Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—1 December 2015—As part of an outrageous effort to block Baha’i youth from higher education, Iranian authorities have imprisoned the mother and are threatening to imprison the father of a six-year-old boy, depriving him…
Education Is Not a Crime
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President’s Office Tells Baha’is They Have No Right to Higher Education
Source: bahainews1 5 October 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch Anisa Motahar, a Baha’i citizen of Isfahan, who received a two-year suspended sentence in 2011 for “proselytizing and collaboration with anti-government organizations,” and Kiana Rahimi, have…
In a Few Days We’re Going to Jail Because We’re Baha’is
Source: en.iranwire.com Wednesday 14 October 2015 Mahrokh Gholamhosseinpour Two teachers face long prison sentences for educating Baha’is, who are banned from pursuing further education in Iran. After repeated harassment and intimidation, married couple Azita Rafizadeh and Peyman…
Baha’is Banned from Education: “The order comes from the top
Source: en.iranwire.com Tuesday 22 September 2015 Mahrokh Gholamhosseinpour The academic year is underway again, and once again Bahai’s are being denied their right to higher education. Among those who have been prevented from continuing their education…
A Heartfelt Letter from a Young Baha’i Deprived of Higher Education
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 16 September 2015 Farid Rastegar’s Letter from the Heart A Young Baha’i Deprived of Further Education I, Farid Rastegar, am a Baha’i citizen born in 1997, who has been…
Iran Continues to Deny Higher Education to Bahai’s
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports by the “No to harassment and imprisonment of Baha’i citizens” campaign: A Baha’i citizen residing in Tabriz named Afsaneh Asadnejad has been deprived of higher education.…
Bahai Education Rights Activist Arrested in Tehran, Transferred to Raja’i Shahr Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Sen’s daily Vahed Kholousi, a Bahai student who has been excluded from tertiary education, was arrested in front of his home in Tehran a few days ago. According to current reports, he…
Paint the Change: A New Campaign for Baha’i Students in Iran
by Tara Abhasakun In February 2015, a concert was held in Los Angeles in support of the “Education is Not a Crime” campaign, founded by Canadian Muslim journalist Maziar Bahari in…
Education Is Not a Crime | Laura Hemmati | TEDxULB
“Education is not a crime”, which tries to get education recognized for some of the most determined students there is! Universal education is a vital factor for the full participation of individuals in every society.…
Iran’s Loss Is the World’s Gain: The Tale of My Persecuted Bahà’i Roommate
Source: scroll.in Prevented from going to college in Iran, she fled to the US to study, later helping discover a drug that fights cancer. Her country’s policies could come under UN scrutiny on March 19. Uma…
UN Special Rapporteur Commends Documentary on Denial of Education for Baha’is in Iran
Source: Baha’i World News Service 22 March 2015 GENEVA — A high UN official has praised the film “To Light a Candle”, a documentary film on the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran, as an important…
Maziar Bahari’s Interview with CBC on the Persecution of the Baha’is of Iran
Source: www.cbc.ca Sunday March 15, 2015 The very place where the Baha’i faith was born has become the country where its people are the most persecuted. Founded in 19th century Persia, the Baha’i community promoted equality…
When Homework Is a Matter of Life and Death
Source: time.com By Roxana Daneshjou/ Zocalo Public Square @ThePublicSquare March 3, 2015 My parents fled Iran because they were forbidden from getting an education there. I’ve spent over one-third of my life on a university campus The…
Authorities Target Baha’is in New Arrests
Source: en.iranwire.com Friday 27, 2015 By Natasha Schmidt, Kian Sabeti Intelligence Ministry agents raided a number of Baha’i homes in Tehran, Isfahan and Kerman and arrested 16 Baha’i citizens on February 16 and 17.…
From Iran to Canada, Education Is Not a Crime
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com By Maziar Bahari Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Feb. 25 2015 Across the country, Canadian schoolchildren are celebrating Freedom to Read week, a public affirmation of freedom of expression through the process…
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