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April 10, 2025 15:07 ET | Source: Bahrain International Airport

Landmark Installation by the World’s Leading Stained Glass Artist Sir Brian Clarke Unveiled at Bahrain International Airport

MUHARRAQ, Bahrain, April 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Concordia, a monumental stained-glass installation by internationally celebrated artist Sir Brian Clarke, was unveiled at Bahrain International...
March 04, 2025 15:56 ET | Source: King Hamad Center for Peaceful Coexistence

UN Adopts 28 January as International Day of Peaceful Coexistence, Backed by King Hamad Global Center for Peaceful Coexistence

MANAMA, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a significant step reflecting global recognition of Bahrain’s leadership in promoting peace and coexistence, the United Nations General Assembly has...
September 19, 2023 16:58 ET | Source: State of Poland Foundation

State of Poland Foundation Celebrates Longstanding Ties With United States by Gifting Flowering Apple Trees to the New York City Community

Images and B-Roll can be downloaded here NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yesterday, the State of Poland Foundation, Tree Time Foundation and the Consulate General of the...
June 09, 2023 13:38 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

Yemen’s Houthi Grand Mufti targets Baha’is—UN Security Council to consider Yemen next week

New York, June 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A bloodcurdling sermon filled with disinformation and hate against Yemen’s Baha’i community was delivered at Friday prayers on 2 June, in the capital...
May 16, 2023 16:46 ET | Source: Vital Voices

Vital Voices Announces its 2023 Cohort for VVEngage, the Nonprofit NGOs' Signature Fellowship Program for Outstanding Women Political Leaders

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vital Voices Global Partnership is proud to announce its 2023 cohort of VVEngage Fellows, our signature fellowship program supporting outstanding...
May 15, 2023 11:33 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

Ten Baha’i women executed together 40 years ago: Global campaign honors them in support of gender equality in Iran, calling for public creative contributions

Geneva, May 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The day of 18 June 2023 will mark 40 years since the Islamic Republic of Iran hanged 10 Baha'i women in a single night in a square in the city of Shiraz....
April 03, 2023 16:10 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

Oppressed in Life and Persecuted in Death: Baha'is Prevented from Dignified Burials in their Own Cemetery

Geneva, April 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A brazen and barbaric act by the Iranian authorities has emerged in recent days in Tehran. A deceased Baha'i was buried on 30 March at Khavaran cemetery...
March 27, 2023 12:59 ET | Source: Vital Voices

The Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society to Hold First U.S. Event, in Partnership with Vital Voices, to Focus on Climate, Peace & Health Advocacy

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Wednesday, March 29, the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society (a Publicis Groupe company), the leading international network transforming...
February 22, 2023 14:37 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

Iran issues more jail terms against Baha'is in Iran – including a third former leader

Geneva, Feb. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This week, two Baha'i women in Iran, Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, have entered the fourth month of unjust 10-year jail terms in Evin Prison....
September 16, 2022 10:14 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

End blacklisting and discrimination of Baha’is, Qatar’s Emir told, just weeks before World Cup

New York, Sept. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Baha’i communities of nine countries yesterday delivered a letter addressed to His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of the State of...

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