Hamed Thabet Sarwestani

Intl Crimes Investigator. Previously MENA Expert @warcrimes_NL | Political Advisor @DutchMFA & @GermanyDiplo Embassy in Yemen | Tweets personal views.

[Elham Manea @ElhamManea]

Yemeni #Bahais are being persecuted for their faith in areas controlled by #Houthi militias. Five Yemeni Bahais remain in prison. They insist on their right to live in a state that respects the dignity and equality of its citizens. #YemeniBahais

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

Our Brussels office was delighted to co-host a roundtable on #inclusion, #diversity and #participation together with the University of @UCOMILLAS and @Bahai_es

Read more here👉 https://t.co/ndCK4mrgfJ

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

Thank you @EveningStandard for this important coverage where Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe shares her experience of sharing her prison cell with Mahvash Shahriari and Fariba Kamalabadi in Evin Prison.

"My Baha’i cellmates took a striking approach when it came to dealing with conflict. Prison could often be an angry place. But they looked for the humanity in our situation and tried to find balance through peace."

Link for full article: https://t.co/G9R3V9NUBC

[𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚓𝚗 𝚟𝚍 𝚅𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚝 🌍 @karlijnvdvoort]

Bedankt @nieuwwij voor de aandacht voor uitsluiting van hoger onderwijs van #Bahai's in #Iran

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

The Baha’i International Community sends its sincere and joyful congratulations today to the 2023 #NobelPeacePrize winner #Narges_Mohammadi.

Our full statement:
https://t.co/FHj5xQIkeS

Ms. Mohammadi is an Iranian human rights and women’s rights activist par excellence. Her first arrest by the Iranian authorities occurred in 1998; since then, she has been arrested 13 times, convicted five times, and faces jail sentences totaling 31 years in prison as well as 154 lashes of the whip.

The Nobel committee recognized Ms. Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.” The Baha’i community, whose members have themselves been persecuted for 44 years under the Islamic Republic, is also committed to these values. All women human rights defenders in Iran are also honored by this award.

Our congratulations are tempered with sadness that Ms. Mohammadi remains incarcerated in Evin Prison. The Baha’i International Community has in the past called for her release. We are dismayed that this call—along with our call for the full recognition of the rights of all Iranians, including Baha’is and members of other minorities—remains ignored by the Iranian authorities.
Two Baha’i women also unjustly jailed in Evin, Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, will at least be able to celebrate the award with Ms. Mohammadi within the prison. The new Nobel laureate has many times called for the release of Mrs. Sabet and Mrs. Kamalabadi, prisoners of conscience and fellow inmates, both now and when all three were incarcerated during the previous decade. Ms. Mohammadi also added her voice to the recent Our Story Is One campaign that commemorated the 1983 execution of 10 Baha’i women in Shiraz and supported Iranian women’s quest for gender equality and human rights.

The international community today offered one of its grandest platforms to Iran’s struggle for gender equality and human rights. We hope that Narges Mohammadi—and all Iranians—will draw strength from this moment and continue their effort for equality and justice in Iran.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPeacePrize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.

#NobelPrize

[𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚓𝚗 𝚟𝚍 𝚅𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚝 🌍 @karlijnvdvoort]

Thank you @amnestynl for raising attention to the detained #Bahai's in #Yemen, still ten of them are in prison! 🙏🏻
The #Houthis must release them!

https://t.co/khu0FumjWi

[MFA Luxembourg 🇱🇺 @MFA_Lu]

FM #Asselborn is very concerned about the latest spike in repression against the #Bahai in #Iran,with no fewer than 180 incidents of persecution in recent weeks.

🇱🇺 calls upon 🇮🇷 to end all discrimination against religious minorities and to uphold #HumanRights& #ReligiousFreedom

[KingdomNL at UN @KingdomNL_UN]

A warm welcome to our new Deputy Permanent Representative Bahia Tahzib-Lie! 🙏👏🇳🇱🇸🇽🇨🇼🇦🇼

@NLatUN is thrilled to have @BTahzibLie lead our team with @yokabrandt 💪

Looking forward to exciting work ahead with our @UN community 🇺🇳

Read about her background here 👉
https://t.co/9zTDTvH9Gs

[Marga Martens @mapimartens]

Jemen, na internationale druk zes Bahais vrijgelaten - Amnesty International - https://t.co/SqQR2BxdPH #GoogleAlerts

[Diane Alai @DianeAlai]

These innocent #YemeniBahais must be released unconditionally. #Yemen

[Nader Al-Sakkaf @NadSak2]

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UN Rights Council – 53rd Session, June 2023
Agenda Item 3, Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on peaceful assembly and of association
GENEVA—30 June 2023
@BahaiBIC Statement

Mr. President,
On 25 May, 17 Baha'is, including women, were gathered in Sana’a Yemen,

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

40 years ago, 10 Baha'i women made the ultimate sacrifice for #genderequality and #FoRB. The quest continues as women have taken the lead in #Iran. #OurStoryIsOne.

[Ruhiyeh Thabet @RuhiyehThabet]

https://t.co/2OroJO5CpQ

[𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚓𝚗 𝚟𝚍 𝚅𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚝 🌍 @karlijnvdvoort]

Akhtar Sabet
One of the 10 Bahá’í women who were executed on the eve of 18th June 1983 because of their faith in justice and equality

#OurStoryIsOne

[Simin Fahandej @siminfa]

40 years ago today. Let us remember 10 #Bahai women executed for their beliefs. Their path continues to be walked byIranian women of all faiths and backgrounds. #OurStoryIsOne
#داستان_ما_یکیست

[Bahá'í Deutschland @BahaiDE]

Vielen Dank an die Vizepräsidentin des Deutschen Bundestages, @PetraPauMaHe, für dieses Statement zum 40. Jahrestag der Hinrichtung von 40 #Bahai-Frauen im #Iran und für den Hinweis auf die Veranstaltung mit @HawarHelp kommenden Mittwochabend dazu:
#OurStoryIsOne
#داستانمایکیست

[Bahá'ís of/du Canada @CanadaBahai]

The #OurStoryIsOne campaign commemorates the execution of 10 Baha’i women and brings together Iranians of all faiths and backgrounds who are standing up for justice as they have all faced similar battles in their path towards equality.

🔗https://t.co/q4SrcFdHiT

@KianSabeti

[Simin Fahandej @siminfa]

Powerful statement by Ms. Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Prize laureate, in honour of the 10 Baha’i women executed 40 years ago today and the #ourstoryisone campaign. She says “our story has always been one”. #Iran
#داستان_ما_یکیست

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

Short video by @justinbaldoni in memory of Mona Mahmoudnejad, one of the 10 Baha'i women of Shiraz.She was 17 when she was executed for her beliefs in gender equality, justice and truthfulness #OurStoryIsOne

ویدیوی درباره نقض حقوق بشر در ایران، بیاد مونا
#داستان_ما_یکیست