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A Baha’i World News Service article provides further developments of the Iranian government’s campaign to deny Baha’i students access to higher education. Almost 800 of the more than 1,000 Baha’is who sat for and properly completed the entrance exam in June 2007 have received word that their files are “incomplete” — thus preventing their enrollment.
The Agence France-Presse reported today that Iran’s judiciary has announced sentences for 54 members of the Baha’i Faith who were arrested in May 2006 in Shiraz while taking part in a project to educate underprivileged children. According to AFP, judiciary spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi told reporters that, “three Bahais have been sentenced to four years [...]
GENEVA, 29 January 2008 (BWNS)–In the wake of a US State Department call for Iran to release Baha’i prisoners, Amnesty International has issued an "urgent action" appeal on their behalf.
CAIRO, 29 January 2008 (BWNS)–In a victory for religious freedom, a lower administrative court here today ruled in favor of two lawsuits that sought to resolve the government’s contradictory policy on religious affiliation and identification papers.
State Department calls for the release of three young Bahá’ís
Sean McCormack, U.S. State Department spokesman, issued a statement yesterday expressing deep concern for the tragic death of an Iranian Kurdish student detained by the Ministry of Intelligence. The statement also called for the Iranian regime to release all individuals held without due process and a fair trial, including three young Bahá’ís.
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On Feb. 26, 2009, Rep. Frank R. Wolf introduced resolution H. Res. 200, calling on the Egyptian Government to respect human rights and freedoms of religion and expression in Egypt, to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Karen Webb: Baha’u’llah spoke to my heart as well as to my intellect
Centerville, Utah Baha’i since 1971 I became a Baha’i in my heart in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971, while on a study trip after graduating from high school. I hadn’t yet heard of the Baha’i Faith, which I would formally join later that year, but that is the moment my heart reached out [...]
Van Gilmer vividly remembers participating in the March on Washington (for Jobs and Freedom) on Aug. 28, 1963, while a student at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro.
If you’re a member of a minority, and you’re not involved in decision-making at an administrative level, then society is still far from realizing the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., says Phillipe Copeland, a Baha’i in Boston who examines social issues from an African-American perspective on his blog, Baha’i Thought.