{"id":1202,"date":"2010-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/religious-communities-want-bahais-released\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:52:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:52:49","slug":"religious-communities-want-bahais-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/religious-communities-want-bahais-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious communities want Baha&apos;is released"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/friends%20in%20iran.jpg\" alt=\"Religious communities want Bahais released\" \/><figcaption>The seven Baha&#8217;i leaders sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Australia\u2019s diverse religious communities are calling on the Iranian Government to immediately release on bail seven Baha\u2019i leaders who have been sentenced to 20 years in jail.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Partnership of Religious Organisations (APRO) has also called upon the Iranian Government to expedite an appeal that respects international standards of jurisprudence.<\/p>\n<p>The APRO members supporting the statement include the National Council of Churches in Australia, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, the Federation of Australian Buddhist Councils, the Australian Sangha Association, the Sikh Kirtan Prachar Mission of Australia, the Australian Baha\u2019i Community and the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the light of reports that seven Baha\u2019i leaders in Iran have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, the Australian Partnership of Religious Organisations (APRO) joins the Australian Government in expressing deep concern at the treatment of the Iranian Baha\u2019i community,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese seven leaders \u2013 Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Mahvash Sabet, Behrouz Tavakkoli, and Vahid Tizfahm \u2013 were charged with espionage, propaganda activities against the Islamic order, and the establishment of an illegal administration, among other allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have already endured more than two years of \u2018temporary\u2019 detention under harsh conditions, in clear breach of the rights to which they are entitled under Iranian and international law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike many governments and civil society organisations around the world, we believe that the sentences are based solely on their peaceful activities as members of the ad hoc national coordinating group for Iran&#8217;s Baha\u2019i community. They have not been given a fair and public trial according to international law. No evidence appears to have ever been presented against them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs leaders of Australia\u2019s diverse religious communities, we call on the Iranian government to immediately release these individuals on bail and to expedite a fairly conducted appeal hearing that respects international standards of jurisprudence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFreedom of religion and belief is a right guaranteed to all people under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Iran is a state party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on the Iranian government to respect and protect the right of all Iranians, including Baha\u2019is and other religious minorities, to profess and practise the religion of their choice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s diverse religious communities are calling on the Iranian Government to immediately release on bail seven Baha\u2019i leaders who have been sentenced to 20 years in jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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