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Sunday, May 25, 2008

The NSA of the UK near the Shrine of the Báb

The members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the UK near the Shrine of the Báb
The results of the election of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the UK have just been announced by the Chief Teller at our National Convention in North Wales. In alphabetical order:

Mrs Rita Bartlett
Mr Peter Hulme
Mr Barney Leith
Dr [...]

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Globe and Mail Update has published a strongly worded commentary by Payam Akhavan, professor of international law at McGill University in Montreal, co-founder of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre and a former UN war-crimes prosecutor at The Hague, on the recent arrests of the Bahá’í leadership and the appalling state of human rights in [...]

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BBC interview – Baha’is in Iran

by Barney on 25 May 2008

Llandudno finger post

So, National Convention started in Llandudno yesterday afternoon. Consultation is currently focusing on the teaching plans of the Bahá’í community.
I drove the 20 miles to Bangor after breakfast for an interview with BBC Radio Wales about the recent arrests of the Bahá’í leadership in Iran. It was a “friendly” interview. The interviewer was not trying [...]

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