Source: www.uscirf.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2018 YEMEN: USCIRF Condemns Death Sentence for Baha’i USCIRF Chairman Mark calls sentence “unjust and a dangerous precedent for the treatment of religious minorities” in Yemen WASHINGTON, DC — The…
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – Afshin Hayratian, children’s rights activist and former prisoner of conscience, was arrested on October 20, 2017 by security forces at his own house in Tehran. The Baha’i citizen has been…
Source: www.bloomberg.com By Eli Lake The Baha’i have been excluded from basic civic functions like pensions and education. They’re publishing the proof. Usually the Iranian regime’s assault on its people’s dignity is measured in its political prisoners,…
Source: www.ohchr.org GENEVA (25 January 2018) – UN human rights experts* have urged the de facto authorities in Sana’a to annul a death sentence handed down against a follower of the Baha’i faith, reiterating calls for…
Source: www.hra-news.org Date: 20 January 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Neda Eshraghi Boroujani, a computer science student at Kashan National University, was expelled from university this month due to being a…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Faramarz (Hooshang) Sabetrasekhi, a Baha’i citizen of Karaj, has been detained and transferred to prison. According to HRANA, the news organization of Human Rights Activists…
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—18 January 2018—In response to growing interest on the persecution of the Bahá’ís of Iran, a website was launched today by the Bahá’í International Community providing a glimpse into several decades of discriminatory treatment…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The sports equipment retail business of Erfan Bahamin, a Bahá’í citizen residing in the city of Shahriar, was forcibly closed and sealed by the…
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the “Not to Harass and Imprison the Baha’i Compatriots Campaign,” reports quoted from HARANA reveal that Sadaf Vojdani has been barred from continuing her studies due to…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRA News Agency – Behzad Zabihi, a Baha’i citizen sentenced on charges of propaganda against the regime, has been released from Sari prison after the completion of his six-month…
Source: news.bahai.org SANA’A, Yemen — Over 100 known activists, lawyers, and leaders of thought have raised their voices over the past week in protest of the ordered death sentence of Yemeni Baha’i Hamed bin Haydara, unjustly imprisoned…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org The authorities of Evin Prison have told imprisoned Baha’i educator Azita Rafizadeh that she will only be considered for furlough if she apologizes for teaching online classes to members of her faith. “The prison authorities said…
Source: english.alarabiya.net By Islam Saif Houthi militia in Yemen have sentenced detainee Hammed bin Haidara to death on the backdrop of his Baha’i beliefs and decided to shut down all Baha’i quarters in the country. The…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch The HRANA News Agency – The number of Baha’i-owned business under forced closure and seal by authorities in Kerman, Sistan, and Baluchistan and East Azerbaijan has reached 90. This…
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.com December 26, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch The business of Farokh Bandi, a Baha’i citizen in Karaj, has been closed and sealed by authorities. According to Human Rights Watch in Iran, on October…
Source: en.radiofarda.com At least sixteen businesses run by Baha’i citizens are sealed off in recent weeks in Tabriz, the largest city in northwestern Iran, reports say. In an interview with Radio Farda, the Baha’i International Community,…
