GENEVA, 5 August (BWNS) – The imprisonment of seven Baha'i leaders in Iran has been extended for a further two months, the Baha'i International Community has learned.
The trial of the seven concluded on 14 June. No verdict has yet been given.
"These innocent Baha'is have now been held for more than two years under a series of successive orders for their 'temporary' detention, which by law must not exceed two months," said Diane Ala'i, representative of the Baha'i International Community to the United Nations in Geneva.
On 24 July, two days after the most recent two-month prison term concluded, the defense attorneys for the seven once again issued a formal request that the prisoners be released on bail, as permitted under Iranian law.
Since then, the judge presiding over the case has told the prisoners that their detention had once again been extended for two months.
The attorneys have now submitted a written objection to the extension, said Ms. Alai.
"There is no legal basis whatsoever to refuse the request that the defendants be released on bail," she said.
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