by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 May 2019 | News
Two Iranian converts have been informed that their jail sentences have been upheld, four months after their appeal hearing, reports Middle East Concern. Zaman (Saheb) Fadaie and Fatemeh (Aylar) Bakhtari were sentenced to 18 months and 12 months in prison,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 May 2019 | News
The UK’s immigration service has hired clerics to train its staff in religious literacy, following years of criticism that workers are ill-equipped to deal with the complex claims of converts and others claiming persecution on religious grounds. The issue came to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 May 2019 | News
The Iranian parliament (Flickr / CC / Parmida Rahimi) Amnesty International has called on Iranian lawmakers to “urgently revise” a proposed amendment to the criminal code that would deny detainees facing charges such as “actions against national security”...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 May 2019 | News
Fatemeh Mohammadi (HRANA) A young woman who was jailed for six months for being part of a Tehran “house church” has written an open letter to Iran’s Minister of Intelligence, accusing him of violating the constitution by targeting Christians. Intelligence Minister...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 7 May 2019 | News
Dabrina Bet-Tamraz told the UN Human Rights Council last year that the charges against her parents were ‘baseless’. (World Evangelical Alliance) The daughter of an Assyrian pastor and his wife still awaiting the outcome of their appeals against prison...
