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Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock: "Canadians Can Help Stop the Persecution of...
Allan Rock and Lloyd Axworthy. Toronto, Ontario, 5 January 2012 (CBNS) — Two pre-eminent Canadians, Lloyd Axworthy, President of the University of Winnipeg and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and...
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Education Under Fire: Canadian Premiere
Concordia University students, faculty and campus club members launching the Education Under Fire campaign. © Shahab Akhound Montreal, Quebec, 14 February 2012 (CBNS)— The film Education Under Fire...
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Iran Jails Baha'i Educators, Calling Their Canadian Degrees Illegal
This article first appeared in the February 2012 edition of the CAUT Bulletin, which is widely circulated and read by professors across Canada. The lead to the article was mentioned on the front page...
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Canadian Senators condemn the Iranian regime for its egregious abuse of human...
The Senate of Canada. © Library of ParliamentOttawa, Ontario, 27 February 2012 (CBNS)— Continuous human rights abuses in Iran have urged another series of debates in the Senate of Canada. The latest...
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Education Under Fire campaign launched in over 15 universities and...
Academic community and general public at the premiere of the “Education Under Fire” film at the University of British Columbia. Toronto, Ontario, 28 March 2012 (CBNS) — Since its premiere in Canada on...
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Iran's seven Baha'i leaders: 10,000 days in prison
The seven Baha'i prisoners – photographed several months before their arrest – are (front) Behrouz Tavakkoli and Saeid Rezaie; and (standing) Fariba Kamalabadi, Vahid Tizfahm, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and House of Commons mark anniversaries of Baha’i...
Minister Baird meets with (L to R) Corinne Box, Susanne Tamás and Gerald Filson of the Canadian Baha'i Community. © Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada Ottawa, Ontario, 15...
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Defending the rights of the Baha’is in Iran to education is our duty, says...
Dr. Blockley speaking at the premiere of the “Education Under Fire” film at Carleton University. © Louis Brunet Toronto, Ontario, 1 June 2012 (CBNS) — In an article recently published in “Embassy:...
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UN vote registers "deep concern" over Iran's human rights violations
The UN Headquarters buildings in New York City. © UN Photo/Mark Garten.United Nations, 27 November 2012 (BWNS) — Citing a long list of abuses, a UN committee today expressed "deep concern" over...
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UN decries Iran’s “serious ongoing and recurring” human rights violations
An interior view of the United Nations General Assembly hall, New York City. UN Photo/Sophia Paris. United Nations, 20 December 2012 (BWNS) — The UN General Assembly today expressed “deep concern” over...
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Lloyd Axworthy and Bani Dugal to address continued incarceration of Baha’i...
Lloyd Axworthy and Bani Dugal. Toronto, Ontario, 6 May 2013 (CBNS) — Lloyd Axworthy, former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Bani Dugal, Principal Representative of the Baha’i International...
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In the Globe and Mail, Lloyd Axworthy calls attention to Baha’i persecution
Dr. Lloyd Axworthy. © University of Winnipeg Toronto, Ontario, 9 May 2013 (CBNS) — In today’s Globe and Mail, former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs calls attention to the continued imprisonment...
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Lloyd Axworthy, Bani Dugal and Canada’s press mark the fifth anniversary of...
Dr. Lloyd Axworthy speaking about the challenges facing human security and protection in Iran.© Jamal Neufeld Toronto, Ontario, 13 May 2013 (CBNS) — “You are not alone. There is a unity. There are...
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Canada condemns Iran’s continued religious freedom violations, including...
Ambassador Andrew Bennett. © DFAIT Ottawa, Ontario, 14 May 2013 (CBNS) — Andrew Bennett, Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom, today issued the following statement:“Canada marks with regret the...
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Literary Review of Canada publishes essay on the 1980s Baha’i refugee program
Cover page of July/August issue of Literary Review Canada. © Literary Review Canada Toronto, Ontario, 6 August 2013 (CBNS) — The Literary Review of Canada, the country’s "leading forum for discussion...
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UN General Assembly again expresses “deep concern” over continuing human...
An interior view of the United Nations General Assembly hall, New York City. UN Photo/Sophia Paris. United Nations, 18 December 2013 (BWNS) — The UN General Assembly today expressed “deep concern at...
View ArticleThree Baha’is stabbed in Iran, apparently a religious hate crime
Geneva, Switzerland, 7 February 2014 (BWNS) — In an apparent hate crime, three Baha’is were stabbed in their home in Birjand, Iran, by an unidentified intruder on Monday 3 February, the Baha’i...
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Concern over persecution of Iranian Baha’is at UN Human Rights Council
Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré. Geneva, 22 March 2014 (BWNS) — Overall, human rights in Iran have...
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Attack on Baha’i cemetery in Iran: excavation of 900 graves commences
Mona Mahmudnizhad is one of ten Baha’i women buried in the Shiraz cemetery. © Baha'i International Community Toronto, Ontario, 7 May 2014 (CBNS) — Baha’is in Canada are deeply concerned to learn that...
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Ambassador Bennett marks sixth anniversary of wrongful detention of Baha’i...
Ambassador Andrew Bennett. © DFATD Ottawa, Ontario, 14 May 2014 (CBNS) — Andrew Bennett, Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom, today issued the following statement:“A year after President Hassan...
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