Human Rights  , together with the imprisoned Baha'i, symbolize the struggle for human rights in Iran; Liu Xiaobo, Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate, imprisoned for exercising his free speech; and Sergei Magnitsky, the Russian lawyer tortured and murdered in detention for exposing the culture

Office of Religious Freedom   are widespread, and they are increasing. In Iran, Baha'is and Christians face harassment, imprisonment and, in some cases, death. In Pakistan, Christian, Sikhs and Hindus are vulnerable to persecution and violence. In China, Christians who worship outside government-approved boundaries

Religious Freedom   of the Falun Gong; and the persecution of a variety of religious groups, including Christians, Jews, Baha'i, and other forms of Muslims in Iran, on which we have spent a bit of time. All of this causes me to want to focus on section (b)(i) of the motion put forward by my colleague from

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Good afternoon. I'm honoured to appear once again before this subcommittee to testify on the current human rights situation in Iran. I do so at a time when the circumstances are particularly difficult for the people of Iran. In the run-up to the June 14 election in the Islamic

Iran Accountability Week   is happening inside Iran. I want to draw attention to a few such examples. First, Navid Khanjani, a Baha'i student, was denied the right to go to university because of his faith and was sentenced to 12 years of brutal imprisonment in Tehran's Evin prison. It reconfirms the wilful pattern

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act   at all between these two countries. It is beyond outrageous. It is kind of like comparing them to the Martians and the Neptunians. In Iran, there is suppression, not merely of political dissidents, but murder of the entire leadership of the Baha'i faith, which originated in Iran

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I'm not as familiar with that particular case in Iraq, but I can certainly look into that and get back. We've engaged fairly regularly on the situation in Iran. I've developed a very good relationship with the Baha'i community here in Canada. Also, when I've

Committees of the House  , in countries including Iran, Pakistan, and Vietnam. In addition to Coptic Orthodox Christians, Ahmadiyya Muslims, Baha'is, Chaldean Catholics, Tibetan Buddhists, Jews, and Shia Muslims are experiencing difficulty in their ability to worship and practise their faith in peace. Acknowledging

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   is documenting the deterioration of the state of human rights in Iran under President Rouhani. The number of executions has actually gone up to more than 600—624—in the course of the past year. The number of Baha'i citizens being imprisoned solely because of their faith has increased. We

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Various communities within Iran are known to have been victims of persecution or serious human rights violations. Can you identify these communities and elaborate on the types of human rights abuses they face, stressing the differences and similarities of treatment

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   persecuting the Baha'i community. The reaction to persecution of the Jewish community would have been much harsher because the Jewish community in Iran.... Most Iranians consider Iranian Jews first and foremost as Iranians and then as Jews. This, I believe, can be documented by the fact

Iran   of Iran's Baha'i leadership, an execution binge that has seen 650 executions since Rouhani took office last August, and the continuing unjust imprisonment of more than 900 prisoners of conscience. Today parliamentarians heard from FDD experts Mark Dubowitz and Ali Alfoneh

Iran  Mr. Speaker, I rise to sound the alarm on the wave of wanton executions in Iran, the intensified persecution of the Baha'i and the imminent executions of three prisoners, including: the torture and threatened execution of senior Shiite clergyman Ayatollah Boroujerdi, known

Foreign Affairs committee  I could certainly look into that issue for you. I'm not aware of significant numbers, or even smaller numbers, of Christians fleeing into Iran to escape the situation with ISIL in Iraq. But certainly Iran has one of the worst records in the world in terms of religious

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   that the situation in Iran vis-à-vis human rights—and I would say human rights for anyone in Iran: average Iranians, Jews, Baha'is, Christians—has improved under Rouhani's rule.