Swift international reaction to pending trial of Iranian Baha'is
International reaction to news that Iran may soon put on trial seven Baha'i leaders for espionage and other charges came swiftly last week as...
February 15, 2009
Human Rights of the Bahá’ís
Baha’is express gratitude for open letter of support
The Baha’i International Community has issued a statement of gratitude to the Iranian intellectuals, scholars, writers, journalists, activists,...
February 15, 2009
Jailed Iranian Baha'is should be released, not put on trial, says BIC
Reports that seven imprisoned Baha’is have been accused of espionage and other crimes and that their case will be referred to the Revolutionary...
February 12, 2009
Faith groups sign human rights statement
Groups and individuals around the world this month have been commemorating the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration...
December 15, 2008
Baha'is mark 60th anniversary of Human Rights Declaration
Many Baha'i communities around the world are observing Human Rights Day this week - which this year has special significance because it marks...
December 7, 2008
UK Foreign Policy Centre challenges Iran on human rights
The Foreign Policy Centre, a leading foreign affairs think tank in Britain, has published a new report on Iran titled “A Revolution Without Rights:...
November 30, 2008
Iranian report confirms innocence of Shiraz Baha'is
An Iranian inspector who examined the 2006 arrests of a group of young Baha’is in Shiraz, Iran, filed a confidential report dated June 2008 confirming...
October 24, 2008
Iran’s new school year again excludes Baha’is
As the new academic year got under way, young Baha'is in Iran again found the door to higher education closed. Although in its public stance...
October 3, 2008
Baha'is imprisoned in Yemen may face imminent deportation to Iran
Three Baha’is currently imprisoned in Yemen are facing the possibility of imminent deportation to Iran, where Baha’is are intensely persecuted...
August 27, 2008
Draft Iranian law threatens gross human rights violations
The Iranian Parliament is considering legislation that would institutionalize a series of gross human rights violations, affecting not only Baha'is...
February 22, 2008