Tyrone Benskin at the Subcommittee on International Human Rights

On October 30th, 2014. See this statement in context.

October 30th, 2014 / 1:55 p.m.

NDP

Tyrone Benskin NDP Jeanne-Le Ber, QC

Thank you.

You mentioned that under religious persecution, the Baha’i are being singled out as probably the most severely persecuted.

I have been approached in my riding a number of times by people who are of the Baha’i faith, who were trying to get a spouse out, and were having difficulty.

I'm just wondering, from your understanding, why is the Baha’i so attacked? What is it about the faith itself that threatens the conservative whole in Iran?

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