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Veteran actor, Earl Cameron, has been named a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in HM the Queen’s New Year Honours list. After a career spanning seven decades, 91 year old Mr Cameron has been honoured for his “services to drama”. A dedicated member of the Bahá’í faith since 1963, Mr Cameron – who now [...]

The UK Bahá’í community has welcomed a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly expressing “deep concern at serious human rights violations” in Iran. The resolution, which passed by a vote of 69 to 54, specifically criticized Iran’s use of torture, the high incidence of executions, the “violent repression” of women, and “increasing discrimination” [...]

Global warming and its impact on the world’s peoples should be addressed in the context of the ethical and moral issues that surround it.   In its contributions to the UN Climate Change conference in Poznan, Poland, this week, the Bahá’ís have released a working paper, ‘Redefining the Challenge of Climate Change‘. “The search for [...]

The 60th anniversary of the adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been marked with activities by Bahá’í students and school pupils around the United Kingdom. Taking the theme, Education is a Human Right, young Bahá’ís hosted a number of events to raise the issue of the denial of education to their [...]

Prominent figures from the worlds of education, law, human rights, religion and journalism have today published an open letter expressing grave concern at the Iranian government’s denial of access to education to members of the Bahá’í faith. The letter, published in today’s edition of The Times newspaper, to mark the 60th anniversary of the adoption [...]

The national governing body of the Bahá’í faith in the United Kingdom has joined a call for the Prime Minister to improve international efforts to protect freedom of religion and belief – specifically through the appointment of an Ambassador-at-Large for Freedom of Religion and Belief.  In a letter to Gordon Brown, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Release International [...]

Violence against women and girls is widely condemned, but still too widely perpetrated, according to Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, the Leader of the House of Lords. Baroness Royall, pictured right, was speaking at a reception held on Monday 8 December at the UK National Bahá’í Centre to highlight a Baha’i International Community statement, Beyond Legal Reforms: [...]

Lady Lilian Carpenter, the widow of the former Dean of Westminster Dr Edward Carpenter and a devoted member of the United Kingdom Bahá’í community has died at the age of 91. Lady Carpenter met her husband, then a young curate, at the Holy Trinity church in Marylebone where she was active in its Sunday School and [...]