Archive for November, 2006

Nov27

UN rapporteur: Slow progress for religious freedom

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Spero News posted the transcript from an exclusive interview between RFE/RL correspondent Golnaz Esfandiari and Asma Jahangir, the UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion.  This interview included a question about the status of the Baha’i community in Iran.

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Nov22

UN Expresses “Serious Concern” Over Human Rights in Iran

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UNITED NATIONS
November 22, 2006 (BWNS)

A committee of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday passed a resolution expressing “serious concern” over the human rights situation in Iran, including the escalation of violations against Iranian Baha’is. Continue Reading »

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Nov16

U.S. Senate passes Resolution supporting Baha’is in Iran

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The U.S. Senate passed Concurrent Resolution 101 deploring “the religious persecution by the Government of Iran of the Baha’i community and holds the Government of Iran responsible for upholding the rights of all Iranian nationals, including members of the Baha’i Faith.

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  • About the Persecution

    Some 300,000 Baha’is live throughout Iran, making the Baha’i Faith the country’s largest minority religion. The persecution of Baha'is in Iran has been taking place since the religion began there in the mid-nineteenth century. More than 200 Baha’is were killed in Iran between 1978 and 1998, the majority by execution, and thousands more were imprisoned.More
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    Baha'i Faith in the U.S.
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    Baha'i World News Service
    IranBahai Twitter Page
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