Source: news.bahai.org NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly has rebuked the Islamic Republic of Iran for its human rights violations, including against the Bahá’í community, saying in a new resolution that Bahá’ís and…
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United Nations resolution rebukes Iran’s government for systemic and escalating persecution of Baha’is and all Iranians—and calls for urgent change
Source: www.bic.org New York—20 November 2024—A new United Nations (UN) resolution by the General Assembly’s Third Committee condemning the Iranian government’s human rights record has added to several weeks of international focus on the plight…
Eighteen UN experts jointly and unitedly condemn Iran’s targeting of Baha’i women as 10 in Isfahan are sentenced to a total of 90 years in prison
Source: bic.org Geneva—22 October 2024—A group of 18 United Nations Special Rapporteurs and UN Working Group experts have released a joint letter of allegations rebuking the Islamic Republic of Iran for the recent rise in attacks against…
UN Special Rapporteur Says There Is “Evidence of Genocide in the 80s” in Iran
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…
Baha’is Face “extreme” and “persistent” Persecution in Iran: UN Special Rapporteur Releases Final Report
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—19 March 2024—The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, as well as a wave of UN Member States, highlighted the “extreme” persecution of Iran’s Baha’i community at the Human Rights…
U.N. Report: Rights Abuses in Iran
In March 2023, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Iran deplored the “brutal response” of the government to nationwide protests that erupted in September 2022. The Islamic Republic had killed hundreds of protesters, including children, since…
BIC statement at Human Rights Council special session on Iran
Source: www.bic.org 35th special session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially with respect to women and children GENEVA —24 November 2022 Mr. President,…
United Nations Resolution Calls on Crisis-Hit Iran to Respect Human Rights for All
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—16 November 2022—A resolution calling on the Iranian government to end its discrimination of minorities in Iran, including of the Baha’i community, Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, has been approved by the United…
Rights Experts Urge Iran to End ‘Systematic Persecution’ of Religious Minorities
Source: news.un.org Authorities in Iran must stop the persecution and harassment of religious minorities, a group of independent UN human rights experts said in a statement issued on Monday expressing alarm over the escalation in…
Iran: UN Experts Alarmed by Escalating Religious Persecution
Source: www.ohchr.org GENEVA (22 August 2022) – UN experts* today called on Iranian authorities to stop persecution and harassment of religious minorities and end the use of religion to curtail the exercise of fundamental rights. “We are…
UN Report Decries “Criminalisation” and Persecution of Baha’is Across MENA Region
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—11 March 2022—A new report and its annex, “Rights of persons belonging to religious or belief minorities in situations of conflict or insecurity”, by the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion…
International support for Iran’s Baha’is highlights growing rights violations
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—16 December 2020—A United Nations resolution calling on the Islamic Republic of Iran to respect the rights of its citizens—and which refers to the violations faced by Iranian Baha’is—passed today at the…
UN Adopts Resolution Condemning Iran’s Human Rights Violations
Source: en.radiofarda.com The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution December 18 calling on Iran to end its ongoing human rights violations. The resolution passed with a vote of 81 to 30 and 70 abstentions.…
UN to Iran: End human rights violations against Baha’is
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — Iran has once again been condemned by the international community for its ongoing human rights violations. A United Nations General Assembly committee has expressed its serious concern about the country’s…
Baha’is of Iran Suffer Most Egregious Forms of Persecution – UN Report
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—28 August 2019—The Baha’is of Iran—the largest non Muslim religious minority in the country—have suffered the “most egregious forms of repression, persecution and victimization” over the last 40 years, notes Javaid Rehman, the…
UN Resolution Calls for End to Iran’s Rights Violations Against Baha’is
Source: news.bahai.org UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations General Assembly called on Iranian authorities to end ongoing human rights violations against the Baha’is in Iran. A resolution, adopted Thursday by a vote of 85 to 30, with 68…
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