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[Iran Press Watch: The Baha'is] Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch has received the following urgent request from the Baha’is of Shiraz.  It is requested that this note be posted in as many other sites as possible.

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[News] Amnesty International, US State Department call for release of ...: the appeal advises, "stating that Amnesty International would consider them to be prisoners of conscience if they are detained because of their Baha'i faith... calling for their release if they are not to be charged with a recognizably criminal offence and brought to trial promptly and fairly"

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[Worldfocus] Full Show: February 25, 2009 | Worldfocus: As a family member of the Baha’is of Shiraz that were similarly persecuted - one, as young as 16 - i stand as an evidence that such injustices have not and will never quench the existence of an ever peaceful, harmonious and none-political faith. Please please keep being the voice of those oppressed and denied life.

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