Shahidi Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
(RAHANA, 25 July 2011 ) Baha’i citizen and education rights activist Ighan Shahidi has been sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Board Demands Immediate Release of Faculty and Staff of the Baha'i Institute of Higher Education in Iran
CHICO, Calif., July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following was written by Scholars for Peace in the Middle EastBoard of Directors: The undersigned members of the Board of Directors of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME), a…
Universities Australia speaks out after arrest of Baha’i educators
(bahai.org.au, 5 July 2011) The peak body representing universities throughout Australia has repeated its concerns about the denial of university education to members of the Baha’i Faith in Iran, a Sydney seminar has been told. Universities…
The Sydney Morning Herald: When learning goes underground
[Sydney, 27 June 2011] The Baha’i faithful of Iran are getting their degrees with a little help from their friends at universities in Australia, writes Leesha McKenny. ACADEMIC Didar Zowghi describes meeting one of her…
BRFC Condemns Iranian Government Attack on Baha’i Education Initiative
BFRC (BHRWS) May 25, 2011 — Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain – The Bahrain Religious Freedom Committee(BRFC) strongly condemns the coordinated raids by Iranian authorities this weekend on numerous Baha’i homes and the arrests of more than a dozen Baha’is who have…
USCIRF condemns Iranian government attack on Baha’i education initiative
[USCRIF, May 24, 2011] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns the coordinated raids by Iranian authorities this weekend on numerous Baha’i homes and the arrests…
Denied the Right to Learn
[Posted by owen59 on May 27, 2011] The systematic denial of education to Baha’i students in Iran has been condemned by many Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s), groups and individuals. A recent event at the University of…
Parliament of Canada: "particularly troubling" Persecution of Baha’is in Iran
Debates of the Senate (Hansard)1st Session, 41st Parliament, Volume 148, Issue 6, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, I rise before you today to speak…
Exemplary life of service "in the face of relentless oppression"
[BWNS, 16 June 2011] SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA,United States — Right up until his final moments, Valiollah Toosky’s thoughts were in Iran, with his students and colleagues at the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE). His sister…
Iranian Authorities raid an online learning network
[movements.org, MAY 25, 2011] BY ASHIYAN RAHMANI-SHIRAZI This past weekend, amidst continued, under-the-radar simmering of Green Movement activities, an online educational network for Baha’i youth was raided. The Baha’i[s] are, at about 300,000 people, the largest non-Muslim religious…
Worldwide outrage at Iran's attack on Baha'i educators
[BWNS 14 June 2011] GENEVA — Governments, organisations and educators have condemned Iran’s latest attack on an initiative offering higher education to young Baha’is barred from university. The government of Austria, more than 80 prominent Indians, and…
Official character of Baha'i expulsions in Iranian university revealed
In light of the recent attacks on the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (www.bihe.org), Iran press Watch is re-posting a few articles thats sheds light on the nature of the attacks of the Islamic Republic…
Petition to the Iranian Government for Immediate Release of the staff and faculty of the Bahá'í Institute of Higher Education
We, the concerned citizens of the Republic of India, wish to place on record our strongest remonstration for the brutal and senseless persecution of the Baha’is in general and the academic staff and administrators of…
Is the right to education, the right of every Iranian citizen today?
The right to education, proclaimed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and guaranteed by the International Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights – which has been signed and ratified by Iran – stresses…
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