Jennie George (Throsby, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes the statement made on 20 March 2006 by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief expressing concern about the treatment of followers of the Baha’i faith in Iran;

(2)

expresses its grave concern that instructions have been issued to collect information and monitor activities of members of the Baha’i faith in Iran;

(3)

regards such action as an unacceptable interference with the rights of members of religious minorities;

(4)

fears that such monitoring could be used as the basis for persecution and discrimination against members of the Baha'i faith; and

(5)

urges the Government to pursue these concerns with our Embassy and with representatives of the Iranian Government.

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