Personal diary of John Barnabas (aka Barney) Leith
From the monthly archives:
Iran Press Watch has posted a disturbing story about the attempted firebombing of several Baha’i homes in the Iranian city of Semnan.
Apparently two Baha’i homes were attacked at one o’clock yesterday (25 February) morning. An unknown group attempted to throw Molotov cocktails through the windows of apartments belonging to the Pirasteh and Pur-Husayni families. Fortunately [...]
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As hoped, the British media are picking up on the letter signed by 15 well-known British comedians in The Times. Articles have appeared in:
Ananova
Western Daily Press
Teletext
This Is Scunthorpe (!)
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Some of the UK’s best known comedians have signed an open letter in The Times drawing attention to the continuing detention of the seven Baha’is leaders in Iran and calling for their release.
David Baddiel, Bill Bailey, Morwenna Banks, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Jo Brand, Russell Brand, Rob Brydon, Jimmy Carr, Jack Dee, Omid Djalili, Sean Lock, Lee [...]
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Comedian and actor Omid Djalili has posted a piece on his blog protesting against the treatment of the seven members of the Baha’i leadership group in Iran.
The Baha’i Faith is a peace loving world religion but has suffered a great deal of persecution at the hands of the Iranian government simply because they choose to [...]
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Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament, made the following statement calling for the release of the seven Baha’i leaders in Iran at the opening of the parliament’s plenary session today.
Dear colleagues,
We received these days new worrying news from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Seven leaders of the Bahá’í religious community have been in prison [...]
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The UK’s Channel 4 News interviewed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr Shirin Ebadi tonight about the harassment she suffers in Iran partly because of her defence of the seven Baha’i leaders currently in jail and facing trial in Tehran. Dr Ebadi, a human rights lawyer, is prominent for her promotion of women’s human rights. She [...]
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Time for a quick bit of self-promo. Barnabas Quotidianus has been added to the Baha’i Faith News section of Alltop, the “online magazine rack” that aggregates RSS feeds about popular topics.
Most of the featured blogs are regulars. There are some interestingly diverse blogs too.
Technorati Tags: Baha’i, Bahai, Alltop, Barnabas Quotidianus
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The EU Presidency has issued a welcome and strong statement of concern about the situation of the seven Baha’i leaders in Iran.
The EU expresses its deep concern at the grave charges raised against seven Baha’i leaders in Iran. They have been detained by the Iranian authorities for eight months without charge, during which time they [...]
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Bill Rammell MP, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (the UK’s foreign ministry), has today issued a statement expressing his great concern about the pending trial of the seven Baha’i leaders in Iran.
I am very concerned at news that seven leading members of the Iranian Baha’i community, detained since March and May [...]
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Over 240 Iranian intellectuals, scholars, journalists, activists and artists in some 19 countries have signed an open letter asking Baha’is to forgive them “for the wrongs committed against the Baha’i community of Iran” over the last 150 years.
We are ashamed of our silence when confronted with the long, dark and atrocious record that our laws [...]
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