Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   incitement in the genocide convention. That's the first question. The second question has to do with the fact that tomorrow is the global day of action for the Education is Not a Crime campaign to dramatize the painful reality that education is a crime for the Baha'i community, whose

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   of Baha'i , we're the guardians of the faith of Islam or Shiism. I see that ideological connection here. I think it's always worthwhile, when you're looking at these violators, to look at the ideological foundations of their hatred. What we see with Iran is an ideological foundation

Bahá’i Community in Iran  Mr. Speaker, tomorrow is the global day of action for the Education is Not a Crime campaign to dramatize the painful reality that education is a crime for the Bahá’i community in Iran, a case study of the persecution and prosecution of the Bahá’i, Iran's largest religious

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   as far as the lifestyle in Iran goes in order to stay out of jail. Simply for being a Baha'i person and loving people and telling people that you're Baha'i, you can be incarcerated in Iran. Simply for being a Jew, you can be incarcerated in Iran. Simply by putting one entry in a blog

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   will focus on only two broad areas of discrimination that we have been subject to. The first is the denial of access to education and my imprisonment related to that. The second is economic pressure. Like all other Iranian Baha'is, I was not allowed to enter any university in Iran. I

Iran Accountability Week  Mr. Speaker, yesterday, an all-party parliamentary group launched the fourth annual Iran Accountability Week at a most propitious time, as the P5+1 nuclear negotiations with Iran have overshadowed, not sanitized, the Iranian regime's massive domestic oppression, including

Iran Accountability Week  , like Canada, is a culturally and linguistically diverse country. Unfortunately, the Iranian regime views this rich diversity as a threat. Ethnic and religious minority communities in Iran face persistent marginalization, harassment, arbitrary arrests, and detention. Iran's Baha'i

Iran Accountability Week  Mr. Chair, I am pleased to rise today to speak to the human rights situation in Iran. It is extremely important that all members of the House send a very clear message that in Canada we support the aspirations of the Iranian people when they seek freedom, peace, and democracy

Iran Accountability Week   are of the Baha'i fath, and they have been in to see me on numerous occasions about the treatment of the Baha'i people in Iran. I know that the camp has now disbanded and that the Baha'i people have been moved to other places, but I wonder if my colleague has any comment on what the Baha'i

Iran Accountability Week  Mr. Chair, I am delighted to join in this take note debate on the situation in Iran. I want to commend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and for International Human Rights on his remarks this evening, as well as my colleague, the member

Iran Accountability Week   they are. I would like to give three examples. The first involves homosexuals because we know that sexual relations between consenting adults can carry the death penalty in Iran. That is completely unacceptable. Second, we often hear about the Baha'i minority, which has suffered widespread

Iran Accountability Week   is used frequently in Iran. In a three-day period last month, 43 people were executed. Persecution of the Baha'i people in Iran, a religious minority, has gotten worse. We know of more than 900 political prisoners in Iranian jails, which means there are probably many more

Iran Accountability Week   and openly manifesting their faith. This not only deprives them of their religious freedoms, but is also a central component of their human dignity. This is especially true for the Baha'is, Christians, as well as Sufi and Sunni Muslims living in Iran. Their persecution remains

Iran Accountability Week  , a courageous challenge to the wanton executions in Iran. Accordingly, as I mentioned earlier, as part of the Iranian political prisoner global advocacy project, I am continuing my advocacy on behalf of the seven imprisoned leaders of the Baha'i community, known as the Yaran, and have also

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Chair. Distinguished honourable members, it's a great pleasure to be here at the committee to speak on Iran. Six weeks ago I made much discussion about the state of human rights in Iran. The UN Human Rights Council voted to renew my mandate for another year