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UK Foreign Office minister concerned about safety of Baha’is in Iran

by Barney on 16 February 2009

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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Chanukah celebration at the Foreign Office

by Barney on 22 December 2008

I have just returned from a Chanukah (aka Hanukkah) celebration hosted by David Miliband MP, the British Foreign Secretary, at Lancaster House (just off London’s Pall Mall).
Mr Miliband spoke simply and well, welcoming the second time that the FCO had celebrated Chanukah and looking forward to the third time, by when it will have become [...]

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Iran Baha’i arrests – House of Lords short debate

by Barney on 22 May 2008

Our very good friend and supporter, Lord Avebury, today raised an emergency question in the House of Lords. The question and Lord Avebury’s supplementary question was responded to by Lord Malloch-Brown, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
You can find the link to the Hansard record of the debate here:
Emergency Human Rights [...]

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