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When Jan Floyd-Douglass decided to buy a new car, she bypassed suitable models from eight different manufacturers � and then wrote to tell them why. “I love your car but I didn’t buy it because I don’t like your advertisements because they demean women,” wrote Ms. Floyd-Douglass, who is on the board of the Women’s National Commission in the United Kingdom. She told the story during a panel…

The third court session for seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned in Iran is scheduled for 10 April, a day earlier than originally announced. Diane Ala’i, representative of the Baha’i International Community to the United Nations in Geneva, said attorneys in Iran have now received written notice of the court date, confirming it as 10 April, a Saturday. The earlier notification was oral. The seven…

A third court date has been announced for seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned in Iran, the Baha’i International Community has learned. The trial proceedings � begun on 12 January after the seven had been incarcerated in Tehran’s Evin prison for 20 months � will continue on Sunday, 11 April, according to information conveyed orally to their attorneys. Government-sponsored news media…

A new model of decision-making among peoples of different cultures would contribute to integration “at this time of transition to a new social order,” according to a new Baha’i statement. The statement was prepared for the 48th United Nations Commission for Social Development, which concluded on 12 February. The commission is the chief UN body charged with following up on the World Summit on…

Countries from around the world have voiced strong concern at the United Nations Human Rights Council over Iran’s deteriorating human rights record. In speeches yesterday and in documents filed with the Council, nations and human rights groups described the degree to which Iran has failed to live up to its obligations under international human rights law. “The good news is that governments…