GENEVA (22 May 2017) – “The recent escalation in the persistent pattern of persecution of the Bahá’í community in Sana’a mirrors the persecution suffered by the Bahá’ís living in Iran,” said today the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Ahmed Shaheed. “Many Yemeni Bahá’í families in Sana’a have left their homes and live in constant fear,” he warned. “The harassment against the Bahá’ís, as religious minorities, seems to persist, if not worsen amounting to religious persecution in Yemen,” the human rights expert said. “It is unacceptable…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 22 May 2017. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
