By Roxana Saberi Saturday, August 28, 2010 For several weeks last year, I shared a cell in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison with Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, two leaders of Iran’s minority Bahai faith. I…
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"The rights of the accused" in simple language!
The legal language is not usually accessible to the public. Mr. Sultonai and Mrs. Parakand, two well-known names in the legal circles in Iran, have produced a short document and bring the specialized legal language…
The “We are Yaran” Campaign of Letter writing in defense of Seven Prisoners of Conscience in Iran
(26 Aug. 2010 – HRA) As you are aware seven Baha’i leaders have been incarcerated since April 2008. They we held for months in solitary confinement and then in very difficult physical condition for about…
Global support intensifies for Iran's seven Baha'i leaders
26 August 2010 GENEVA (BWNS) — An increasing number of governments, human rights groups and prominent individuals are raising their voices against the harsh prison sentences handed down earlier this month to Iran’s seven Baha’i…
New Zealand: McCully condemns sentences of Bahá'í leadership
20 AUGUST, 2010 Foreign Minister Murray McCully today expressed deep concern at the 20-year prison sentences handed down by the Government of Iran to the leadership of the Bahá’í faith. “New Zealand is dismayed that…
Canada urges the people of the world to speak for turth: http://free7bahais.ca
In early August 2010, after over two years of detention, Iran’s 7 Baha’i leaders were sentenced to 20 years prison. Considering the advanced ages of several of these spiritual leaders, the Islamic Republic of Iran…
Seven Baha’i Leaders Given Harsh Prison Sentence
Seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community were sentenced to twenty years in prison by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran on 7 August 2010. Although they have done nothing more than peacefully practice their religion, they…
Brother's pain over Iran jailing
IRANIAN Behrouz Tavakkoli is a father of two, psychologist, carpenter and social worker. He has spent much of his adult life working with the physically and mentally handicapped — “a real angel”, in the words…
MRG concerned by reports of lengthy jail sentences for Iranian Baha'í leaders
17 August 2010 Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is deeply concerned by reports indicating that seven Iranian Baha’í leaders have each received jail sentences of 20 years. The seven prisoners are Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi,…
Appeals Court Should Overturn Unjust Sentencing of Baha’i Leaders
Shirin Ebadi: Trial “Riddled with Irregularities” (10 August 2010) Seven leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, each of whom has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on security, espionage and other crimes, should be…
Clear breach of human dignity in condemning the leaders of the Iranian Baha'i community
Monday 25 Mordad 1389 [16 August 2010] at 7:49 AM HRANA News – This morning, the Secretariat of the Group of Human Rights Activists in Iran issued a press release asking for recognition of the…
Harsh sentences are a judgment against an entire religious community
NEW YORK — The harsh prison sentences handed down to seven Iranian Baha’i leaders who are absolutely innocent of any wrongdoing is a judgment against an entire religious community, the Baha’i International Community said today.…
Australia joins international outcry over sentences
CANBERRA, 12 August 2010 The Australian Government has expressed “deep concern” following reports that seven Iranian Baha’i leaders have each received prison sentences of 20 years. Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the…
German government criticizes 20 year prison sentence
The commissioner for human rights and humanitarian aid in the Foreign Office of the Federal Government of Germany, Markus Löning, has declared that the “prison sentences against the Baha’i leaders are a massive setback for…
Amnesty International: SENTENCES AGAINST JAILED IRANIAN RELIGIOUS MINORITY LEADERS CONDEMNED
Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of seven members of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority to 20 years in jail on a series of politically motivated charges. The five men and two women, leaders of the…
Buzek on the sentencing of Baha'i leaders in Iran
Brussels – 11/08/2010 The President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, is deeply troubled and concerned about the reports of the sentencing of seven religious leaders of the Baha’i faith in Iran. According to news…
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