June 13, 2013
A global outpouring of support and concern for the plight of the seven Iranian Baha'i leaders – and for the situation of other prisoners of conscience in Iran – marked worldwide commemorations of the fifth anniversary of the arrest of these Baha'is.
Statements calling for the immediate release of the seven came from every continent...
June 5, 2013
- B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement:
B’nai B’rith International welcomes the appointment of Susan Rice as the new national security advisor.
Rice was previously the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and served as a positive force within the world body. She often defended Israel against malicious one-sided resolutions intended to demonize and delegitimize the Jewish state. Rice spoke at...
May 30, 2013
- B’nai B’rith International commends Argentine Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman for recognizing Iran’s infiltration into Latin America and noting the dangerous implications of Tehran’s easy access across the region.
Nisman is the prosecutor investigating the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) building that killed 85 and wounded 300. Since he began his investigation in 2005,...
May 23, 2013
- Yesterday the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights issued a series of pointed recommendations to the Iranian government – recommendations that included a plea for Iran to ensure that all citizens, regardless of religious belief, enjoy full rights without any discrimination. The Committee specifically referred to the Baha'i community, expressing its concern that Iranian Baha'is...
May 14, 2013
- B’nai B’rith International is outraged as Iran is set to chair the United Nations-sponsored Conference on Disarmament from May 27 to June 23, despite the country’s ongoing efforts to obtain nuclear weapons.
Iran will chair the conference by way of protocol, with the 65-nation meeting rotating chairs based on alphabetical order. Hungary chaired the last conference.
For... - Alliance joins call to release Bahá’í prisoners in Iran.
May 13, 2013
U.S. commission tracks key offenders; some optimism over new ‘watch list’ countries
May 13, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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This year’s report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has Seventh-day Adventist human rights experts...
- Four high-level United Nations human rights experts today called on Iran to immediately release the seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders. In a press release issued on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the arrest of the seven, the four experts emphasized that the seven are held solely because of their religious beliefs, that their continued imprisonment is unjust and wrongful, and that Iran's...
May 12, 2013
Throughout the world people are raising their voices in a global campaign to free the seven imprisoned Iranian Baha'i leaders.
The "Five Years Too Many" campaign marks the fifth anniversary of the arrest of the seven and seeks to highlight their entirely unjust and wrongful imprisonment and the deteriorating human rights situation...
May 6, 2013
In its annual report on international religious freedom, the United States said religious freedom in Iran has continued to deteriorate over the past year, especially for religious minorities such as Baha'is, as well as for Christians and Sufi Muslims.
"The government of Iran continues to engage in systematic, ongoing, and egregious...