Personal diary of John Barnabas (aka Barney) Leith
From the daily archives:
Iran exercised its right of reply at the UN Human Rights Council today. I urge you to watch the UN’s webcast of the Iranian representative giving voice to the most extraordinary collection of lies and hypocrisy. But, be warned, watching it may be bad for your health. I certainly felt my heart rate climb.
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The Universal House of Justice, the international governing council of the Baha’i community, has recently written the most beautiful and challenging letter to Iranian Baha’i students, who continue to be cruelly denied access to higher education by the Iranian government purely because they are Baha’is. The letter encourages these brave young Baha’is to respond with [...]
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Asma Jahangir, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, reported to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) yesterday and took part in an interactive dialogue with government and NGO representatives.
Asma is physically small, but she has a steely determination to defend freedom of religion or belief. In its daily Council Monitor, the [...]
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