As the world marks Human Rights Day and the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration, several key figures from the United Kingdom (including Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire) called the Iranian government to allow its Baha’i community access to educational institutions. The text of the letter is below: Sir, Today is United Nations [...]

One of the weapons the Iranian government has employed to suppress its Baha’i population is denying its youth their right to an education, in what can only be described as an intellectual cleansing. Iran’s Ministry of “Justice” stipulates that Baha’is can enrol in schools (preferably ones with a strong religious ideology), provided that they do [...]

This is an inspirational brief video that has been recently shared on YouTube: It is very hopeful to see a video like this, highlighting how a society works best when all of its members are respected and embraced. A translation of what the video says: Bigotry is a chronic disease, which needs to be treated [...]