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      • The President of the United States
      • United Nations General Assembly
      • Government (Islamic Republic of Iran)
      • UN Secretary-General (Ban Ki-Moon)
      • Prime Minister of Canada (Stephen Harper)
      • Premier of the People's Republic of China (Wen Jiabao)
      • Prime Minister of Japan (Naoto Kan)
      • Prime Minister of the French Republic (François Fillon)
      • Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (Vladimir Putin)
      • Prime Minister of Australia (Julia Gillard)
      • Chancellor of Germany (Angela Merkel)
      • President of the Government of Spain (José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero)
      • Prime Minister of India (Manmohan Singh)
      • Constitutional Citizen President of the United Mexican States (Felipe Calderón)
      • President of the Republic of Chile (Sebastián Piñera)
  2. Created By
    John Pilz
    Treasure Island, FL
About this Petition Petition Letter Petition Updates

Justice is important. The Bahá'ís in Iran don't have it. Unfounded defamatory speech against the Bahá'ís in Iran is supported by the Iranian Government. Bahá'ís are barred basic rights of citizenship like higher education. The constitutional protections in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran guarantees to every Iranian citizen rights which the Bahá'ís don't have. Educational programs set up to teach Bahá'í students have been targeted in raids. Arrests and convictions have been made solely on the basis of religion, and about 97 Iranian Bahá'ís are currently in prison today. Over 400 arrests have been made since August 2004, and many Bahá'ís are under unwarranted government surveilance. Bahá'í businesses are being looted among other acts without any government investigations to bring justice, and some businesses are even confiscated. Jobs and business licenses are denied to Bahá'ís. All of these facts don't amount to the number of Bahá'ís that lost their lives solely on the basis of belief. More facts about the injustices are being uncovered thanks to the efforts of people who won't stay silent as fellow human beings are persecuted.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees Bahá'ís the human rights that others have taken away from them.

http://news.bahai.org/human-rights/iran/iran-update/ , http://www.abahaipoint.com/2011/10/appeal-for-education.html and http://www.educationunderfire.com have more specific information.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/RVELsQNmC68 is the link to a video called "The Baha'i Martyrs."

We cannot stay silent.

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Tell Iran to Stop the Persecution of Bahá'ís

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I just signed the following petition addressed to:
The World's Leaders

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Tell Iran to Stop the Persecution of Bahá'ís

Justice is important. The Bahá'ís in Iran don't have it. Unfounded defamatory speech against the Bahá'ís in Iran is supported by the Iranian Government. Bahá'ís are barred basic rights of citizenship like higher education. The constitutional protections in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran guarantees to every Iranian citizen rights which the Bahá'ís don't have. Educational programs set up to teach Bahá'í students have been targeted in raids. Arrests and convictions have been made solely on the basis of religion, and about 97 Iranian Bahá'ís are currently in prison today. Over 400 arrests have been made since August 2004, and many Bahá'ís are under unwarranted government surveilance. Bahá'í businesses are being looted among other acts without any government investigations to bring justice, and some businesses are even confiscated. Jobs and business licenses are denied to Bahá'ís. All of these facts don't amount to the number of Bahá'ís that lost their lives solely on the basis of belief. More facts about the injustices are being uncovered thanks to the efforts of people who won't stay silent as fellow human beings are persecuted.
http://news.bahai.org/human-rights/iran/iran-update/ has more specific information.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv2pbVUXV3k is the link to a video called "The Baha'i Martyrs."

We cannot stay silent.


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