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…
In the wake of WWII, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drafted by nine people from around the world. On December 10, 1948, the the General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Eight nations abstained from the vote but none actively disagreed. Hernán Santa Cruz of Chile, a member of…
Dear Mahvash Sabet, It’s almost an impertinence, I feel, to write to a poet who is being kept behind bars for her words and beliefs. King Lear, imprisoned at the end of the play with his daughter Cordelia, tells her that they will become “God’s spies”. That is what you…
