Source: www.amnesty.org The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release hundreds of prisoners of conscience amid grave fears over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran’s prisons. The authorities should take measures to protect the health…
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—23 March 2020—Despite a significant humanitarian crisis and mounting health concerns in Yemen, an appeals court in Sana’a yesterday upheld a religiously-motivated death sentence against Hamed bin Haydara, a Baha’i imprisoned since 2013. After…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On March 14, 2020, 30 Baha’i citizens were summoned to Branch 10 of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz. Their summon was related to a case that was opened back in 2016 by the Intelligence…
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Kian Sabeti Based on a report received by Iranwire, the authorities at Semnan Prison have denied a furlough to Behnam Eskandarian, a Baha’i prisoners at Semnan. Following the extensive…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On March 14, at least 26 Baha’i citizens in Shiraz were summoned to Branch 10 of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court, to answer charges, and are required to report to the Court within…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a news release from IranWire, on Thursday, 23 January, a Baha’i couple living in Qaemshahr, Saman Shirvani and Faraneh Mansouri, who had been visiting friends,…
Source: www.adl.org New York, NY, March 12, 2020. ADL’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities today endorsed H. Res. 823 condemning the Government of Iran’s state-sponsored persecution of its Baha’i minority and the regime’s continued violation of the International Covenants…
Source: Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Executive Summary The closure of Iranian universities in the spring of 1980, and the subsequent expulsion of hundreds of professors and students who were deemed to be at odds with…
Source: Baha’i Community of Canada Office of Public Affairs In Question Period on 26 February 2020, MP Kelly Block asks the Government of Canada to call upon the Iranian government to stop its exclusion of Baha’is…
Source: religionnews.com Nabil Elias (RNS) — When a major storm knocked out our electricity for a few hours recently in Charlotte, North Carolina, where I live with my family, I posted a brief complaint on Facebook.…
Source: www.opendemocracy.net Iran celebrates the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution by continuing its ongoing war against religious minorities. Haidar Khezri On Monday, 3 February the Islamic Republic upheld death sentences for seven Sunni Kurds after some ten…
Source: www.bahai.us For many years, local delegations of Baha’is have developed relationships with members of Congress in collaboration with the U.S. Baha’i Office of Public Affairs (OPA). These relationships serve not only to build national-level support…
Source: www.auswaertiges-amt.de Commenting on current reports about a change to the Iranian ID application form, which now only allows for applications from members of religious communities recognised in Iran, Bärbel Kofler, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights…
