Since June, at least 14 Bahais have been arrested, a trend that exemplifies a pattern of systematic persecution of Iranian Bahais by the government, this despite its claims to uphold international standards of human rights. In Yazd, 20 Bahais who had originally been acquitted of charges leveled against them in 2012 learned in August 2013 that their cases had been re-opened and all 20 sentenced to prison, notwithstanding the judge’s admission that they were being treated unjustly. The Bahais appealed the case and, in a flagrant miscarriage of justice, the sentences against all 20 were upheld. The deputy head of the Justice Administration told the lawyers of the Bahais that: “The accused are members of a hostile sect who have no citizenship rights.”
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 06:36:28 +0000
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