| 2021 5 Feb |
More than 40 prominent members of Canada's legal community, including former Supreme Court judges and justice ministers, have penned an open letter to the Chief Justice of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, in order to draw attention to what they call "an alarming new chapter" in Iran's state-sanctioned persecution of its Bahá'í religious minority.
Their letter came in response to a series of court rulings in 2020 that sanctioned the confiscation of the properties of dozens Bahá'ís in the village of Ivel in northern Iran justifying the seizure and sale of land on the grounds their religion denies them the right to own property. [Globe & Mail 8Feb21]
For a complete report see Land confiscation and mass displacement of Bahá'ís in Iran.
For the letter and the list of signatories see Open Letter to the Chief Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney included his signature on this open letter. [BWNS1488]
Australian farmers have released a video message drawing attention to the unjust confiscation of lands belonging to their "farming brothers and sisters" in Iran. [BWNS1492]
The Collective Statement by Iranian Religious Modernists Condemning Confiscation of Baha'i Property. |
Persecution, Iran; Ivel; Mazandaran, Iran; Iran |
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