Archive for February, 2008

Hearing on Human Rights and Religious Freedom in Iran

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom held a public hearing on February 21, 2008, entitled “Advancing Religious Freedom and Related Human Rights in Iran: Strategies for an Effective U.S. Policy”.

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Draft Iranian law threatens gross human rights violations

NEW YORK
22 February 2008 (BWNS)

The Iranian Parliament is considering legislation that would institutionalize a series of gross human rights violations, affecting not only Baha’is but many others, even outside of Iran, the Baha’i International Community said today. Continue Reading »

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Dire Situation for Iran’s Baha’is

The Middle East Times published today an article about the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran.

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The Presidency of the EU speaks out in support of Baha’is in Iran

On February 7, 2008, the Presidency of the European Union issued a declaration on the deteriorating situation of the Baha’is in Iran.

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Iranian Baha’is sentenced to prison were helping underprivileged youth

GENEVA
February 6, 2008 (BWNS)

Accusations by the Iranian government that 54 Baha’is were engaged in anti-regime “propaganda” when they were arrested almost two years ago are patently false, the Baha’i International Community reported today. Continue Reading »

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2008

Human Rights Watch (HRW) specifically mentioned the situation of the Baha’is in Iran and in Egypt in its recently published World Report 2008. The report deals with human rights concerns in countries throughout the world. Continue Reading »

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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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