Source: www.iranrights.org This report, Outsiders: Multifaceted Violence Against Baháʼís in the Islamic Republic of Iran, jointly produced by Abdorahhman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran and Eleos Justice (Faculty of Law, Monash University), examines the persecution of Bahá’ís through…
Source: www.bic.org New York—11 November 2024—A major new report, Outsiders: Multifaceted Violence Against Baha’is in the Islamic Republic of Iran, has just been launched in New York, exposing the violence inflicted on the Baha’is during 45…
Source: bbc.com/persian Translation By Iran Press Watch Javid Rahman, UN Special Rapporteur on Iran’s human rights affairs, says there is evidence of “genocide” against minorities and ethnic groups in the 1980s, including Baha’is, Kurds, and…
Source: www.statecraft.co.in Since July 31, Iranian authorities have arrested several Baha’is on the charge of spying for Israel. Iran has stepped up its persecution of the Baha’i community has “increased in intensity,” human rights watchdog Amnesty…
Source: www.amnesty.org The Iranian authorities’ persecution of the Baha’i religious minority has increased in intensity with a recent flurry of raids, arbitrary arrests, home demolitions and land grabs, Amnesty International said today.Since 31 July 2022, Ministry…
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK – 23 August 2022 – Government officials, international and national media outlets and dozens of prominent civil society actors and individuals have rushed to the defense of the Baha’is of Iran, this month, with…
Source: iranhumanrights.org August 5, 2022 – Increasing arbitrary arrests of members of the persecuted Baha’i faith in Iran, and an intensifying government-sponsored campaign of destruction and confiscation of their properties should be internationally condemned, said…
Source: www.adl.org New York, NY, August 5, 2022 … ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Task Force on Middle East Minorities released the following statement in response to the intensified campaign by the Iranian regime targeting Iran’s Baha’i minority: “We condemn…
Source: www.raoulwallenbergcentre.org The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR) strongly condemns the continued confiscation of Baháʼí-owned property by Iranian authorities. Recent reports from the Baháʼí International Community found that groups connected to Iranian leadership are “orchestrating a…
Source: iran.bahai.de Press release On World Religion Day on 17 January 2021, Markus Grübel, Member of the German Parliament and Federal Government Commissioner for Global Freedom of Religion, calls for an end to the discrimination and…
Source: in.news.yahoo.com New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI) A Delhi-based human rights organisation has urged Iranian authorities to end all forms of persecution of its Baha’i citizens, according to an official statement issued on Saturday. The Baha’i…
Source: www.amnesty.org The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release hundreds of prisoners of conscience amid grave fears over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran’s prisons. The authorities should take measures to protect the health…
[democracyinaction.org] Washington, D.C. – Today 17 non-governmental organizations published a joint statement calling upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to uphold the right to education and immediately address the alarming state of academic freedom in…
[BWNS, 31 May 2012] GENEVA — The Baha’i International Community has joined with 16 other non-governmental organizations to call upon the government of Iran to urgently address the state of higher education in the country. A…
[BWNS 3 April 2012] NEW YORK — The plight of Iran’s seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders has been capturing the public’s attention in 12 of the world’s major cities, where a day of action marked the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U4I media contact: Sarah Shourd, Advocate, [email protected], (510) 473-5923 U4I media contact: Roxana Saberi, journalist, U4I advisory board member, [email protected] Berlin, Germany Baha’i media contact: Alina Braml, [email protected], +49 (0) 30 24 72 32 17 Brazil…
