Chronology: Date 2016-11-2

date	event	tags	firsts	refs
2016 27 Nov	In Yemen, Nadim al-Sakkaf and his brother Nader, who were detained from August 10th, were unexpectedly released from prison in Sana'a. Their release, it was believed, was in no small part due to the relentless advocacy of their wives Ruhiyeh al-Sakkaf and Nafheh al-Sakkaf. Their friend Kaiwan Mohamed Ali Qadri, who was arrested in the same raid, remained in custody. [Religion News Service 20161129] Photos of the four can be found on the same page.	Persecution, Yemen; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution; Sanaa; Yemen
2016 25 Nov	In a message addressed to the Bahá'ís of the World on of the Day of the Covenant, the Universal House of Justice marked the beginning of a new five-year term of service for the Auxiliary Board Members and announced an augmentation in the number of members by 144 bringing the total to 1,134 members distributed evenly between the Propagation and the Protection Boards. In the same message it announced plans for a series of conferences called by the International Teaching Centre where the Auxiliary Board Members would be assisted in the deepening of their understanding of the spiritual nature of their work and the wide-ranging responsibilities they will shoulder.	Auxiliary Board Members; Assistants; Statistics; Bahá'í World Centre
2016 24 Nov	From her cell in Evin prison, In a open letter to her six-month old granddaughter, Bajar, Fariba Kamalabadi one of the members of the imprisoned Yaran of Iran, wrote about the suffering of the Bahá'í citizens and of her dreams for humanity. [Iran Press Watch 16140]	Yaran; Evin Prison; Prisons; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other; Persecution; Human Rights; Tehran, Iran; Iran
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