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News"> NewsQatar deports four Baha’is—and forces out dependents—in latest religious cleansing attack News">

Geneva | 26 Aug 2026

Qatar’s discrimination of its peaceful Baha’i minority took a grim turn for the worse this week,...

News"> NewsUN experts denounce torture, enforced disappearance and persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran sian... News">

Geneva | 3 Aug 2026

A group of United Nations Special Rapporteurs and human rights experts has issued a joint statement...

News"> NewsSeeing the forest for the tree: BIC delegates join the 2026 UN High-Level Political Forum News">

New York | 29 Jul 2026

With less than five years until 2030, and with the Sustainable Development Goals unlikely to be met...

News"> NewsIranian Baha’i father writes birthday letter to one-year-old child from prison, affirming hope and service to Iran amid escalating arrests sian... News">

Geneva | 7 Jul 2026

A Baha’i father imprisoned in Shiraz has written a moving letter to his one-year-old child from...

Statements"> StatementsBIC Statement to the 62nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Session: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education Statements">

Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education

Geneva | 18 Jun 2026

Mr. President, Every year, millions of young people look forward to entering university. They yearn...

News Baha'is and civil society discuss freedom of religion or belief in Egypt alongside launch of “Erasure” report on Baha'i persecution Geneva \| 24 Sep 2026 Alongside the latest United Nations Human Rights Council session, last week, the Bahá’í...	Statements Statement at 63rd Session of Human Rights Council Geneva \| 22 Sep 2026 Mr. Vice President, For nearly five decades, the Iranian government has systematically...
Perspectives Fostering True Practitioners of Peace: The Role and Responsibility of Religion By Bani Dugal New York \| 9 Sep 2026 As threats on the global stage deepened over a century ago, eventually culminating in an array of...	News State theft against the Bahá’ís: from personal cash and wedding rings to children’s toys Persian
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... News"> Geneva \| 27 Aug 2026 Climbing over the walls of family homes, arresting parents as their two-year-old watched on, taking...	News Iran jails Bahá’ís, pregnant woman included, amid scapegoating Persian... Geneva \| 22 May 2026 Boshra Mostafavi, a pregnant Bahá’í woman from Rafsanjan, southeast Iran, is among dozens of Bahá’...
News BIC Explores the Role of Youth in Reimagining Development New York \| 11 May 2026 How can young people engage meaningfully in changemaking processes? Many assume that change...	News Bahá’í International Community statement: Egypt risks foreclosing the last legal avenue for Bahá'í marriage registration Arabic... 4 May 2026 The Bahá’í International Community expresses its profound concern and deep disappointment at a...
Perspectives ‘Change Called Us Here’: Reflecting on Women Deliver 2026 By Liliane Nkunzimana... Melbourne \| 1 May 2026 “Do not lower your standards.” These were the closing words spoken by Jacinda Ardern just as my...	News Returning to Listen: BIC Joins 25th Session of Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues New York \| 1 May 2026 The twenty-fifth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues opened on 20...
News Sudden expulsions raise fears of religious erasure of Qatari Bahá’í community Arabic... Geneva \| 30 Apr 2026 In an unexpected move, over 40 percent of Qatar’s Bahá’í population faces imminent expulsion from...	News Global leaders, cultural figures and human rights advocates worldwide call for release of tortured Baha’i prisoners in Iran Nobel laureates,... Geneva \| 28 Apr 2026 “It hurts to watch, and we look away, but this is the exact moment to notice.” In a powerful joint...
News Bahá’í International Community statement regarding Moin Yeganeh in Qatar Arabic... Geneva \| 24 Apr 2026 Moin Yeganeh, a Bahá’í in Qatar, has been detained in the country ahead of his likely deportation....	Perspectives The energy transition needs money and technology — and new ideas By Daniel Perell New York \| 22 Apr 2026 The following is based on a submission the author made to Brazil’s COP30 Task Force on...
News Second case of Baha’i subjected to mock executions and torture in Iran raises concern regarding escalation of persecution amid national crisis Persian... Geneva \| 8 Apr 2026 Borna Naimi, a 29-year-old Baha’i in Iran, and father of a three-year-old, has endured at least two...	News Young Baha’i in Iran faces mock hangings, torture, and imminent danger Persian... Geneva \| 24 Mar 2026 Peyvand Naimi, a young Baha’i in prison in Kerman, Iran, faces imminent danger after enduring two...

News Baha'is and civil society discuss freedom of religion or belief in Egypt alongside launch of “Erasure” report on Baha'i persecution Geneva \| 24 Sep 2026 Alongside the latest United Nations Human Rights Council session, last week, the Bahá’í...	Statements Statement at 63rd Session of Human Rights Council Geneva \| 22 Sep 2026 Mr. Vice President, For nearly five decades, the Iranian government has systematically...
Perspectives Fostering True Practitioners of Peace: The Role and Responsibility of Religion By Bani Dugal New York \| 9 Sep 2026 As threats on the global stage deepened over a century ago, eventually culminating in an array of...	News State theft against the Bahá’ís: from personal cash and wedding rings to children’s toys Persian
Arabic...	Per
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... News"> Geneva \| 27 Aug 2026 Climbing over the walls of family homes, arresting parents as their two-year-old watched on, taking...	News Iran jails Bahá’ís, pregnant woman included, amid scapegoating Persian... Geneva \| 22 May 2026 Boshra Mostafavi, a pregnant Bahá’í woman from Rafsanjan, southeast Iran, is among dozens of Bahá’...
News BIC Explores the Role of Youth in Reimagining Development New York \| 11 May 2026 How can young people engage meaningfully in changemaking processes? Many assume that change...	News Bahá’í International Community statement: Egypt risks foreclosing the last legal avenue for Bahá'í marriage registration Arabic... 4 May 2026 The Bahá’í International Community expresses its profound concern and deep disappointment at a...
Perspectives ‘Change Called Us Here’: Reflecting on Women Deliver 2026 By Liliane Nkunzimana... Melbourne \| 1 May 2026 “Do not lower your standards.” These were the closing words spoken by Jacinda Ardern just as my...	News Returning to Listen: BIC Joins 25th Session of Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues New York \| 1 May 2026 The twenty-fifth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues opened on 20...
News Sudden expulsions raise fears of religious erasure of Qatari Bahá’í community Arabic... Geneva \| 30 Apr 2026 In an unexpected move, over 40 percent of Qatar’s Bahá’í population faces imminent expulsion from...	News Global leaders, cultural figures and human rights advocates worldwide call for release of tortured Baha’i prisoners in Iran Nobel laureates,... Geneva \| 28 Apr 2026 “It hurts to watch, and we look away, but this is the exact moment to notice.” In a powerful joint...
News Bahá’í International Community statement regarding Moin Yeganeh in Qatar Arabic... Geneva \| 24 Apr 2026 Moin Yeganeh, a Bahá’í in Qatar, has been detained in the country ahead of his likely deportation....	Perspectives The energy transition needs money and technology — and new ideas By Daniel Perell New York \| 22 Apr 2026 The following is based on a submission the author made to Brazil’s COP30 Task Force on...
News Second case of Baha’i subjected to mock executions and torture in Iran raises concern regarding escalation of persecution amid national crisis Persian... Geneva \| 8 Apr 2026 Borna Naimi, a 29-year-old Baha’i in Iran, and father of a three-year-old, has endured at least two...	News Young Baha’i in Iran faces mock hangings, torture, and imminent danger Persian... Geneva \| 24 Mar 2026 Peyvand Naimi, a young Baha’i in prison in Kerman, Iran, faces imminent danger after enduring two...

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