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 [...]

One of the policies employed by the Iranian government to suffocate the Baha’i minority has been the dismissal of both students and educators from educational institutions. The most recent case involves the expulsion of 3 medical students from the University of Sahand Tabriz. Via Human Rights Activists in Iran: Three medical students from the University [...]

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 [...]

In its verdict on the challenge launched by several lawyers to the January 29 ruling, the Administrative Court decreed that a final ruling on the case will be issued on January 17, 2009 reports Dr. Basma Mousa. In the separate appeal to the January 29 ruling that was launched before the Supreme Administrative Court, the [...]

Below is a translation of an article by Dr. Basma Mousa, an Egyptian Baha’i activist: Today, Egypt celebrates Children’s Day and on this occasion I have a question to ask: what fate will befall a newborn child who was refused a birth certificate by the Department of Civil Status? The child, born on the 9th [...]

On the 29th of January, the Cairo Administrative Court issued a verdict allowing Baha’is to list a “-” under the religion field in identification papers, or leave it blank. The ruling has yet to be implemented, but now and in a separate court ruling issued yesterday, a university student was allowed to obtain identification papers. [...]

Every year, millions of students worldwide prepare excitedly for a new academic year – a journey that will equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary to become active and productive citizens. But instead of worrying about homework, pop-up quizzes and detention, Baha’i students in Iran worry about being admitted to academic institutions in the [...]

Several days ago, “Egyptian Baha’i” brought the world’s attention to the distressing story of Noor and Hannah, two little girls who were denied their right to an education for no other reason than their being Baha’is. While reporting on the story, we were struck by not only the Egyptian government’s reluctance to abide by its [...]

Every triumph Egyptian Baha’i community has achieved has been met with unwarranted objections, intolerance and rejection not only from the government and religious authorities, but by the public at large as well. Recently, the “Baha’i Faith in Egypt” blog reported that the Ministry of Education issued a statement that “Egyptian schools cannot refuse the admission [...]