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…
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Oppression of the Baha’is of Yemen; Another Case Supervised by Tehran’s Regime
Source: www.kayhan.london October, 25 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch By Musa Sharifi – The Baha’is of Iran have dealt with deprivations, difficulties and excruciating pressures caused by the ever-growing discrimination by the Velayat-e faqih (Guardianship…
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…
UN Expert: Persecution of Baha’is in Yemen mirrors Iran’s actions
Source: www.bic.org Geneva—29 May 2017— In a statement issued on Monday, 22 May, the UN Special Rapporteur on religious freedom highlighted the striking resemblance of recent assaults against the Baha’is in Yemen to that of the persecution…
Ominous Wave of Yemen Arrests Raises Alarm
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — Orders for the arrest of at least 25 Baha’is have been issued by certain authorities in Sana’a who are harassing the Yemeni Baha’is and pressuring them to recant their faith.…
Yemen: Baha’i Adherent Faces Death Penalty
Source: www.hrw.org (Sanaa) – Yemeni authorities should drop all charges against a member of the Baha’i faith detained since December 2013, apparently for his religious beliefs. Prosecutors are expected to seek the death penalty for Hamed Kamal Muhammad…