Jalayer Vahdat and Sima Ishraghi, two Baha’is from the city of Mashhad in Iran, were arrested 60 days ago, and held without charges in solitary confinement. Human Rights Activists in Iran published an update on their situation:
Two Baha’is named Jalayer Vahdat and Sima Ishraghi were arrested in early January and have been held mostly incommunicado [...]

If you could send a message to the 7 Baha’i leaders, imprisoned in atrocious circumstances in the notorious Evin prison, what would it be? Would you commend them for their bravery and steadfastness? Would you inform them that they remain in your prayers, and that you hope that they’re soon released?
Well, you no longer have [...]

The Committee on Denial of Access to Higher Education to Baha’is, a subset of Human Rights Activists in Iran, has published it’s annual report on the violations on the rights of Baha’i students. They explain that their report is not comprehensive due to the absence of free press, and the administrative limitations faced by HRA [...]

Conspiracy theories are popular in this region for a good reason: they allow us to perceive ourselves as powerless victims and blame our shortcomings and insecurities on others. For decades, Baha’is have been painted as the enemy within, plotting and conspiring to harm their nations and act against its interests.
In order to confront these allegations, [...]

Blogs and news outlets soon reacted to the news of the favourable verdict granted to the Baha’is of Egypt. Listed below are highlights of the coverage by Baha’is:

Photo credit: Dr. Basma Moussa
Wafa Hindi, aunt of the of the teenaged twins Nancy and Imad, hailed the verdict as a “victory for the values of citizenship against [...]

After a long and arduous battle, the Baha’is of Egypt were finally accorded the justice they deserve. Bilo, from the “Baha’i Faith in Egypt” blog informs us that the Egyptian Supreme Court has rejected the appeal launched by Islamist lawyers against the the ruling which permitted Baha’is to obtain official documents with a dash (-) [...]

With clerics inciting hatred and violence from their pulpits, media outlets spreading lies and falsehoods, it was only inevitable that vigilante groups would increase their attacks against Baha’is as well.
The most recent incident (as reported by HRA Iran), which occurred in the early hours of yesterday, was the spraying of graffiti on Baha’i homes in [...]

Nazila Ghanea – lecturer in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford and Editor-in-Chief of the journal of Religion and Human Rights – wrote the following article for the Telegraph. Her previous article (”Seven friends face revolutionary court”), which appeared in the Guardian’s ‘Comment is Free’ can be read here.
What connects an academic, [...]

The worldwide response to Iran’s intensified persecution of Baha’is has been nothing short of astounding. Actors, famous comedians and prominent academics have publicly declared their condemnation, generating international media coverage. Youths from across the globe, originating from various religious and ethnic backgrounds have been actively blogging and declaring their outrage.
But the response to the persecution [...]

We recently came to learn of “Baha’i Watch“, a website that uses the Ushahidi mapping tool to track and document incidents of violations against the rights of Baha’is of Iran. We contacted Brian Herbert, the brains behind the project, and he kindly agreed to provide us with more information about it.
Background
The Ushahidi project began in [...]