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Lives of service: Profiles of seven imprisoned Baha’is
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 12, 2009
The following are a series of short biographical profiles of the seven Baha'i leaders currently being held in Evin prison in Iran. Six were arrested...
Jailed Iranian Baha'is should be released, not put on trial, says BIC
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 12, 2009
Reports that seven imprisoned Baha’is have been accused of espionage and other crimes and that their case will be referred to the Revolutionary...
Fifty years ago, landmark gatherings lifted Baha’i world
FRANKFURT, Germany, February 10, 2009
A historic Baha’i conference in Frankfurt last weekend brought to mind an earlier gathering in the same city a half century before – one that...
Cambodia hosts 2,100 Baha’is at historic gathering
BATTAMBANG, Cambodia, February 3, 2009
Some 2,100 Baha’is from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam gathered in Cambodia’s second-largest city for a historic conference that had citizens...
Baha'i International Community deplores destruction of Khavaran cemetery
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 30, 2009
The destruction earlier this month of a cemetery in Iran used for the mass burial of hundreds killed in the aftermath of the Islamic revolution...
World’s coldest capital hosts Baha’i conference
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, January 27, 2009
The coldest capital city on earth was the gathering place last weekend for 1,800 Baha’is from Mongolia, Russia, and other nations – called together...
Gathering in Lae draws 1,500; in the Americas, series is complete
LAE, Papua New Guinea, January 20, 2009
From every corner of Papua New Guinea, the Baha’is came – and that was not easy. They were eager to reach the city of Lae to attend a regional...
Six Baha'is arrested in Iran; one worked for Shirin Ebadi's rights organizations
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 15, 2009
At least six Baha'is were arrested in Iran yesterday, including a woman who worked at human rights organizations connected with Nobel prize winner...
Attendance nears 50,000 people at conferences
GUADALAJARA, Mexico, January 13, 2009
In Mexico, the prayers were in Spanish, Mayan and Nahuatl. Across North America, in Toronto, they were in English, French, and the Northern Tutchone...
London, Abidjan host landmark conferences
LONDON, England, January 6, 2009
London hosted its largest Baha’i gathering in 45 years with a regional conference last weekend that brought together 3,200 people from the United...
Conference series reaches halfway point with 40,000 participants
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, December 31, 2008
A series of 41 conferences is bringing together unprecedented numbers of Baha’is in country after country, with more than 40,000 people having...
Restoration work begins on Shrine of the Bab
HAIFA, Israel, December 28, 2008
Work has begun on a four-year restoration project on the golden-domed Shrine of the Bab, one of the holiest sites in the Baha’i world and Haifa’s...
Baha’i conference series completes eighth week
SAO PAULO, Brazil, December 23, 2008
The series of 41 Baha’i conferences being held around the world continued this past weekend with gatherings in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Kuching,...
Baha’is call for reopening of human rights center in Iran
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 23, 2008
The Baha'i International Community today expressed grave concern over the closing by the Iranian government of Shirin Ebadi’s Defenders of Human...
UN General Assembly expresses "deep concern" about human rights in Iran
UNITED NATIONS, United States, December 18, 2008
The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution expressing “deep concern at serious human rights violations” in Iran. The resolution,...
Manhattanites start small, aim high with class for children
NEW YORK, United States, December 16, 2008
As one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the United States, Manhattan’s Upper East Side might seem like an unlikely place to start building...
Faith groups sign human rights statement
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, December 15, 2008
Groups and individuals around the world this month have been commemorating the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration...
Ethics stressed at UN conference on climate change
POZNAN, Poland, December 11, 2008
In its contributions to the UN Climate Change conference in Poznan, Poland, this week, the Baha’i International Community stressed the importance...
Baha’i conference series reaches the United States
CHICAGO, United States, December 9, 2008
The first conferences in the United States in the current series of 41 Baha’i gatherings being held around the world attracted nearly 8,500 people...
Baha'is mark 60th anniversary of Human Rights Declaration
NEW YORK, United States, December 7, 2008
Many Baha'i communities around the world are observing Human Rights Day this week - which this year has special significance because it marks...