Sunday * February 12th 2012

Arlington Human Rights Commission supports Baha’is in Iran

On September 24, the Arlington Human Rights Commission in Massachusetts published a statement of support for seven Iranian Baha’i leaders, calling their upcoming trial, which is expected to take place on October 18, a “violation of due process.”

The Baha’i International Community has called for the human rights of all the people of Iran to be respected and upheld. We in Arlington should as well.

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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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