New Delhi, 17 December, 2010 – The former Indian Deputy Prime Minister speaking to international journalist Rohit Gandhi called upon Iran to uphold justice and treat its minorities with respect. He said “I appeal to…
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Christian Solidarity Worldwide calls for release of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide – 10 Dec 2010) The Bahai International Community has written an open letter for the first time to Ayatollah Mohammed Larijani, Head of Iran’s Judiciary, calling for the immediate release of seven…
Baha'i prisoners and violation of students' rights in Iran
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinajad maintains that Iran is a free country and doesn’t hold political prisoners. Omid Memarian strongly disagrees.
Statement by Minister Cannon on Iran’s Continued Imprisonment of Bahá’í and Other Prisoners
(No. 401 – December 17, 2010 – 10:45 a.m. ET) The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding the Government of Iran’s continuing imprisonment of seven Bahá’í community leaders…
Tehran's persecution of its religious minorities violates its own constitution.
BY KISHAN MANOCHA (Wall Street Journal – 17 Dec 2010) Seven former leaders of the Bahai community in Iran are in their first year of a decade of unjust incarceration. They were arrested in mid-2008,…
Canada calls on Iran to release Baha’i prisoners
(Canadian Baha’i News Service) Toronto, Ontario, 17 December 2010 (CBNS) — Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lawrence Cannon, today called on Iran to release unconditionally the seven Baha’i community leaders imprisoned by the Iranian regime.…
Open letter speaks out for the rights of all Iranians
(BWNS – 7 Dec 2010) NEW YORK — In an open letter to the head of Iran’s Judiciary, the Baha’i International Community today contrasted the country’s persecution of Baha’is with Iran’s own call for Muslim…
Scotland’s Baha’i community calls for support
Billy Briggs 26 Oct 2010 “It was not long after Ayatollah Khomeini came to power that the real trouble started. My husband was arrested, tortured and killed and then they arrested me too,” Mehrangiz Moayyad…
UN Secretary General voices concern over human rights abuses in Iran
(BWNS, 18 Oct 2010) UNITED NATIONS — The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has once again expressed strong concern over Iran’s ongoing human rights violations, including its persecution of Iranian Baha’is. In a…
Legal questions over Iran Bahá'í trial
The Guardian, Saturday 9 October 2010 On 8 August it was reported that seven Iranian citizens – Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakkoli, Vahid Tizfahm and Mahvash Sabet – had been sentenced…
UK heads of religion call for release of Iran's seven Baha'i leaders
(BWNS — 7 Oct 2010) LONDON — Britain’s most prominent heads of religion have called for the release of the seven Baha’i leaders serving prison sentences in Iran. A statement by the United Kingdom’s religious…
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on the Persecution of the Baha'is in Iran
September 29, 2010 Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I want to take a moment to call the Senate’s attention to members of the Baha’i faith who have and continue to suffer severe persecution by the Iranian…
Iran sentences Ebadi's former aide [Jinous Sobhani] to jail
(AFP) TEHRAN — Iran has sentenced a former aide to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi to two years in jail, an opposition website reported on Thursday. “Jinous Sobhani, a Bahai citizen and former secretary of the…
Canada Condemns Iran’s Continued Imprisonment of Bahá’í Community Leaders and Denial of Prisoners’ Legal Rights
(No. 302 – September 17, 2010 – 8:30 p.m. ET) The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement on the rights of prisoners in Iran and on reports that Iran…
Letter to peace makers
The sentencing of the seven leaders of the Baha’i Community, known as Yaran (Friends), by the Republic Islamic Government of Iran has caused international reactions by the Governments of the World, by humanitarian organizations, and…
Support for Iran's seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders spreads worldwide
(BWNS 16 Sep 2010) . GENEVA — The call to release seven Iranian Baha’i leaders – whose prison sentences have reportedly been reduced to 10-years each – is spreading around the world. Prominent figures in India,…
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