UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Immediate Release of All Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience, and a Moratorium on Executions. (October 11, 2012) Cataloguing “a wide range of human rights violations,” UN Special Rapporteur on…
Monthly Archives For October 2012
“Illegal” Education Triumphs Over Religious Persecution
In late June 2012, a professor at Georgia State University (USA), offered to have his public relations class write articles for Education Under Fire. At the beginning of July, his students began a series of…
14 arrested in Gorgan, 4 in Minudasht, 2 more sought
[PCED, 17 Oct. 2012] In an update and correction of the previous report of the arrest of Shahnam Jadhbani ( شهنام جذبانی ) and his wife Shohreh Samimi ( شهره صمیمی ) in Minudasht, Golestan…
Shahnaz Ranjbar Oladi detained
[hra-news.org] Iranian Baha’i, Shahnaz Ranjbar Oladi, was summoned by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and detained by a court warrant. According to HRANA reporters (The Human Rights Activists News Agency), A Baha’i citizen, residing…
The Gardener (Documentary – Iran)
[variety.com 11 Oct. 2012] By RICHARD KUIPERS A Makhmalbaf Film House production. (International sales: M-Line Distribution, Seoul.) Produced by Makhmalbaf Film House. Directed, written by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. With: Maysam Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ririva Eona Mabi, Paula…
The Gardner in Beirut International Film Festival
[al-monitor.com, 10 Oct. 2012] Here is an excerpt from an interview with Colette Naufal, the founder and director of the Beirut International Film Festival (BIFF), about The Gardner. You can see the entire interview here:…
The Crime of Teaching
[Iranian.com, 12 Oct. 2012] Education prohibited in the “Holy Land” — Please see the correction from irannian.com below. Editor — correction: by Khosro Shemiranie10-Oct-2012 This article was originally written in Farsi by Khosro Shemiranie of…
The Gardner, A Documentary by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The Gardener(Documentary – Iran)The Gardener(Documentary – Iran)By RICHARD KUIPERSA Makhmalbaf Film House production.(International sales: M-Line Distribution, Seoul.) Produced by Makhmalbaf Film House. Directed, written by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.With: Maysam Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ririva Eona Mabi, Paula…
Continued persecution of Baha'is in Egypt
It seems like the Bahai’s of Egypt share persecution with the Baha’is of Iran. Below is an English translation of an article from Persian (http://www.radiofarda.com/content/f3_bahais_egypt/24712130.html) by Dr. Wahied Wahdat-Hagh. Editor — In an article in…
Slovak academics tell Iran to free Baha'i educators
[BWNS, 18 Sep 2012] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — More than 80 leading academics are calling upon the Iranian government to end its persecution of Baha’i educators and students. The Slovak Republic’s former Prime Minister, Professor Iveta Radičová,…
Friends of BIHE Open Letter
[http://www.educationunderfire.com] Please sign the Friends of BIHE Open Letter organized by Fall Campaign of Education Under Fire. — oin hands with thousands of members of academic, civic, religious and human rights communities in showing your…
UN experts' concern for religious minorities in Iran
GENEVA — Two United Nations Special Rapporteurs have expressed their deep concern at the situation of minority religions in Iran. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, has joined…