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Jan27

Human Rights Watch includes Baha’is in annual report

Human Rights Watch again included the persecution of Iran’s Baha’i community in it’s annual report, World Report 2010, which evaluates human rights in 90 countries and territories throughout 2009. Below is an excerpt from the report on Iran, mentioning the situation of the Baha’is: The government continues to deny members of the Baha’i faith, Iran’s [...]

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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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