Iranian authorities have once again targetted Ebadi, raiding her private office and seizing computers and her client’s documents. From the New York Times: Authorities stormed the private office of Iran’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Shirin Ebadi, on Monday, seizing her computers and her clients’ documents. Ms. Ebadi, who is the country’s most prominent human rights [...]

Three days after its closure following a police raid, a recent report indicated that Iranian authorities yielded to international pressure and will allowing the reopening of Human Rights Defenders Center, an NGO led by Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi. From AKI: The Iranian government has allowed Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Shirin Ebadi to re-open [...]

(via Iranian Minorities Human Rights Organization) The World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) has issued an urgent appeal, requesting urgent intervention regarding the arrest of two Baha’is in the Iranian province of Mazandaran. OMCT urgent appeals The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Iran. [...]

On the 20th of June, Yemeni authorities detained six Baha’is (2 Yemeni nationals, 3 Iranians and an Iraqi) under suspicion of engaging in proselytizing. The Yemeni nationals were subsequently released, while the remaining faced the grave risk of deportation. Yemen is a signatory of the United Nations Convention Against Torture, which bans the deportation of [...]

Hours before a belated celebration to mark International Human Rights Day, policemen and security agents raided the offices of Human Rights Defenders Center (a watchdog led by Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi). According to Narges Mohammedi, deputy head of the watchdog, agents failed to produce a warrant, claiming they weren’t obliged to as they were dressed [...]

In a translation of a report by Human Rights Activists – Iran, Iran Human Rights Voice reports that 3 Baha’is were sentenced to 2 years imprisonment, on the pretence that they were carrying out activities against national security. Human Rights Advocates in Iran- Three Bahai faithful social activists from the city of Yasooj, identified as [...]

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran recently released a statement in which it expressed concern over the detention of 3 Baha’is in the Iranian province of Mazandaran on November, and urged the international community to protest the continued harassment of Baha’is in Iran. Below is the text of the release: The International Campaign [...]

According to a report by Human Rights Activists in Iran, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided several households in the city of Semnan, and confiscated several personal belongings of the families. Agents of the the Ministry of Intelligence raided Baha’i Households in Semnan in an Expanded Operation. At 6:00 A.M. yesterday, December 14, 2008, [...]

Yesterday, the Supreme Administrative Court of Egypt was set to deliver its verdict on the appeal launched against the January 29 ruling. Unfortunately, the case was postponed (yet again) to the 19th of January. January will also feature a final verdict by Cairo’s Administrative Court on the challenge that an Islamist lawyer launched in order [...]

Ethar El-Katatney, a young Egyptian journalist, wrote a comprehensive and informative article on the ongoing struggle of Egypt’s Baha’is to attain their civil rights. She kindly gave us permission to republish it. The Fourth Faith’s Struggle for Existence November 2008 Despite seemingly victorious rulings, Baha’is in Egypt are still struggling for basic rights. By: Ethar [...]