The well known international writers’ association PEN has marked 2016 International Women’s Day by calling on the Iranian government to free 3 women writers including Mahvash Sabet who is serving a prison sentence in Tehran because of her membership of the Bahá’í Faith. Urging its members to take action on behalf…
Bashir is 6. His mother is in prison since October. His father is waiting for a knock to the door to tell him he too must go to prison. Which will leave Bashir alone. Bashir lives in Iran. His parents Azita and Payman were sentenced to four and five years…
This year the UN is launching a year-long campaign to bring attention to the 50th anniversary of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which were adopted in December 1966. On December 10th, the Irish Bahá’í Community is joining…
Mairead Maguire (1976, Nobel Peace Prize Winner) “I have great pleasure in supporting the campaign ‘Education is not a crime’. The Iranian citizens who Follow the Bahai Faith, should not be denied the right to higher education in Iran, as this is against International law and Iran’s own constitution.” To…
Dr Mohammad Maleki (former president of the University of Tehran) “The right to education is a human right which should not be denied from any human being; It is not acceptable to deny any one from this right on the account of one’s belief, religion, sex or any other criteria.”…
Jody Williams (1997, Nobel Peace Prize Winner) “Thank you for all the efforts on behalf of the right of the Bahai to higher education. Together we will make a better world.” To learn more visit Education Is Not A Crime
Dr Shirin Ebadi (2003, Nobel Peace Prize Winner) “Young people play a major role in the economic and cultural development of every society, the disaster is when some young people wish to pursue their education, but their government denies them this right.” To learn more visit Education Is Not A…
Omid Djalili “The Iranian government says that education is a crime for Baha’is. We can and have to change that – we can campaign on their behalf. We can tell the government of Iran, and the world, that banning the Baha’is from higher education is hurting Iran and the Iranian…
