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Kenyan Government Partners with BIC to Explore the Future of Africa and Women’s Equality
New York | 15 Mar 2024
The Kenyan government’s Office of the President’s Advisor on Women’s Rights partnered with the Baha...
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The Role of the Environment in the Future of Global Governance
Nairobi, Kenya | 6 Mar 2024
“There can be no future without the environment.” Variations of this refrain were heard across the...
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Unprecedented and inhumane: More than 30 Baha’i new graves razed by Iranian authorities

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Geneva | 5 Mar 2024
More than 30 new graves of deceased Baha’is at a Tehran mass grave have been razed by the Iranian...
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BIC releases a statement in anticipation of the 68th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
New York | 26 Feb 2024
In preparation for the upcoming UN Commission on the Status of Women, the Baha’i International...
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Iranian agents beat Baha’i youth during attack on educational group—and knowledge itself

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Geneva | 16 Feb 2024
On the morning of 12 February, in the Iranian city of Qaemshahr, a group of young Baha’is had...
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Moving from ‘what’ to ‘how’: BIC Collaborates with Ambassadors and Civil Society at UN Commission on Social Development
New York | 14 Feb 2024
The 62nd session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD62) concluded this week,...
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BIC Brussels and Yemeni Baha’is launch series on social cohesion in Yemen
Brussels | 14 Feb 2024
“We are no strangers to variety and we are no strangers to how variety makes us stronger,”...
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Youth and Future Generations at the Heart of the Summit of the Future
New York | 2 Feb 2024
Leading up to a pivotal week dedicated to shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future, the Baha...
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BIC Addis Ababa Office Caps a Year of Engagement Across Africa and Beyond
Addis Ababa | 23 Jan 2024
The Addis Ababa Office of the Baha’i International Community (BIC AAO) expanded its engagement...
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Iranian thought leaders call for an end to the “historical shame” of Baha’i persecution

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Geneva | 22 Jan 2024
A group of more than 150 Iranian human rights advocates, social and political activists have signed...
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Farmers displaced and farmlands seized as Iran’s government intensifies Baha’i religious persecution

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Geneva | 4 Jan 2024
Farmlands, rice paddies and walnut orchards belonging to Baha’i families in the village of...
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Brussels News Story Year in Review
Brussels | 22 Dec 2023
Europe and the world are grappling with unprecedented challenges, and the Baha’i International...
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UN General Assembly resolution calls for Iranian government to stop persecuting Baha'is
New York | 19 Dec 2023
The latest and 36th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution expressing serious concern...
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BIC Brussels: Reimagining the elderly’s role in society
Brussels | 6 Dec 2023
At a time when societal conversations often focus on the complexities of supporting the elderly...
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“A Change in Tactics”: Baha’i International Community details “brutal” persecution in Iran

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Geneva | 4 Dec 2023
The Iranian government is using intensified and brutal new tactics to persecute the Baha’i...
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UN resolution calls for Iranian government to end systematic persecution of Baha'i minority
New York | 15 Nov 2023
Yet again and for the 36th time, a United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution expressing...
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More than 20 Baha’i homes invaded in violent raids and many arrested in Iran as crackdown intensifies

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Geneva | 10 Nov 2023
Armed Iranian security agents raided the homes of more than 30 Baha’is this week in the cities of...
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Hundreds join BIC to mark UN Day with events on peace, the Summit of the Future
New York | 26 Oct 2023
Marking the anniversary of the day the United Nations Charter came into force, the Baha’i...
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Twenty-six Baha’is in Iran sentenced to 126 years in prison as 10 Baha’i women arrested in Isfahan, and 3 Baha'is in Yazd

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Geneva | 26 Oct 2023
In an escalating pattern of persecution against the Baha’is in Iran, 36 more incidents targeting...
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New edition of “The Baha’i Question” addressing 44 years of persecution launched in New York
New York | 25 Oct 2023
A new edition of “The Baha’i Question: Persecution and Resilience in Iran,” has been launched by...

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