Baha'is focus on right to education at Human Rights Council session

The Bahà'i International Community made a statement on the situation of the Bahà'is in Iran at the 18th session of the Human Rights Council. The statement focused on the right to education and the recent crackdown on the Bahà'i Institute for Higher Education. "Today, nearly 100 Bahà'is are in prison because of their beliefs," the statement read. "...None are spared, not even the dead whose resting places are desecrated, not even the little girl, a six year old child, whose hand is burnt in punishment by her ethics teacher, simply because she is a Bahà'i. Despite all this, the Bahà'i of Iran are relentless in their quest or a better Iran for all Iranians, regardless of sex, age, class, ethnicity and belief." Read statement / view video.