Academics in Australia are to protest to the Iranian ambassador about educational discrimination against Baha'is in their homeland. Signatures have been gathered from 73 academics, including University of Ballarat vice-chancellor David Battersby, objecting to the longstanding ban on Baha'is attending university, and the arrest earlier this year of 16 Baha'i academics…The letter from the academics says: "We understand many of those arrested are still in prison simply for being part of an initiative which provides higher education to those otherwise denied access to Iranian universities" and calls for their immediate release.