Human rights

Dr. Payam Akhavan, from McGill University, speaking at the "Human Rights and Religious Freedom" seminarReligious leaders call for action on poverty, environment and peace:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 25 June 2010 (CBNS) — World leaders meeting in Canada have been urged to take “inspired leadership and action” to halt poverty, protect the environment and end violent conflict. The challenge was made by 80 senior religious leaders from around the world meeting in Winnipeg at the G8 Religious Leaders Summit this past week. See the full story from the Baha'i World News Service:
http://news.bahai.org/story/779.

Senator Roméo Dallaire Ottawa, Ontario, 18 June 2010 (CBNS) — On June 16th, Senator Roméo Dallaire delivered the following statement about the persecution of Baha'is in Iran to Canada's Senate.

New York, United States, 14 June 2010 (BWNS) — The trial of seven Baha'i leaders imprisoned for more than two years in Iran seems to have come to a conclusion after three days of successive court hearings.

The seven appeared in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran on the morning of Saturday, 12 June and returned to Evin Prison shortly after noon.

In Berlin, Germany, a replica prison cell was erected at the city's historic Brandenburg Gate, to draw attention to the case of Iran's imprisoned Baha'i leaders.Brussels, Belgium, 13 June 2010 (BWNS) — On a global day of action highlighting human rights abuses in Iran, the European Union and the Prime Minister of Canada issued strong statements calling for Iran to respect international law.

Toronto, Ontario, 7 June 2010 (CBNS) — Naeim Tavakkoli, an engineer in Ottawa, faces an excruciating week waiting to see just what the fate of his imprisoned father, Behrouz Tavakkoli, will be. Nika Khanjani, a graduate student in Montreal, waits to see what will happen to her uncle, Jamaloddin Khanjani. They will both appear in court in Tehran on 12 June.