Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On Thursday, October 12, 2017, five Baha’i citizens underwent trial at Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Moghiseh. In the presence…
Monthly Archives For October 2017
Baha’i Poet Jailed in Iran Wins Free Speech PEN Pinter Prize
Source: mobile.nytimes.com By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OCTOBER 10, 2017 LONDON — A Baha’i poet who was jailed for almost a decade in Iran has won a writing award celebrating free speech. Mahvash Sabet shares the PEN…
Iranian Baha’i Singer Facing Prison Time After European Concert Tour
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org After being repeatedly interrogated while spending a month in solitary confinement, Iranian singer Behnam Rohani-Fard was released on 100 million tomans bail (approximately $30,156 USD) from Tehran’s Evin Prison on October 3, 2017. Rohani-Fard, a member of…
Unprecedented UN Resolution Demands End to Harassment of Baha’is in Yemen
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—3 October 2017—A United Nations (UN) resolution regarding the situation in Yemen, introduced by Egypt on behalf of the Arab Group and supported by the entire membership of the UN Human Rights Council, called…
Closure of Business and Detention of Baha’i Citizen, Kamran Shahidi
Source: adian.bashariyat.org Translation by Iran Press Watch September 30, 2017, by the Committee for the Defense of the Rights of All Religious Individuals Kamran Shahidi, a Baha’i living in Tehran, was arrested on Monday, September 25,…