Source: news.bahai.org BIC BRUSSELS — Over 100 Members of the European Parliament and national Parliaments throughout Europe have signed a statement calling for the imminent release of all Baha’i prisoners in Yemen, including Hamid bin Haydara, who…
Monthly Archives For February 2018
Jamaloddin Khanjani Returned to Evin Prison following Heart Surgery
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Jamaloddin Khanjani, a member of the leaders of Baha’i community of Iran known as the Yaran, was transferred to hospital for heart problems, and then was returned to Evin Prison…
Freed Baha’i Leader: Jailing Baha’is is Futile and Pointless
Source: www.iranwire.com By AIDA GHAJAR On the morning of Friday, February 16, Saeed Rezaei, one of the seven members of the former leadership group for Iran’s Baha’i community known as the “Yaran” (“Friends”), was released after…
Fourth Member of Yaran Released
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — After ten years of unjust imprisonment for his beliefs, Saeid Rezaie, one of the seven members of the former leadership group of the Baha’is in Iran, has today completed his wrongful…
At Least 7 Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Bushehr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – This morning, At least seven individuals were detained during a coordinated security forces raids to homes and workplaces of several Bahá’i citizens in Bushehr. According…
Champion of Justice Asma Jahangir Leaves Legacy of Courage
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — The Baha’i International Community has expressed its condolences for the passing of Asma Jahangir, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran and greatly-admired champion of the dignity…
Baha’i Prisoner Released from Evin Upon Completion of 4-Year Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA- This afternoon, Elham Farahani, an Iranian Baha’i who was sentenced to 4-year prison terms in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Moghiseh, was released after…
Baha’i Citizen of Yazd Released from Prison upon Completion of Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Iman Rashidi, a Baha’i citizen living in Yazd, who was sentenced to three years imprisonment and one year suspended imprisonment as one of the 20…
Leading Lawyers Take Iran to Task
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — In an open letter released yesterday, 25 prominent intellectuals and experts in human rights law called on Mohammad Javad Larijani, Head of the High Council for Human Rights in Iran, to acknowledge…
Hana Kouchakbaghi, Baha’i from Gonbad, Released from Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Hana Kouchakbaghi, Baha’i from Gonbad-e Qabus, who commenced her prison sentence on October of 2017, was released from prison at the close of business yesterday afternoon. According…
Baha’i Citizen Transferred to Prison to Serve One-Year Sentence
Source: www.bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA, the Human Rights Activists’ News Agency in Iran, Sima Kiani, a Baha’i citizen residing in Shahr-e Rey, has been taken to prison to begin serving a…