10,000 days is a long time in anybody’s book, but especially so for Iran’s seven former Baha’i leaders.
For on 1 April that’s how long they’d spent in prison between them.
Read more about the story of Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Mahvash Sabet, Behrouz Tavakkoli, and Vahid Tizfahm here.
Ms. Sabet was detained on 5 March 2008. Her six colleagues were arrested in early morning raids on their homes on 14 May 2008.
1 April is traditionally a day when there can be fun and laughter – known as April Fool’s Day. But 1 April is no laughing matter for Iran’s seven former Baha’i leaders.
For 1 April marks 10,000 days that Iran’s seven former Baha’i leaders have spent in prison between them. Throughout this time they have been deprived of the rights accorded to prisoners under Iran’s own laws and regulations.
In an initiative coordinated by human rights group United4Iran, large images of the seven are being displayed on mobile billboards and in other settings in some 12 major cities around the world.
Thames Valley Bahá’í Community 