On 18 October, 3 days prior to his scheduled release, Iranian judicial authorities extended the prison term for Pastor Behnam Irani by five years,...
UN Report Documents Iran’s Human Rights Crisis
(15 October 2011) The Iranian government should immediately allow access to the UN appointed Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed to address Iran’s...
“My Father Was Charged With Helping The Baha’i University”
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Naim Sobhani, son of Riaz Sobhani, an Iranian Baha’i imprisoned at Evin...
Baha’i International Community calls for release of Christian pastor facing death sentence
From the Baha'i International Community 4 October 2011 GENEVA — The Baha'i International Community has joined the call for the release of Youcef...
Brazil Rallies Against Religious Intolerance
Content below abbreviated from Comunidade Bahai do Brasil On the main street of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro – one of the world's most famous...
Young Political Activist Receives 50 Lashes for Blogging
Somayeh Tohidlou, political activist and Tehran University Ph.D. student in Sociology, wrote in her blog yesterday that authorities at Evin Prison...
Protestant Christians in Shiraz Sentenced to One Year in Prison
Last week an appeals court in the southern city of Shiraz upheld a one year prison sentence for Pastor Behrouz Sadegh-Khanjani of the Protestant...
Weekly Rights Podcast 36
In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: protesters clash with security forces in the Azerbaijan region of Iran; jailed student activist Ashkan...
Dervishes Seriously Injured, One Dead, Mosque Under Survillance, Says Spokesperson
Following a violent confrontation of plainclothes forces with Gonabadi Dervishes in Kavar town of Fars Province which led to shots being fired and...
Interview with Dervishes’ Spokesperson: Clashes and Widespread Arrests of Gonabadi Dervishes
Following a violent confrontation between plainclothes forces and Gonabadi Dervishes in Kavar town of Fars Province in which shots were fired, the...