Will

Genetic Counsellor

[Will @yumpay22]

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

On 27 February 2025, it was learned that Mrs. #AnisaFanaian was summoned to serve her sentence, despite her appeal being under review. In late 2023, she was sentenced to 16 years, later reduced to 8 years in December 2024. The sentence includes seven years for “disrupting national security” and one for “propaganda against the regime.” Additional penalties were not addressed in the appeal.

#Semnan #Iran #Bahai #HumanRights #Arrests #Imprisonments

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

Friends of Mahvash Sabet and activists around the world are holding a Twitter storm for her today: join it to add your voice! Mahvash Sabet must not be sent back to prison. #FreeMahvash

[Will @yumpay22]

@rachelvanneste Sadly, this is decades old in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries. Central to this anti-woman/anti-human doctrine is the obligatory hijab/niqab for women. Regretfully, a majority of those in Western society have been silent or oblivious to these violations of human rights.

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

The Baha’i International Community is appalled at the baseless and unjust imprisonment of senior #Baha’i dignitary Remy Rowhani at the airport in #Qatar this morning. Remy Rowhani is a respected Qatari citizen and chairperson of the Assembly of the Baha'is of Qatar who served his country with distinction for decades—most recently as Director of the International Chamber of Commerce’s MENA regional office @ICC_Qatar @iccwbo. In April 2021, a Qatari court framed Mr. Rowhani in a prejudicial case judged in absentia. The ruling was confirmed in May 2022 by an appeals court. Qatari officials had indicated Mr Rowhani’s one-month prison sentence and $27,000 fine would not be enforced and that he was free to travel. Today’s actions mark an arbitrary escalation after decades of discrimination against the Baha’is for their religion. Mr Rowhani must be released immediately and the discrimination must be brought to an end.

[reyhani @reyhani]

Sealed Shut:
When Practicing Faith Costs Your Livelihood

Arash’s story is a powerful reminder of the price some pay for their beliefs. His workshop was closed, his roadside workspace destroyed, and his resilience tested—all for observing a holy day.

Please share this story as a small act of solidarity for Arash and the incredible injustice he is faced with.
#iran #bahai #arashderakhshanian
@omid9 @ErfanSabeti

[Will @yumpay22]

@Peteheee @LEGO_Group don’t disrespect my boy like this. I visited legoland in January with my kids and we had a blast. There is tons of Lego there. Hook my brother up so he can finish his sets

[UK Bahá'í OPA @UKBahaiOPA]

Innocent Baha'is remain in Houthi captivity in
unacceptable conditions.
The attack on Bahais was condemned by many including Yemeni Tribal Leaders, who say: "Persecuting Baha'is in Yemen violated tribal customs and a longstanding Yemini cultural embrace of religious coexistence"

[Will @yumpay22]

@JamesFasham I am enjoying the #ESHG meeting in Berlin. Currently at the networking mixer chatting with @cathmwatt . Look for this shirt if you’d like to meet!!!

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

On 28 May #Iran agents bulldozed #Bahai-owned rice fields in Ahmadabad, Mazandaran, destroying crops in the attack. Agents had illegally fenced off the lands in January. This is cruelty, economic apartheid, and religious cleansing to drive the Baha’is off their own lands. More info: https://t.co/rzFbDbuFFv
#ItsTheirLand #OurStoryIsOne #HumanRights

[CatherineMWatt @cathmwatt]

Congratulations to @VishTrip_11 Consultant Genetic Counsellor @GSTTnhs Yesterday she became the first ever genetic counsellor to be made an AHCS Honorary Fellow @ahcsuk The poster clearly outlines why Vishakha received this award
@theagnc
@BritSocGenMed
@eshg_young
@UKCGG

[Iran International English @IranIntl_En]

Dozens of Baha'i women in Iran have been summoned to court facing baseless criminal charges amid an escalation in the persecution of the Baha'i community.
https://t.co/PMInbj3h2E

[Iran Press Watch @iranpresswatch]

Iranian agents beat Baha’i youth during attack on educational group—and knowledge itself

GENEVA—16 February 2024—On the morning of 12 February, in the Iranian city of Qaemshahr, a group of young Baha’is had gathered in a private home owned by a Baha’i woman, Maryam Zabihi Zamani, when 15 agents of the Ministry of Intelligence burst in and proceeded to raid the premises in an attack on the simple act of working to acquire knowledge. The young Baha’is were at the home to sit an exam as part of their informal studies in the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education. Iran’s government bars young Baha’is from entering the country’s established universities—forcing Baha’is to meet in private homes and through informal groups to pursue university-level studies.

The agents began filming as soon as they raided the home and showed a blatant disregard for the rights and dignity of the assembled Baha’i individuals. Agents questioned and insulted the group, searched the property, and confiscated electronic devices, textbooks, documents and personal items from Mrs. Zabihi and the young Baha’is.

The violent and insulting behavior of the agents towards Mrs. Zabihi provoked the objection of her son, Bahamin Zamani, which then resulted in the agents beating him with brutal force in front of his mother and the others.

The raid occurred 30 minutes after the exam started—demonstrating that the action was a targeted and deliberate attack on a group of Baha’is gathered just to study together.

Maryam Zabihi Zamani and four of the young Baha’is present were also issued summonses and are due to present themselves this Saturday, 17 February, to the Iranian authorities. Agents also raided the home of one of the young Baha’is, searched that property, and confiscated belongings.

“Imagine meeting one morning in a private home to take an exam, instead of in the classrooms from which you have been barred for 45 years because of your religion,” said Simin Fahandej, the Baha’i International Community’s (BIC) Representative to the United Nations in Geneva. “The government then raids the home, beats you and arrests you, all just for studying, trying to follow your dreams and to hold a profession.”

“All your peers are studying together in recognized institutions while you are making do with informal studies, in living rooms and kitchens, knowing that you may not even be able to work in your chosen field because you will have no formal qualifications. And imagine that, despite all this, you start the exam that morning with your mind on your work and your heart set on the future, when instead you are violated and terrorized by a government that persecutes you because of a deluded religious prejudice which has distorted and damaged Iranian society for generations. And imagine that these agents, working for a government that should be protecting you instead of punishing you, beat your friends and their families after they reacted to the abuse of their fellow Baha’is.”

“If you can imagine all that then you can see the appalling nature of what happened to this group of innocent Baha’i students,” Ms. Fahandej added.

“What exactly is illegal in the eyes of the Iranian government? To study? To learn? To accompany others in their quest to acquire knowledge?” Ms. Fahandej said. “Why debar Baha’i youth from studying or gathering together to learn? Ultimately, which is illegal: a government policy that excludes its citizens from higher education on the basis of their religious affiliation, or gathering with your friends to learn when you’ve been banned from universities around the country?”

Iran is a signatory to international covenants protecting access to education and other human rights. But since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the 1980s Cultural Revolution, the Baha’is, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, have been denied access to universities and suppressed in every area of life. Last year the BIC also reported that Baha’is who tried applying to university were being asked to sign a declaration form renouncing their beliefs to gain entry. Denying higher education is core to the Iranian government’s policy to “block the progress and development” of the Baha’i community.

The latest raid also follows the BIC’s concern that Iranian authorities are using intensified and brutal new tactics in its efforts to persecute Baha’is across the country.

“Iran’s government has spent 44 years trying to crush the Baha’i community and to separate them from the rest of Iranian society,” Ms. Fahandej said. “One of the ways they have done this is to block Baha’is from university—to try to stop them from studying and from forming friendships with their peers. The recent Our Story Is One campaign shows us that these efforts have failed.”

Ms. Fahandej added: “The government has, instead, started to also deprive other Iranians of higher education just for believing in gender equality and justice. Iranians now understand they are one people with one shared aspiration. Iranian authorities can do their part to show they stand with their people by canceling the summons against Mrs. Zabihi and the other Baha’is and by ceasing any more attacks on the community.”

#Bahai #Qaemshahr
https://t.co/LJnwDXrccZ

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

Iranian thought leaders call for an end to the “historical shame” of Baha’i persecution

A group of more than 150 Iranian human rights advocates, social and political activists have signed a powerful public statement condemning the “new wave of arrests against Baha’is and their deprivation of basic human and civil rights”.

See our full story: https://t.co/jQ23aRsrqO

[Will @yumpay22]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

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

Yet again and for the 36th time, a United Nations General Assembly resolution expressing serious concern over the situation of the #Bahai community in #Iran, and other religious minorities, and calling on the Iranian government to “eliminate” all forms of religious discrimination and persecution, passed today at the Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Issues. The resolution sponsored by @CanadaUN and co-sponsored by 50 other Member States and passed with 80 votes in favor.

Our story: https://t.co/s0ZcaME89G

[Will @yumpay22]

@LauraYeates1 @jodieingles27 @GCAustralasia @HGSAAustralasia You’ll always be in our hearts.

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

BREAKING NEWS:
Nineteen #Bahai citizens arrested in #Iran.
Armed agents raided the homes of 20 Baha'is in the city of Hamadan, arresting 10, and detained another 9 Baha’is in Karaj, taking a total of 19 into custody.
The homes of two elderly Baha’i women in Hamadan—one of them suffering from several illnesses—were also searched. Akhtar Naiemi is 85 years old and Pouran Khandel is 80: their husbands were among more than 200 Baha’is executed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The Baha’i International Community is tracking this developing situation with grave concern.
Iran’s government must release all detained Baha’is. Arresting innocent people, especially the ailing and elderly, is inhumane and illegal under international law.

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

The UN Special Rapporteur on the #HumanRights situation in the Islamic Republic of #Iran, @JavaidRehman, this week held his interactive dialogue with Member States in New York.

"There has been a marked increase in attacks targeting and harassment of the #Bahai [community], with over 333 reported incidents since July 2022, including cases of arbitrary detentions, interrogations, unlawful arrest, torture, ill treatment, destruction of properties, cemetery desecration, denial of education rights and other forms of economic pressures."