Sahba Frooghi

"Dedicate the precious days of your lives to the betterment of the world" Bahá'u'lláh

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

In an unexpected move, over 40 percent of Qatar’s Bahá’í population faces imminent expulsion from the country.

The Bahá’í International Community is alarmed that the Qatari government is carrying out a deliberate campaign of religious erasure aimed at one of the religious communities that has been present in the region for over 100 years, and whose presence in Qatar—well before the establishment of the modern Qatari state—is documented as spanning many decades.

Read full statement: https://t.co/T8vbyQi20n

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

Yesterday a senior #Bahai official, Omid Seioshanseian, was forcibly detained and disappeared by #Egypt state security for over 13 hours at Cairo International Airport.
His devices were confiscated and he was unable to contact relatives or colleagues. Mr. Seioshanseian was handcuffed, blindfolded, physically mistreated, interrogated and threatened, by agents of the State Security Investigations Service Al-Amn Al-Qawmi, and then filmed under duress to state that he was not mistreated.
@BahaiBIC_Rights is raising this outrageous incident—and that of all Baha’is in Egypt—at the highest levels worldwide. Noting in particular Egypt’s legal obligations to the @UN Committee Against Torture.
The Egyptian authorities must immediately cease such mistreatment of dignitaries and guarantee non-recurrence and the safety and security of all Baha’is and minorities.
#CAT @apt_geneva @omctorg @FIACAT_org @FreefromTorture @P4HR @SwissAmbUN_GVA
@UN_HRC @UN_SPExperts & Special Rapporteurs @NazilaGhanea #NicolasLevrat #AliceEdwards
@usmissiongeneva @EU_UNGeneva @UKMissionGeneva @GermanyUNGeneva @FranceONUGeneve @SpainUNGeneva @IndiaUNGeneva @eu_eeas
@kajakallas @EUinEgypt @Tineke_Strik @PrLCastillo @LeolucaOrlando1 @OlofBSkoog @BBCArabic
#EgyptianBahaiRights #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations

[Amnesty Gulf @amnestygulf]

📢1/3 The #Huthis must immediately and unconditionally release five members of the #Bahai community who have been arbitrarily detained in Sana’a without charges for almost a year as part of the ongoing persecution of people of the Baha’i minority faith.

https://t.co/3PcTasY3jp

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

Thank you H.E. Dame Barbara Woodward, Ambassador, UK Mission to the UN @BWoodward_UN for your call to the #Houthis at UN Security Council meeting today “to uphold freedom of religion or belief and immediately and unconditionally release the remaining #Bahais in detention.”

#FreeYemeniBahais #الحرية_للبهائيين_اليمنيين #FORB #UNSC

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#Yemen:  We urge immediate release of 16 people held incommunicado. We condemn use of any language that incites discrimination & violence against followers of minority Baha’i faith. Authorities must respect human rights of people living under their control https://t.co/49cQaZXrrk

[EUinYemen @EUinYemen]

EU Heads of Mission are deeply concerned at the recent detention of 17 members of the Baha’i community in Sana’a, including 5 women. They should be released, as well as other members of the Baha’i community detained previously. (1/2)

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

BREAKING

#Yemen: Armed #Houthi gunmen stormed a peaceful #Bahai annual general meeting in Sanaa today, after years of persecution, detaining at least 17 including 5 women. Other homes also raided.

Yemeni Baha’is on Zoom captured this video.
Details and our statement to follow.

[Sahba Frooghi @damakaveli]

Unbelievable persecution of the #bahai community in Yemen this morning.

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

عاجل:

اليمن: مسلحون من #جماعة_الحوثي أقتحموا الأجتماع السنوي السلمي #للبهائيين صباح اليوم واعتقلوا 17 شخصًا على الأقل بينهم نساء. كما داهم المسلحون منازل أخرى. هذا الفيديو التقطه بعض البهائيين اليمنيين من خلال تطبيق زووم.

لاحقًا سيتم نشر البيان الصحفي وتفاصيل أخرى

[Sahba Frooghi @damakaveli]

@MaijuPaananen Congrats on the article @MaijuPaananen! These open access articles are an incredible lifeline for teachers like me who are not connected to the University anymore.

[Sahba Frooghi @damakaveli]

My sister was named after the youngest of these #bahai women, Mona, who was executed at the age of 16.

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

📢 #OurStoryIsOne campaign launches today to honor 40th anniversary of execution of 10 #Bahai women in #Iran & the struggle for gender equality by all #Iranian women over decades!

Inspired by their story? Join by contributing songs, videos & other art!

https://t.co/eJAZBYMt8Q

[Sahba Frooghi @damakaveli]

@childhoodjourn @MaijuPaananen @ZSMillei Congratulations @CamilaRosa_Rib !!!!

[Sahba Frooghi @damakaveli]

@ZSMillei @goteborgsuni @ChildrensGeogs @DaniEkmanLadru @NishaT4edu @NelliPiattoeva @n_nationalism @rece_tw @CLPN_ac Excellent excellent article, and it's open access ♥️

[Prof. KIVEN JAMES KEWIR @jameskewir]

World peace is possible when wars officially or unofficially fought for land, territory, minerals and money end and are replaced by wars for universal human rights and human dignity everywhere and without any discrimination.

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

While #Iranians are sacrificing themselves demanding equality and justice, Iran's sham revolutionary court system makes a mockery of the word justice, today sentencing #Mahvash & #Fariba to 10 years jail.

#FreeFariba #FreeMahvash

https://t.co/rvMdCwkGnE

[Tampa Bay 28 @tampabay28]

300,000 of the world's 6 million Baha'is live in Iran are being discriminated against and persecuted. https://t.co/jlbTqxG8L8

[Sahba Frooghi @damakaveli]

@IvetaSilova 😂😂😂

[Nogol Rahbin @NRahbin]

Grateful for the opportunity to discuss concerns on escalating persecution of #Bahai-s in #Iran and elsewhere with 🇸🇪 Foreign Minister @AnnLinde. Thank you for a valuable meeting and for unyielding and continuous support @AnnLinde! #Sweden #EU #HumanRights #BahaiRights

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

Fourteen Baha'is including thirteen youth were arrested yesterday in the Iranian city of Qaemshahr, Mazandaran. Most of the arrests occurred at a private home where the youth were studying and discussing together the role of education in social progress.

https://t.co/LXWC3KjWvA