Source: Baha’i World News Service GENEVA — In a clear rejection of Iran’s claim that the human rights situation in that country has improved, the UN Human Rights Council today extended the mandate of its…
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Iran’s UPR Response Offers Bleak Outlook for Baha’is and Human Rights
Source: Bahai World News Service 19 March 2015 GENEVA — Iran’s limited and conditional acceptance of just two out of ten recommendations made by other governments about its ongoing persecution of Baha’is today suggests there…
UN Human Rights Council extends mandate of Iran monitor
[BWNS 23 March 2012] GENEVA — The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted by an overwhelming margin for a continuing investigation into human rights violations in Iran. Yesterday’s vote of 22 to 5 with 20…
UN monitor highlights failure of Iran's justice system
[BWNS 14 March 2012] GENEVA — The United Nations investigator into human rights in Iran has sharply criticized the country’s system of justice and human rights record. UN Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed told a meeting of…
UN: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
[UNHR, 6 March 2012] In its “Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran” Human Rights Council Nineteenth session included a report on the situation of the…
UN investigator who revealed Iran's "Baha'i Question" memorandum dies aged 93
[BWNS, 10 Jan. 2012] SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador —Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, a noted legal scholar who uncovered significant evidence of human rights violations in Iran in the late 1980s and early 1990s, passed away here last…
UN condemnation of Iran reflects growing intolerance for human rights violations
[BWNS, 19 Dec. 2011] UNITED NATIONS — Reflecting the international community’s increasing intolerance for human rights violations, the UN General Assembly today condemned Iran for oppressing its citizens. By a vote of 89 to 30 with…
UN strongly condemns Iran's human rights violations; European Parliament joins global outcry
[BWNS 21 Nov. 2011] UNITED NATIONS — Using some of its strongest language to date, the United Nations General Assembly has roundly condemned Iran for its “serious ongoing and recurring human rights violations.” By a vote…
Attacks on Baha'is continue as Iran's human rights record comes under further UN scrutiny
[BWNS, 4 Nov 2011] GENEVA — As a United Nations body concluded that Iran’s persecution of Baha’is is clearly violating one of the world’s major human rights treaties, the Baha’i International Community has learned of a…
UN Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed has requested that Iranian officials cooperate and allow him to visit Iran
[RAHANA 24 Oct. 2011] After presenting his first report for the UN regarding human rights issues in Iran, the Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed requested that he be allowed to visit the country.
UN monitor for Iran presents first findings on human rights abuses
[BWNS 16 Oct. 2011] UNITED NATIONS — In his first report, the newly appointed UN investigator into human rights in Iran has appealed to the Iranian government to create a culture in which the fundamental rights…
15 October 2011 UN Special Rapporteur on Iran’s Official Report to the UN Human Rights Council
Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre has included the recent UN Special Rapporteur dated 15 October 2011 in its documentation repository. The full report is available here: PDF. Excerpt from the report related to the Baha’is…
UN religious freedom expert: Iran is systematically persecuting Baha'is
[BWNS 23 Oct. 2011] UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s persecution of Baha’is is among the most “extreme manifestations of religious intolerance and persecution” in the world today, according to a UN expert. The remarks of Heiner Bielefeldt…
UN Secretary General "deeply troubled" by developments in Iran
[BWNS, 13 Oct. 2011] UNITED NATIONS — For the fourth consecutive year, the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has strongly criticized Iran’s record on human rights, saying violations have “continued and intensified” over the last…
UN: Situation of the Baha'is in Iran (June 15, 2011)
Statement on the situation of the Baha’is in Iran to the Seventeenth Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (15 June 2011) YouTube Video by the Baha’i International Community’s Unite Nations Office: BICUNoffice [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIUjRgMRp74&feature=digest[/youtube] —…
British legal bodies highlight "dire situation" of human rights in Iran
(BWNS 8 July 2011) LONDON — Two prominent legal associations are calling upon the United Nations’ new special investigator for Iran to examine the “dire situation” of human rights defenders and alleged “dissidents” in the country. In…
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