Brazil
National Congress honors 10 Bahá'í women at public hearing
A public hearing held at the National Congress in Brasília, Brazil, honors the 10 Bahá’í women who were hanged in Shiraz, Iran, 40 years ago.
Human Rights of the Bahá’ís
#OurStoryIsOne
Campaign calls for voices of support on June 18
The Bahá’í International Community announces a social media event for June 18 as part of #OurStoryIsOne honoring 10 Bahá’í women executed in Iran 40 years ago.
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#OurStoryIsOne
Campaign to honor women’s sacrifice sees outpouring of support
Bahá’í International Community launches new website and Instagram page for campaign honoring 10 Bahá’í women executed by Iran 40 years ago.
“Violent acts”
Armed Houthis attack Bahá’í gathering in Yemen, arresting at least 17, in fresh crackdown
Houthi gunmen have staged a violent raid on a peaceful gathering of Bahá’ís in Sanaa, Yemen, detaining and forcibly disappearing at least 17 people.
BIC Geneva
Campaign honors Bahá’í women executed in Iran 40 years ago and highlights principle of equality
40 years ago, Iran executed 10 Bahá’í women; today, BIC launches #OurStoryIsOne, inviting artistic works to honor them and the principle of equality.
BIC
The Archives of Bahá’í Persecution in Iran
A unique online collection by the Bahá’í International Community makes available more than 10,000 materials on incidents of Bahá’í persecution in Iran.
An Unbelievable Injustice
Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi sentenced to a second decade in prison in Iran
Amid increasingly violent and repressive actions by Iran’s authorities against their own citizens, two Bahá’í women have been sentenced to a second 10-year imprisonment.
“Calls for justice met with violence”
BIC delivers statement at special session of Human Rights Council on Iran
Simin Fahandej, a BIC representative, delivers a statement at 35th special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Iran.
Three weeks in Iran
200 incidents of Baháʼís being targeted as international community roundly condemns “sweeping crackdown”
Government officials and international media outlets have rushed to the defense of the Bahá’ís of Iran, provoked by an escalating crackdown on the community.
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6 Bahá’í homes destroyed and 20 hectares of land confiscated by Iranian government agents
Government agents sealed off the village of Roushankouh, demolishing Bahá’í homes and confiscating their lands, escalating the persecution of the Bahá’ís of Iran.
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