The global events and human experience over the past 50 years have given the quest for peace a new urgency especially for the sake of our children and future generations. It is now widely acknowledged that peace is not just the absence of war but is a holistic concept requiring harmony at all levels of human endeavour. The Kidz 4 Peace Camp is an attempt to nurture attitudes, values and human qualities which will help realize this concept in children.
Four high-level United Nations human rights experts today called on Iran to immediately release the seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders.
In a press release issued on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the arrest of the seven, the four experts emphasized that the seven are held solely because of their religious beliefs, that their continued imprisonment is unjust and wrongful, and that Iran's...
Throughout the world people are raising their voices in a global campaign to free the seven imprisoned Iranian Baha'i leaders.
The "Five Years Too Many" campaign marks the fifth anniversary of the arrest of the seven and seeks to highlight their entirely unjust and wrongful imprisonment and the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran.
"Midway through our ten-day campaign we have seen an...
In its annual report on international religious freedom, the United States said religious freedom in Iran has continued to deteriorate over the past year, especially for religious minorities such as Baha'is, as well as for Christians and Sufi Muslims.
"The government of Iran continues to engage in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom, including prolonged detention,...