Eighteen UN experts jointly and unitedly condemn Iran’s targeting of Baha’i women as 10 in Isfahan are sentenced to a total of 90 years in prison
22 oct. 2024 16h42 HE
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U.S. Baha'i Office of Public Affairs
Geneva, Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A group of 18 United Nations Special Rapporteurs and UN Working Group experts have released a joint letter of allegations(link is external) rebuking the...
Baha'i International Community Releases New Statement
04 déc. 2023 18h29 HE
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U.S. Baha'i Office of Public Affairs
Washington, D.C., Dec. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over recent months, the Baha'i International Community and the U.S. Baha'i Office of Public Affairs have noticed a marked increase in persecution...
Iranian President Raisi disregards human rights and calls for religious respect despite 44-year record of religious persecution and rights abuses
20 sept. 2023 15h14 HE
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Baha'i National Center
New York, Sept. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NEW YORK—20 September 2023—The Baha’i International Community (BIC) highlighted Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s disregard for human rights in his...
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Resolution 492 Condemning the Persecution of Baha’is in Iran
12 sept. 2023 19h49 HE
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Baha'i National Center
Washington, DC, Sept. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On September 12, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Resolution 492, “Condemning the Government of Iran’s state-sponsored...
Iranian authorities arrest 90-year-old Baha’i and target 180 more in relentless spiral of persecution
16 août 2023 16h28 HE
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Baha'i National Center
GENEVA, Aug. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, a 90-year-old Baha’i in failing health who already served 10 years in prison for his Baha’i beliefs was arrested on 13 August in...
Yemen’s Houthi Grand Mufti targets Baha’is—UN Security Council to consider Yemen next week
09 juin 2023 13h38 HE
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Baha'i National Center
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...
Armed Houthis attack peaceful Baha’i gathering, arresting at least 17, in fresh crackdown
26 mai 2023 17h58 HE
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Baha'i National Center
New York, May 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Houthi gunmen have staged a violent raid on a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sanaa, Yemen, on 25 May, detaining and forcibly disappearing at least 17...
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
15 mai 2023 11h33 HE
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Baha'i National Center
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....
Oppressed in Life and Persecuted in Death: Baha'is Prevented from Dignified Burials in their Own Cemetery
03 avr. 2023 16h10 HE
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Baha'i National Center
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...
Iran issues more jail terms against Baha'is in Iran – including a third former leader
22 févr. 2023 14h37 HE
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Baha'i National Center
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....