Every second year our local community of about 40 Baha’is (adults, youth and children) hosts an informal dinner for members of the local Town Council at one of our homes
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Australia’s diverse religious communities are calling on the Iranian Government to immediately release on bail seven Baha’i leaders who have been sentenced to 20 years in jail.
A major Australian newspaper has given prominent coverage to the fate of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders whose recent 20 year sentence has prompted widespread international outrage.
Twenty year jail sentences imposed on seven innocent Iranian Baha’i leaders are part of a systematic campaign to eradicate the Baha’i community as a viable entity in Iran, an Australian Baha’i Community spokesperson, Tessa Scrine, said today.
The Australian Government has expressed “deep concern” following reports that seven Iranian Baha’i leaders have each received prison sentences of 20 years.
Reports received by the Baha’i International Community indicate that seven Iranian Baha’i leaders have each received jail sentences of 20 years, the Baha’i World News Service reported today.
Seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders in Iran should be released on bail immediately, a spokesperson for the Australian Baha’i Community, Tessa Scrine, said today.
Attackers demolished homes belonging to 50 Baha’i families in Iran on 22 June.
A public service at the Baha’i Temple this Sunday, 20 June, will be an opportunity to express appreciation for the warm welcome received in Australia by Baha’i refugees escaping from religious persecution in Iran.
The trial of seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned for more than two years in Iran seems to have concluded after hearings on 12, 13 and 14 June.