The New York Times Reports on the Baha’is in Iran
Written by ry on June 1st, 2006
There’s a story in today’s New York Times about the ongoing persecution of the Baha’is in Iran. The article covers UN Rapporteur Asma Jahangir’s report expressing concern for the Bahai’s in Iran, the arrest last week of 54 Baha’is who were taking part in a community service project, the ongoing campaign of misinformaiton in Iranian newspapers, and more:
Members of the Bahai religious minority in Iran said this week that the government had recently intensified a campaign of arrests, raids and propaganda that was aimed at eradicating their religion in Iran, the country of its birth.On May 19, Iranian security officials arrested 54 Bahais in the city of Shiraz who were involved in a community service project, many of them in their teens and early 20’s, said diplomatic officials and Bahai officials outside of Iran.
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The developments have alarmed human rights monitors at the United Nations, who say that since December, the government newspaper in Tehran has published more than 30 articles denigrating the Bahai faith — even accusing Bahais of sacrificing Muslim children on holy days. The arrests coincided with raids on six Bahai homes, in which notebooks, documents and computers were confiscated. More than 70 other Bahais have been arrested since January 2005 in smaller clusters, and some are still being held, the monitors said.
For more information about the situation of the Baha’is in Iran check here and here.
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