- Target:
- UN, Ban ki-Moon, OHCHR, Navi Pillay, Ahmed Shaheed, State Department, EU, European Parliament
- Region:
- Iran
- Website:
- hra-news.org
HRANA News Agency February 13, 2015 – Farah Baghi, a Bahai from Yazd who has been sentenced to one year in prison and a one-year suspended sentence, has reported to prison in Yazd to begin her sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), she had previously been informed that she would begin her sentence on February 13, but on February 9 security officers appeared at her door to take her to prison.
When she explained that she was summoned to prison on February 13, they agreed that she could take herself to the court offices, on February 10.
Mrs. Farah Baghi is the third Bahai to begin her sentence, out of group of 20 Baha'is who were arrested in Yazd, Isfahan, Kerman, Arak and neighbouring areas in August 2012.
WHEREAS: The only "crime" for which Farah Baghi was imprisoned is the peaceful practice of her Baha'i faith;
AND WHEREAS: Her arrest, conviction and imprisonment are therefore ILLEGAL under Article 18, Section 1, and Article 19, Sections 1 and 2, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as well as Article 24 of the Iranian Consitution;
THEREFORE: We, the undersigned, demand that the international community at all levels bring all possible pressure to bear upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately and unconditionally release Farh Baghi, reverse her conviction and those of the 19 other Baha'i defendants involved in this case, and drop all ILLEGAL charges brought against them.
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The Free Iranian Farah Baghi, Imprisoned For Her Baha'i Faith petition to UN, Ban ki-Moon, OHCHR, Navi Pillay, Ahmed Shaheed, State Department, EU, European Parliament was written by John S. Burke and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.