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Bahá’í News UK is pleased to share the following commentary article written by Brian Whitaker, Middle East Editor for The Guardian. The full article is published in The Guardian’s Comment is Free section. 

Students at Durham University  have passed a motion expressing their concern for young Bahá’ís in Iran who are excluded from higher education. 
The motion - passed last night by Durham’s Student Union (DSU) - affirmed that  all people should have equal access to higher education on the basis of merit. 
Since 1979, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has systematically [...]

Bahá’í News UK is pleased to share the following commentary article written by Dr Nazila Ghanea, Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford. She serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal of Religion and Human Rights. The article has been published in the Personal View pages of  Telegraph.co.uk’s Comment section.
What connects an [...]

The recent shootings in Antrim and Craigavon – in which two soldiers and a police officer died – have been condemned by the Bahá’ís of Northern Ireland.
“We are very disturbed by these events…this is a shocking development,” wrote the Bahá’í Council for Northern Ireland in a statement to the Community NI website, a portal [...]

The Bahá’í International Community has issued an open letter to Iran’s prosecutor general outlining the tragic history of the persecution of Bahá’ís in that country, explaining their innocence in the face of accusations made by the government, and asking for fairness in any upcoming trial of seven Bahá’í prisoners.
Sent on 4 March by email to Ayatollah [...]