Sacred site in Baghdad destroyed
The worldwide Baha'i community has learned that the house of Baha'u'llah, the Founder of the Baha'i Faith, in Baghdad, Iraq – a profoundly sacred...
June 28, 2013
Human Rights of the Bahá’ís
"Five Years Too Many" campaign leads to global outpouring of support
A global outpouring of support and concern for the plight of the seven Iranian Baha'i leaders – and for the situation of other prisoners of conscience...
June 13, 2013
Iranian Baha'is face "widespread and entrenched" discrimination says UN Committee
Yesterday the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights issued a series of pointed recommendations to the Iranian government – recommendations...
May 23, 2013
Four top UN human rights experts call for immediate release of seven imprisoned Iranian Baha'i leaders
Four high-level United Nations human rights experts today called on Iran to immediately release the seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders. In a press...
May 13, 2013
"Five Years Too Many" campaign gathers momentum
Throughout the world people are raising their voices in a global campaign to free the seven imprisoned Iranian Baha'i leaders. The "Five Years...
May 12, 2013
"Five Years Too Many" campaign begins
To mark the five year anniversary of the wrongful imprisonment of the seven Iranian Baha'i leaders, the Baha'i International Community is launching...
May 5, 2013
Persecution of Baha'is in Iran extends across all stages of life
The attacks against Baha'is in Iran represent one of the clearest cases of state-sponsored religious persecution in the world, said Heiner Bielefeldt,...
March 18, 2013
Increasing violence against Iranian Baha'is engineered by government
In a report released today, the Baha'i International Community documents hundreds of incidents of torture, physical assault, arson, vandalism,...
March 6, 2013
New UN report calls for release of seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders
The UN's independent investigator on Iran has called for the immediate release of seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders, asking that Iran "fully honor"...
March 5, 2013
U.S. House of Representatives resolution condemns Iran's persecution of Baha'is
The United States Congress has called on Iran to release Baha'is imprisoned solely for their religious beliefs. In a resolution passed on 1 January,...
January 3, 2013