Night's decision by student leaders to suspend mass rallies. President Johnson’s Daily Brief, Excerpt: “A temporary truce may follow last
The capital is rife with rumors of revolution and military takeover, and the government expects a major act of sabotage before the opening of the Olympics on 12 October.†President Johnson’s Daily Brief, Excerpt: “There is a general feeling of insecurity in Mexico City following the extreme violence of 2 October. Army Psychological Operations Report on Tet Campaign and Offensive,
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Update from Admiral Sharp to General Westmoreland on the situation in Saigon, including attack on the U.S. President Johnson’s proclamation designating 4/7/68, as a national day of mourning for MLK, Jr.Ĭable from Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, to Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff re: Tet. President’s Commision on the Assassination of Robert Kennedy, finding aid to records The Church publishes this blog to help create a better understanding of the freedom of religion and belief and provide news on religious freedom and issues affecting this freedom around the world.įor more information, visit the Scientology website or Scientology Network.Special Christmas Eve Message from Apollo 8, see related press releaseīlack Power: National Archives Subject Guide In a world where conflicts are often traceable to intolerance of others’ religious beliefs and practices, the Church has, for more than 50 years, made the preservation of religious liberty an overriding concern. Iran has made the list consistently since 1999.įrom its beginnings, the Church of Scientology has recognized that freedom of religion is a fundamental human right. State Department, listed Iran among 14 “countries of particular concern” for their “systematic, ongoing, and egregious” violations of religious freedom. In its 2020 annual report released last June, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a bipartisan federal body within the U.S.
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Nader added, “As the regime faces more internal unrest, the more it’ll crack down on religious minorities it views as threatening its stranglehold on religion.” Meanwhile, in the aftermath of the latest arrests of Christian converts, the Jerusalem Post quoted Alireza Nader, the CEO of a Washington, D.C.-based research and advocacy group for Iran, as saying that “Christianity is on the rise in Iran, along with other non-Islamic religions.” In April, Article 18 reported that 16 Christian converts from Bushehr, convicted for “propaganda activities against the regime through the formation of house churches,” lost appeals against their prison sentences.
This past May, Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi acknowledged his officers were bringing in Muslims who had converted to Christianity because conversions were “happening right before our eyes,” the human rights organization reported. The officials also searched the offices of two Christians and confiscated computer hard drives and security camera recordings, the human rights group said in a July 3 article on its website, adding that the officers are “reported to have treated the Christians harshly, even though small children were present during the arrests.” Iranian authorities did not allow the arrested Christians, whose ages ranged from 27 to 61, access to lawyers. Security officials who introduced themselves as agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence “stormed the Christians’ homes in a coordinated operation … confiscating Bibles, Christian literature, wooden crosses and pictures carrying Christian symbols, along with laptops, phones, all forms of identity cards and other personal belongings,” Article 18 said. The group takes its name from the number of the article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guaranteeing the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.Īrticle 18, said the arrests occurred July 1 in the southern Persian Gulf port city of Bushehr, and that all the adherents, who included five members of one family, were sent into solitary confinement in an intelligence ministry site in the city. Holy Savior Cathedral, Isfahan, IRAN (Milosz Maslanka, )
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