Personal diary of John Barnabas (aka Barney) Leith
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A well-focused debate on human rights in Iran took place in the UK Parliament’s Westminster Hall* yesterday morning.
The 90-minute debate, initiated by Lembit Opik MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Friends of the Baha’is, opened the debate with a call to Iran to avoid a miscarriage of justice when the seven former members of [...]
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Even while the UN passes a resolution condemning Iran’s human rights record and its treatment of minorities, such as the Baha’is, the Iranian authorities continue to pile pressure on the Baha’is in Iran, as these stories from Iran Press Watch show:
Baha’i followers searched in Iran
Baha’i households raided in Semnan
Raid on Baha’i homes in Semnan
Baha’is detained [...]
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The media are picking up on the story of the arrest of six members of the Bahá’í leadership in Iran and the longer detention of the seventh member. Here are some further links:
Reuters
AFP
Middle East Times
Bilo’s blog, Bahá’í Faith in Egypt and Iran, has started a series on the systematic oppression of the Bahá’ís of Iran. [...]
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Baha’i World News Service reported on the Baha’i reception to celebrate the Festival of Ridván in the House of Commons:
One of the messages presented by Ruth Banda, Jenna Nicholas and Collis Tahzib, all members of the Baha’i Faith, and their friend Lavina Hassasing, was that there is a difference between the principle of human rights [...]
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Here are a couple of pictures from our recent Ridván reception on the terrace of the House of Commons. They both show Lembit Opik MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Friends of the Bahá’ís, with the four Bahá’í youth who spoke so eloquently about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Lembit Opik MP brought his charming Cheeky Girl, Gaby, to our Ridván reception on the House of Commons terrace last night. Lembit may be a “character”, but he is also a key member (and Chair) of the All Party Parliamentary Friends of the Bahá’ís and our host for the evening. Actually, Lembit was the first [...]
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Photo by Deryc Sands ©Parliamentary Copyright
I was cheered to read this intervention by Bob Spink MP, a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Friends of the Baha’is, in a recent Westminster Hall Adjournment Debate in the UK House of Commons. The debate was about the Foreign Affairs Committee’s eighth report of the 2006-07 parliamentary session on [...]
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