Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights
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Representing the worldwide Bahá’í community to the United Nations and regional institutions. Follow @BahaiBIC for more on our global efforts and engagements.
Joined April 2009
What if your faith meant you couldn’t study? Since 1979, #Bahai youth in #Iran have been barred from university for refusing to deny their beliefs. From #Luxembourg, we stand with them, and with everyone denied the #RightToEducation. #ForB #HumanRights #ReligiousFreedom
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In September 2025, Mr. Arshia Rowhani, a Baha’i resident of Isfahan, attended court to review the verdict in his case; however, the ruling was not officially served in writing. Moreover, Mr. Rowhani was not permitted to photograph or take notes of the verdict, an act that
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Denied the right to study solely because of their faith! Year after year, #Bahai youth in #Iran are literally and systematically erased from #university admission lists as part of a state-led campaign of persecution ongoing since 1979. We cannot remain silent. #RightToEducation
From the amazing @ErfanSabeti Hundreds of Bahá’í university entrance exam candidates who visited the National Organization of Educational Testing’s website to check their “final ranking” were confronted with this message and prevented from selecting their field of study.
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En Irán, a los jóvenes baháʼís se les pidió firmar una declaración renunciando a su fe como condición para ser admitidos. In Iran, Baháʼí youth were asked to sign a form renouncing their faith to enter university. #iran #derechoshumanos #Righttoeducation
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En Irán, jóvenes baháʼís son rechazados o expulsados de las universidades con el pretexto de tener un “expediente incompleto”. Su único “error”: su fe. In Iran they are rejected or under the false pretext of an “incomplete file.” Their only “fault”: their faith #righttoeducation
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Obligar a los jóvenes baháʼís a elegir entre su fe y su educación viola sus derechos y destruye su futuro. Forcing Bahá’í youth to choose between faith and education violates their most basic rights and destroys their future. #iran #Righttoeducation
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#Bahai #Iran #RightToEducation #HumanRights @UniversitiesUK @oxfamgb @UNICEF_uk @timeshighered #FoRB
Since 1979, Bahá’ís in #Iran have been systematically barred from higher education. Their “crime”? Refusing to renounce their beliefs. Today, we amplify the voices of young people, speaking out for those denied this basic human right. #Bahai #RightToEducation #HumanRights
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Aunque Irán ha ratificado tratados internacionales que garantizan el derecho a la educación, sigue negando este derecho a miles de estudiantes Bahá’ís. Iran signs human rights treaties-yet bans Bahá’í students from education. #Iran #righttoeducation #humanrights
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Hoy escuchamos las voces de jóvenes que hablan por quienes no pueden hacerlo: los jóvenes Bahá’ís en Irán, a quienes se les niega estudiar por su fe. Today we share the voices of youth speaking up for those who can’t: the Bahá’í youth in Iran. #Iran #RightToEducation #HumanRights
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The uni semester is by now in full swing in Luxembourg, and we wish all students an inspiring year! Let’s not forget #Bahai youth in #Iran barred from studying, just for their beliefs. Students here & worldwide won’t stay silent. Will you? #RightToEducation = #HumanRight
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It was learned on 26 September 2025 that the sentence of Mrs. Maryam Zabihi was reduced by the Court of Appeals in Qaemshahr. The sentence was reduced from ten months’ imprisonment to three months and one day, and this verdict has been declared final. #Court #Appearances #Bahai
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It was learned on 30 September 2025 that Ms. Paria Marandiz, a Baha’i residing in Tehran, has been sentenced to three years in prison and a two-year ban from online activities by Branch 23 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court. The court also ruled that 18 months of the prison
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As Vienna’s semester begins, we wish all students an inspiring year! Let’s also remember #Bahai youth in #Iran barred from studying simply for their faith! Students in #Vienna & worldwide refuse to stay silent about this injustice!Would you?#RightToEducation Education=#HumanRight
On #InternationalDayOfEducation, I was honoured to join University Professor Lukas K. Pokorny, Chair of Religious Studies @univienna, and Dr. Guido Colard, historian of the Austrian Bahá'í community, for a meaningful exchange on #Bahai #Iran, and to present "The Bahá'í Question".
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BIC Representative to the UN @ShaddadHaddad delivered a statement regarding the persecution of Baha'is in #Yemen at the 40th meeting of #HRC60 at the @UN_HRC in Geneva: "Houthi leaders have vilified the Baha’i Faith as foreign and heretical, branding its members as spies, while
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On 22 September 2025, personal belongings of Nazanin Abedini, a resident of Qaemshahr, were confiscated by security forces upon her return to Iran at Imam Khomeini International Airport. The confiscated items include her passport, two mobile phones, personal notebooks, two
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It was learned on 27 September 2025 that two weeks after Shahram Kashaninejad, a resident of Nowshahr, was detained by security forces. His whereabouts remain unknown. Mr. Kashaninejad was arrested at his home by security agents on 14 September 2025. Following the arrest, he was
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During a side event hosted by @NCIAVHRYemen at #HRC60 to present the 13th report on alleged human rights violations in #Yemen, @BICBahai Representative in Geneva @Shaddadhaddad raised concerns over the recent rise in hate speech against Baha’is by Houthi leaders, asking about the
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Thank you, as always, @nargesfnd Narges Mohammadi for your powerful and principled support for the Baha'i community in Iran. Fariba Kamalabadi has been in prison since 2022 for her beliefs—having already served a previous 10-year jail sentence. #Iran #Bahai #HumanRights
I want to tell the story of a woman who has spent more than fourteen years in the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran, guilty of nothing except being a member of the Bahai faith. The pen in my hand falters, for words are neither enough nor strong enough to capture this
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الجامعة البهائية العالمية ترحب بتبرئة ريمي روحاني في الدوحة و تتطلع إلى إطلاق سراحه. النص الكامل للبيان: https://t.co/9VUTb3ANnk #بهائيو_قطر #QatarFreeRemy #FreeRemyRowhani
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The Baha’i International Community welcomes the acquittal of Qatari Baha’i Remy Rowhani, in Doha, and looks forward to his release. See our full statement: https://t.co/ekzldlCVuF
#QatarFreeRemy #FreeRemyRowhani
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