August 11, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC – Seven Baha’i leaders who have been in prison for two years were sentenced to 20 years in prison by an Iranian court, according to Baha’i activists who spoke with…
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Nederland bezorgd over lot Baha’i-leiders Iran
Nieuwsbericht | 12 augustus 2010 | Mensenrechten Nederland is zeer bezorgd over het lot van 7 leiders van de Baha’i-gemeenschap in Iran. De zeven worden ervan beschuldigd ‘vijanden van God’ te zijn en zouden volgens…
U.S.A. joins Netherlands, U.K. and European Union in chorus of condemnation at prison sentences
13 August 2010 GENEVA — The United States of America has said it “strongly condemns” the sentencing of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders to 20 years imprisonment. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the act…
U.S. Secretary of States: deeply concerned with the persecution of Baha'is in Iran
Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC August 12, 2010 The United States is deeply concerned with the Iranian government’s continued persecution of Baha’is and other religious minority communities in Iran.
Take Action! Send e-letters in support of Iran’s 7 Baha’i Leaders
[ ENGLISH: Send e-letters to WORLD LEADERS ] [ ENGLISH: Send e-letters to IRI EMBASSIES & OFFICIALS ] [ FARSI: Send e-letters to IRI EMBASSIES & OFFICIALS ] — COMING SOON Background In early August 2010, after over two…
Baha’is meet in Vancouver as news of 20-year prison terms for Iranian Baha'i leaders raises international concern
Vancouver, British Columbia, 11 August 2010 (CBNS) — More than 1,400 Baha’is meet this weekend at a downtown Vancouver hotel for the annual Association for Baha’i Studies Conference amidst community-wide anguish at the sentencing in…
Iran: Free Baha'i Leaders
Reports Say 7 Baha’i Leaders Have Been Sentenced to 20 Years Each AUGUST 10, 2010 (New York) – The Iranian judiciary should set aside any judgments issued in closed judicial proceedings against seven Baha’i leaders…
Canada Deeply Concerned by Reports of Sentencing of Iranian Bahá’í Leaders
(No. 251 – August 10, 2010 – 10:30 a.m. ET) The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement expressing Canada’s concern over Iran’s continued detention of seven Bahá’í community leaders…
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…
BBC report on sentencing of the Yaran & interview with Shirin Ebadi
8 August 2010 Shirin Ebadi’s interview with BBC Persian Television Subject: Twenty years’ imprisonment for the Yárán. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P57D26H0hvE[/youtube] Question: Mrs. Ebadi, what is your opinion about the sentence of twenty years’ imprisonment? Answer: I was stunned; I…
Transfer of the seven Baha’i leaders to Raja'i prison in Karaj (Gohardasht)
After announcement of sentence of 20 years imprisonment each: Transfer of the seven Baha’i leaders to Raja’i prison in Karaj (Gohardasht) Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Yesterday afternoon, after the announcement of a sentence of…
A total of 140 years of prison for the seven Baha'i leaders
HRANA News – Each of the 7 former leaders of the Baha’i community has been sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment. As reported by the Committee of Reporters on Human Rights, this sentence comes after…
Detention extended for seven Iranian Baha'i leaders
GENEVA — The imprisonment of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran has been extended for a further two months, the Baha’i International Community has learned. The trial of the seven concluded on 14 June. No verdict…
To be a Baha'i is a crime in the Islamic Republic
Thursday, 17 Tir 1389 [8 July 2010] Report of Rooz on human rights violations in Iran By : Fereshteh Ghazi, [email protected] Baha’i citizens, whose homes in Ivel village in Mazandaran were destroyed by trucks and…
Islamic Government, Domestic Crisis and the Baha’i Community in Iran
(HRANA) FRIDAY, 07 MAY 2010 21:46 *This article has been developed for the human rights community and civil rights activists to clarify and spread awareness about the trial of a Baha’i person and his confessions.…
Trial of seven Iranian Baha'i leaders appears to have ended
Trial of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders appears to have ended (BWNS, 14 June 2010) NEW YORK — The trial of seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned for more than two years in Iran seems to have come…
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