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Profiles of seven imprisoned Baha’is

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...

Fifty years ago, landmark gatherings lifted Baha’i world

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

A series of 41 conferences is bringing together unprecedented numbers of Baha’is in country after country, with more than 40,000 people having...