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May28

Amnesty International releases its 2009 human rights report

The Amnesty International 2009 human rights report chronicles the persecution of Baha’is in Iran and Egypt during 2008.

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Mar12

Concern about detained Baha’i leaders in Iran raised at UN Human Rights Council debate

The United States told the United Nations on March 12, 2009, that “some Muslim countries were using the concept of religious defamation to justify curbs on freedom of speech and civil dissent.” During Thursday’s debate, Canada and the Czech Republic, speaking on behalf of the European Union, stressed the need to protect religious minorities, including [...]

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Feb04

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.

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Jun30

Testimony before the Congressional Hearing

The situation of the Baha’is in Iran and Egypt was presented in a testimony before the Congressional Hearing on June 30, 2006: “Can Religious Pluralism Survive in the Middle East: The Plight of the Minorities”.

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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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