Baha’i student expelled from Iranian University
On Wednesday, The Guardian published an article on the denial of education to Bahá’ís in Iran. The article spotlights Paniz Fazl-Ali, a Baha’i university student who was expelled from Iran’s...
View ArticleCTV interview with Gerald Filson, Director of the Canadian Office of Public...
On February 20, 2013, Gerald Filson, the Director of the Office of Public Affairs for the Baha’is of Canada, outlined the challenges facing the new Canadian Ambassador of Religious Freedom, Dr. Andrew...
View ArticleIranian lawyers speak out for their rights
In a recent press release, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center reported that, on February 25, in commemoration of Defense Lawyer’s Day in Iran, 35 Iranian defense and human rights lawyers...
View ArticleIncreasing violence against Iranian Baha’is engineered by government
BAHA’I WORLD NEWS SERVICE GENEVA — In a report released today, the Baha’i International Community documents hundreds of incidents of torture, physical assault, arson, vandalism, cemetery desecration...
View ArticleUN Special Rapporteur reports on current situation of human rights in Iran
Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, presented his latest report today before the 22nd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council...
View ArticleRelatives of imprisoned Baha’is highlight worsening situation in Iran
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced a bipartisan resolution that calls attention to the situation of the Baha’is in Iran. Senate Resolution 75 (click to find a...
View ArticleBaha’is testify on the persecution in Iran at Tom Lantos Human Rights...
On March 15, 2013, the Tom Lantos Human Rights commission (TLHRC), co-chaired by Congressmen James McGovern (D-MA) and Frank Wolf (R-VA), held a hearing on The Worsening Plight of Religious Minorities...
View ArticleAmnesty Naw Ruz Greeting Card Initiative
At sunset on March 20, millions of people around the world will celebrate Naw-Ruz, which is both the Baha’i new year and the Iranian new year. Naw-Ruz, also spelled Nowruz, means “new day” in Persian...
View ArticleAmerican Bar Association expresses concern over imprisonment of human rights...
The American Bar Association (ABA), a nongovernmental professional association of lawyers, composed of nearly 400,000 members, recently sent an open letter to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressing grave...
View ArticleUN vote highlights human rights violations in Iran
BAHA’I WORLD NEWS SERVICE GENEVA — The United Nations Human Rights Council today voted by an overwhelming margin for a continuing investigation into human rights violations in Iran. “For years, the...
View ArticleUN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief highlights recent BIC...
Last month, Dr. Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, spoke at a March 6 side event during the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva about the...
View ArticleNGO monitors hate speech against Baha’is in Iran
The Sentinel Project, a Toronto based NGO that works on genocide prevention, recently launched an internet application called Hatebase, as part of its efforts to monitor hate speech. Hate speech is...
View Article“Five Years Too Many”
For five years, seven Baha’i leaders have been wrongly imprisoned in Iran. Their 20-year sentences are the longest given to any current prisoners of conscience in Iran. Their harshness reflects the...
View ArticleSenators Kirk, Durbin, Rubio, and Wyden invite colleagues to join in...
On April 16, 2013, U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Marco Rubio (R-FL), sent a letter inviting their colleagues to join in cosponsoring Senate Resolution...
View ArticleFifth anniversary of the imprisonment of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran
WASHINGTON — To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the imprisonment of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran, Rainn Wilson of NBC’s hit sitcom, The Office, will be the master of ceremonies at an event on...
View ArticleUSCIRF releases 2013 Annual Report, condemns Iran’s religious freedom violations
“The government of Iran continues to engage in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom,” according to the 2013 Annual Report released this week by the U.S. Commission on...
View Article“Five Years Too Many” campaign event at the Carnegie Endowment
Tonight, the U.S. Baha’i community, together with supporters of international religious freedom and human rights, will commemorate the fifth year anniversary of the imprisonment of the Yaran, the...
View ArticleWatch the “Five Years Too Many” campaign event in D.C.
Last night, May 6, 2013, the U.S. Baha’i community hosted an event in support of the “Five Years Too Many” international campaign calling for the immediate release of the seven imprisoned Baha’i...
View ArticleFormer Lawyer of Imprisoned Baha’is in Iran Interviewed on VOA Persian
Yesterday, the Voice of America (VOA) Persian program “Ofogh” broadcast a live interview about the seven members of the Yaran, the former ad hoc leadership group of the Baha’is in Iran, who are now...
View ArticleCNN’s Jake Tapper of The Lead interviews Rainn Wilson
On May 9, 2013, CNN’s Jake Tapper of The Lead interviewed actor Rainn Wilson about his professional career and his religion, the Baha’i Faith, focusing on his recent involvement with the “Five Years...
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