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News- "Five Years Too Many" campaign leads to global outpouring of support
- New video for House of Worship in Chile released
- Iranian Baha'is face "widespread and entrenched" discrimination says UN Committee
- Four top UN human rights experts call for immediate release of seven imprisoned Iranian Baha'i leaders
- "Five Years Too Many" campaign gathers momentum
- Baha'is face particularly severe violations amid deteriorating religious freedom in Iran, says US
- "Five Years Too Many" campaign begins
- New film explores community-building throughout the world
- Eleventh International Baha'i Convention: A global community reflects
- Universal House of Justice elected
Category Archives: Yaran
Speaking up for the Baha’is of Iran: April 12th, 2010
This blog has been following the situation of the unjustly imprisoned Baha’is in Iran for the past year. Latest news from Iranian government is that the trial of the 7 Baha’i leaders will be on Monday, April 12th, 2010. The … Continue reading
Posted in human rights, Media, Pasadena, Persecution of the Baha'is in Iran, Religion, Yaran
Tagged Baha'i, Bernard Melekian, Congressman, human rights, Iran, Judge Dorothy Nelson, Mayor Bill Bogaard, Pasadena, religious repression, Western Justice Center, Yaran
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Dear Pasadena: please support the Baha’is of Iran on Wednesday, August, 12th 2009
Dear Friends and Neighbors, We’re writing you because seven of our dearly loved Baha’i brothers and sisters in Iran are in grave danger, and possibly face execution. They have been held in Tehran’s Evin prison for over a year with … Continue reading
Dear Newsweek magazine: Everything You Think You Know about Iran is Incomplete
On the cover of the latest issue of Newsweek magazine, I was faced with a sullen Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the provocative title, “Everything You Think You Know About Iran is Wrong.” Excited to think that I might discover something new … Continue reading
Journalist Roxana Saberi may be free today, but the 7 Iranian Baha’i leaders are still in jail
[Update: 05/14/09 - CNN Story today] Although this blog is happy that journalist Roxana Saberi has been freed, it has some sobering news to remind you: Today, May 14th, marks the one-year anniversary of the imprisonment of seven Baha’i leaders in … Continue reading
Posted in human rights, Media, Persecution of the Baha'is in Iran, Yaran
Tagged Baha'i, CNN, H. Res 175, human rights, International Community, Iran, multimedia, Persecution of the Baha'is in Iran, religious discrimination, religious repression, repression, Roxana Saberi, S. Res.71, video, Yaran
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