Slovakian politicians call Iran’s persecution of Baha’is “chilling” and “abhorrent”
[BWNS, 20 Jan. 2012] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia —Treatment of the Baha’is in Iran has “escalated to an institutionalised and blatant policy of persecution,” according to a proclamation issued by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Slovakian parliament.
The proclamation describes the Iranian government’s incitement to hatred based on religion and belief as “abhorrent.” It also states that the [...]
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Even in death, Iran’s Baha’is face persecution
[BWNS, 19 Jan. 2012] GENEVA — Eighteen years ago, Baha’is in the Iranian city of Sanandaj were allocated a one-hectare parcel of barren land at the side of a road for use as a cemetery.
This rocky mountainside, devoid of vegetation, was hardly prime real estate but – after the first burial there in the autumn of [...]
Debate highlights dangerous escalation of religious persecution in Iran
[BWNS, 13 Jan. 2012] LONDON — Members of Parliament here have sharply criticized Iran for its human rights violations, focusing especially on the “steep rise” in the persecution of religious minorities.
In a debate held at Westminster Hall on Wednesday 11 January, MPs highlighted the fact that virtually every religious minority in Iran is now facing oppression.
Some [...]
Iran must stop persecuting minority religions
[CNN By Roxana Saberi, Special to CNN] Editor’s note: Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist, is the author of “Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran.”
(CNN) — In March 2009, when I was detained in Evin Prison in Iran, two evangelical Christians were arrested. I never met them but spotted them a few times through [...]
UN investigator who revealed Iran’s “Baha’i Question” memorandum dies aged 93
[BWNS, 10 Jan. 2012] SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador —Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, a noted legal scholar who uncovered significant evidence of human rights violations in Iran in the late 1980s and early 1990s, passed away here last Thursday.
A prominent diplomat and professor of law, Prof. Galindo Pohl was well known internationally even before his 1987 appointment as [...]
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