NGO reports Reports and documents from human rights organizations referencing the Iranian Baha’i community Amnesty International Reports Annual Report: Iran 2016 Annual Report: Iran 2015 Annual Report: Iran 2014 Annual Report: Iran 2013 Annual Report: Iran 2012 Annual Report: Iran 2011 Press releases Persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran is Focus of Documentary Film with Screenings in New York, Los Angeles and Boston by Amnesty International USA (20 October 2011) Iran Must Acknowledge Abuses Before UN Committee (17 October 2011) Amnesty International Welcomes Release of 70 Prisoners in Iran; Calls for Release of All Iranian Prisoners of Conscience (1 September 2011) Iranian Bahá'í Leaders Hit by ‘Vindictive’ Sentence Extension (31 March 2011) Statements New Film on Persecution of Bahá'ís to be Released Just as Iran Slaps Harsh Sentences on Bahá'í Educators (20 October 2011) Iran: Welcome releases must be followed by freedom for all prisoners of conscience (31 August 2011) August Special Wire Supplement: “50 Years of Defending Rights in the Middle East and North Africa.” (2 August 2011) Events Human Rights in Iran, Wilmette, IL on 10 December 2011 (Event details) World Premiere Screening of “Education Under Fire,” Cambridge, MA on 28 October 2011 (Event details) News Students in Iran face growing clampdown as academic year begins (September, 2012) Iranian Christian pastor accused of ‘apostasy’ must be released (30 September 2011) Iran: Welcome Releases Must be Followed by Freedom (31 August 2011) Hollywood Unites for Iranian Filmmakers (9 June 2011) Celebrate Spring by Remembering Iran’s Detained Human Rights Defenders (10 March 2011) Iran Must Acknowledge Abuses (August 2010) The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Articles The Obstacle to Religious Tolerance in Egypt (15 February 2011) FIDH (Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de L’Homme) Public Statements Iran: Abuse and repression of Baha’i religious minority again on the rise (14 November 2016) Iran: Rising Poverty, Declining Labor Rights (June 2013) Stop discrimination and suppression of women in Iran! Free all prisoners of conscience! (13 August 2011) Reports Iran: Suppression of freedom, prison, torture, execution... A state policy of repression (14 December 2011) Request for Urgent Action Detained Bahá'í leaders in grave danger (18 February 2011) First Freedom Center Reports Minority Religious Communitiies (2012) Minority Religious Communities at Risk (January 2011) Freedom House Reports Overview: Iran 2016 Overview: Iran 2015 Overview: Iran 2014 Overview: Iran 2013 Overview: Iran 2012 Overview: Iran 2011 Human Rights Watch Country Summary World Report 2016: Iran World Report 2015: Iran World Report 2014: Iran World Report 2013: Iran World Report 2012: Iran World Report 2011: Iran Op-Eds Iran: Joint Letter to Member States of the UN Human Rights Council 2016 Iran: Joint Letter to Member States of the UN Human Rights Council 2015 Iran: Government Assault on Academic Freedom (31 May 2012) Indonesia: Open or Closed? Why Obama Should Raise Growing Religious Violence (21 November 2011) Iran: Christian Pastor Faces Execution for ‘Apostasy’ 30 (September 2011) UN: Expose Iran’s Appalling Rights Record 21 (September 2011) Human Rights Issues Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran (29 August 2011) International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran Press Releases Women Prisoners Collectively Punished for Baha’i Leaders Meeting with Activist during her Furlough (1 June 2016) Baha’i Victim of Land Confiscation Speaks Out (6 May 2016) Young Woman’s Quest for Higher Education Exposes Iran’s Discrimination Against Baha’is (1 April 2016) Children of Arrested Bahá'ís: We Have No Recourse (2 November 2011) Reports Punishing Stars: Systematic Discrimination and Exclusion in Iranian Higher Education (December 2010) Official Distortion and Disinformation: A Guide to Iran’s Human Rights Crisis (22 February 2011) Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Reports A Faith Denied: The Persecution of the Baha'is in Iran Minority Rights Group International Reports Peoples under Threat 2013: Civilian protection and military intervention (July 2013) State of the world’s minorities and indigenous peoples 2012 State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2011 The American University in Cairo – The Cairo Review of Global Affairs Report A Baha’i Litmus Test for Egypt (21 August 2012) The Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention Situations of Concern Tracking the Baha’is of Iran Tracking and Mapping Hate Crimes: Persecution of the Baha’i community in Iran Articles New Developments in Iran (6 October 2011) Recent Trends in the Persecution of Iranian Bahá'ís (31 July 2011) More details on recent anti-Bahá'í arson in Rafsanjan (4 January 2011) Muslim Network for Bahá'í Rights: Wave of Arson Attacks against Bahá'í Businesses in Rafsanjan (3 January 2011) Summaries and Reports Monthly Summary: Iranian Bahá’í Situation of Concern (Feb 2013) Monthly Summary: Iranian Bahá’í Situation of Concern (April 2012) UNITED4IRAN Articles and Press Releases Iran: Backlash Against Baha’is Exposes Authorities’ Extreme Intolerance (8 June 2016) 17 NGOs Call on Iran to Uphold the Right to Education (31 May 2012) Anniversary Video of the Raid on the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (24 May 2012) Worldwide Action Calls for Immediate Release of Bahá’í Leaders and Other Iranian Prisoners of Conscience (16 April 2012) Watch: Videos from Worldwide Action for Iran’s Seven Baha’i Leaders (9 April 2012) Action to Demand Release of Seven Baha’i Leaders Unjustly Imprisoned (29 March 2012) Press Release: Worldwide Action for Iran’s Baha’i Seven (28 March 2012) United4Iran Joins 20 NGOs around the World Calling for the Extension of Mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur (19 March 2012) Urgent Appeal: Concern Grows Over Prison Transfers of Iran’s 7 Baha’i Leaders (18 February 2011) The Case of Baha’i Prisoner, Rozita Vasseghi: Learn More & Take Action! (7 September 2010) Under the Staircase (Video) (24 August 2010) Take Action! Send e-letters in support of Iran’s 7 Baha’i Leaders (12 August 2010) Replicating the prison conditions of the 7 Baha’is: video of worldwide solidarity (15 May 2010) May 14th, 2010: 2 Years Since the Arbitrary Arrests of the 7 Baha’is (6 May 2010) Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation Iran: Freedom of Religion; Treatment of Religious and Ethnic Minorities (September 2015): Read
