Human rights

"free7bahais"Toronto, Ontario, 26 August 2010 (CBNS) — This week, a twitter campaign was launched with a website http://free7bahais.ca. The campaign uses the twitter phrase “free7bahais”.

Vancouver, British ColumbiaVancouver, British Columbia, 11 August 2010 (CBNS) — More than 1,400 Baha’is meet this weekend at a downtown Vancouver hotel for the annual Association for Baha’i Studies Conference amidst community-wide anguish at the sentencing in Iran on Sunday of seven Baha'i leaders.

The seven Baha'i prisonersOttawa, Ontario, 10 August 2010 (CBNS) — The following is the press release issued today by the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada:

Dr. Payam Akhavan, from McGill University, speaking at the "Human Rights and Religious Freedom" seminarReligious leaders call for action on poverty, environment and peace:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 25 June 2010 (CBNS) — World leaders meeting in Canada have been urged to take “inspired leadership and action” to halt poverty, protect the environment and end violent conflict. The challenge was made by 80 senior religious leaders from around the world meeting in Winnipeg at the G8 Religious Leaders Summit this past week. See the full story from the Baha'i World News Service:
http://news.bahai.org/story/779.

Senator Roméo Dallaire Ottawa, Ontario, 18 June 2010 (CBNS) — On June 16th, Senator Roméo Dallaire delivered the following statement about the persecution of Baha'is in Iran to Canada's Senate.