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...
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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...
Restoration work begins on Shrine of the Bab
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’is call for reopening of human rights center in Iran
The Baha'i International Community today expressed grave concern over the closing by the Iranian government of Shirin Ebadi’s Defenders of Human...
Baha’i conference series completes eighth week
The series of 41 Baha’i conferences being held around the world continued this past weekend with gatherings in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Kuching,...
UN General Assembly expresses "deep concern" about human rights in Iran
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
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
Groups and individuals around the world this month have been commemorating the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration...