MPs and representatives of Sydney’s major religions will attend tomorrow’s interfaith gathering at NSW Parliament House to be addressed by prominent jurist John Dowd and relatives of imprisoned Baha’i leaders in Iran.

Baha’is throughout Australia will hold public devotional gatherings this Sunday, 7 February 2010, to pray for seven long-imprisoned Baha’i leaders whose trial is scheduled to resume in Iran on that day.

The lawyers for seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders in Iran have been told by authorities that the next session of their clients’ trial is scheduled for 7 February.

Violations of internationally-accepted rules for fair trials have been reported at the trial of seven long-imprisoned Baha’i leaders which opened in Iran yesterday.

Australian Baha’is are extremely concerned for the safety of seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders who are set to face trial in Iran on Tuesday 12 January, a spokesperson, Natalie Mobini, said today.

Baha’is from Australia and four other continents will deliver presentations at the Parliament of the World’s Religions to be held in Melbourne from 3-9 December 2009.

The Australian Baha’i Community has joined with many organisations in Australia to promote the importance of educating girls in order to eradicate poverty.

The trial of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran set for 18 October 2009 has been postponed without any new date given.

An East Timorese nurse studying in Western Australia under a peace scholarship was a guest speaker at a devotional meeting held at the Baha’i Centre of Learning in Perth on 10 October 2009.

A special public service was held in the Baha’i House of Worship in Sydney at 7.30 pm on Saturday, 10 October 2009 in remembrance of victims of the recent natural disasters in Samoa, Tonga, Indonesia and other countries in our region.