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News"> NewsBIC hosts UN75 Declaration Dialogue series on the future of global governance News">

New York | 14 May 2020

The Baha’i International Community, in collaboration with UN2020 and Together First, hosted a three...

News"> NewsInterfaith alliances explore the role of faith communities in light of the COVID-19 pandemic News">

New York | 16 Apr 2020

As the world searches for ways to navigate an evolving health crisis, many religious communities...

News"> NewsAmidst health crisis, Iran must release Baha’is in prison is an English translation of the original Persian press release

Persian...

New York | 11 Apr 2020

The Baha’i International Community is deeply concerned for the well-being of Baha’is that remain in...

Perspectives Building trust and the relationships that sustain society: from commitments to actions By Bani Dugal New York \| 12 Jun 2020 With an ever widening array of compounding and cascading challenges, humanity is being called to...	News Persecution of Iran’s Baha’is ramped up: threats to “uproot”, prison sentences and psychological pressures Persian ... New York \| 8 Jun 2020 In the face of an escalating health pandemic, the Iranian authorities have ramped up their...
News Houthis endangering the lives of Baha’i prisoners during coronavirus pandemic Arabic... Geneva \| 31 May 2020 Yemen’s Houthi authorities are needlessly risking the lives of six innocent Baha’i prisoners of...	News Heavy sentences, return to prison for Baha’is in Iran despite health crisis This is an English translation of the original Persian press release ...

This News"> Geneva \| 18 May 2020 In a reprehensible move by the Iranian government, incidents of persecution against the Baha’is...	News Baha’i prisoners in Yemen must be released as promised Arabic ... Geneva \| 8 Apr 2020 Two weeks after the televised announcement made by Mahdi Al-Mashat, the Baha’i International...
News Houthi authorities order the release of all Baha’i prisoners in Yemen Arabic Translation New York \| 25 Mar 2020 In a general television address today in Yemen, Mr. Mahdi al-Mashat, President of the Supreme...	News Sana’a court upholds death sentence against Yemeni Baha’i Arabic... Geneva \| 23 Mar 2020 Despite a significant humanitarian crisis and mounting health concerns in Yemen, an appeals court...
News Court Hearing of Yemeni Baha’i Unexpectedly Rescheduled to Tomorrow Arabic... Geneva \| 21 Mar 2020 The Baha’i International Community has learned that the next hearing scheduled in Sana’a for Hamed...	Statements BIC Statement on Iran Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Baha'is in Iran Iran, UPR Report Consideration - 31st Meeting, 43rd Regular Session Human Rights Council ... Geneva \| 12 Mar 2020 Madam Vice-President: The Human Rights Council is about to adopt Iran’s third Universal Periodic...
News Glimpses into the Spirit of Gender Equality: New York City The following is part of a series exploring how Baha’i communities have... New York \| 11 Mar 2020 Behind the twinkling lights and soaring towers of New York City is a local community rich and...	Statements BIC Statement at UN General Debate on Persecution of Baha'is in Iran Item:4 General Debate (Cont'd) - 27th Meeting, 43rd Regular Session Human Rights Council ... Geneva \| 10 Mar 2020 For forty years, Iran’s government has wasted vast stores of human potential by violating the...
Statements BIC statement to UN session with Special Rapporteur on Iran SR on Human Rights in Iran - 25th Meeting, 43rd Regular Session Human Rights Council ... Geneva \| 9 Mar 2020 Madam President: Iran’s government has, for decades, denied the rights of its Baha'i citizens. Now...	News Glimpses into the Spirit of Gender Equality: Mwinilunga, Zambia The... New York \| 4 Mar 2020 The path towards a more gender-equal society can take many forms. In the red-earth environs of...
News Advancement and continued hurdles in the 25 years since “The Prosperity of Humankind” Anniversary of seminal BIC statement offers opportunity for reflection on UN75 New York \| 3 Mar 2020 The concept of “people-centered development” came into its own at the United Nations’ World Summit...	News News update: Latest sham court hearing against Baha’is in Sana’a New York \| 28 Feb 2020 The latest hearing on the case of 24 Yemeni Baha’is took place on 25 February in Sana’a. The Baha’...
News Glimpses into the Spirit of Gender Equality: Kejau, Malaysia The... New York \| 27 Feb 2020 Perched astride a mountaintop in the main range of Peninsular Malaysia, the village of Kejau is an...	News Electrocutions, beatings and mass arrests: Houthis’ Iran-inspired campaign against the Yemeni Baha’is Arabic Translation: Here Geneva \| 23 Feb 2020 Twenty-four members of the Baha’i community in Yemen are due in a Houthi courtroom on 25 February,...

Perspectives Building trust and the relationships that sustain society: from commitments to actions By Bani Dugal New York \| 12 Jun 2020 With an ever widening array of compounding and cascading challenges, humanity is being called to...	News Persecution of Iran’s Baha’is ramped up: threats to “uproot”, prison sentences and psychological pressures Persian ... New York \| 8 Jun 2020 In the face of an escalating health pandemic, the Iranian authorities have ramped up their...
News Houthis endangering the lives of Baha’i prisoners during coronavirus pandemic Arabic... Geneva \| 31 May 2020 Yemen’s Houthi authorities are needlessly risking the lives of six innocent Baha’i prisoners of...	News Heavy sentences, return to prison for Baha’is in Iran despite health crisis This is an English translation of the original Persian press release ...

This News"> Geneva \| 18 May 2020 In a reprehensible move by the Iranian government, incidents of persecution against the Baha’is...	News Baha’i prisoners in Yemen must be released as promised Arabic ... Geneva \| 8 Apr 2020 Two weeks after the televised announcement made by Mahdi Al-Mashat, the Baha’i International...
News Houthi authorities order the release of all Baha’i prisoners in Yemen Arabic Translation New York \| 25 Mar 2020 In a general television address today in Yemen, Mr. Mahdi al-Mashat, President of the Supreme...	News Sana’a court upholds death sentence against Yemeni Baha’i Arabic... Geneva \| 23 Mar 2020 Despite a significant humanitarian crisis and mounting health concerns in Yemen, an appeals court...
News Court Hearing of Yemeni Baha’i Unexpectedly Rescheduled to Tomorrow Arabic... Geneva \| 21 Mar 2020 The Baha’i International Community has learned that the next hearing scheduled in Sana’a for Hamed...	Statements BIC Statement on Iran Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Baha'is in Iran Iran, UPR Report Consideration - 31st Meeting, 43rd Regular Session Human Rights Council ... Geneva \| 12 Mar 2020 Madam Vice-President: The Human Rights Council is about to adopt Iran’s third Universal Periodic...
News Glimpses into the Spirit of Gender Equality: New York City The following is part of a series exploring how Baha’i communities have... New York \| 11 Mar 2020 Behind the twinkling lights and soaring towers of New York City is a local community rich and...	Statements BIC Statement at UN General Debate on Persecution of Baha'is in Iran Item:4 General Debate (Cont'd) - 27th Meeting, 43rd Regular Session Human Rights Council ... Geneva \| 10 Mar 2020 For forty years, Iran’s government has wasted vast stores of human potential by violating the...
Statements BIC statement to UN session with Special Rapporteur on Iran SR on Human Rights in Iran - 25th Meeting, 43rd Regular Session Human Rights Council ... Geneva \| 9 Mar 2020 Madam President: Iran’s government has, for decades, denied the rights of its Baha'i citizens. Now...	News Glimpses into the Spirit of Gender Equality: Mwinilunga, Zambia The... New York \| 4 Mar 2020 The path towards a more gender-equal society can take many forms. In the red-earth environs of...
News Advancement and continued hurdles in the 25 years since “The Prosperity of Humankind” Anniversary of seminal BIC statement offers opportunity for reflection on UN75 New York \| 3 Mar 2020 The concept of “people-centered development” came into its own at the United Nations’ World Summit...	News News update: Latest sham court hearing against Baha’is in Sana’a New York \| 28 Feb 2020 The latest hearing on the case of 24 Yemeni Baha’is took place on 25 February in Sana’a. The Baha’...
News Glimpses into the Spirit of Gender Equality: Kejau, Malaysia The... New York \| 27 Feb 2020 Perched astride a mountaintop in the main range of Peninsular Malaysia, the village of Kejau is an...	News Electrocutions, beatings and mass arrests: Houthis’ Iran-inspired campaign against the Yemeni Baha’is Arabic Translation: Here Geneva \| 23 Feb 2020 Twenty-four members of the Baha’i community in Yemen are due in a Houthi courtroom on 25 February,...

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