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| 1991 14 May |
The first local spiritual assembly in Armenia was formed at Yerevan. |
Yerevan; Armenia |
Local Spiritual Assembly |
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| 1992 Ridván |
The former National Spiritual Assembly of the USSR with its seat in Moscow became the Regional Spiritual Assembly of Russia, Georgia and Armenia. [CBN Jan92 p2, CBN Jan91 pg2, BW92–3:119; VV121]
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Russia; Georgia; Armenia |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1994 May 19 |
The first National Bahá'í Conference of Armenia was held in Yerevan. [BINS318:5–6] |
Yerevan; Armenia |
Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, National |
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| 1995 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Armenia was formed [BINS343:3; BW24p15]
A brief history of the Bahá'ís of Armenia. [BW24p47] |
Armenia |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1996 Ridván |
The formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of Armenia. [Ridván Message 152] |
Armenia |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 2019 (In the year) |
During the year, Edward Manasyan, a prominent member of the Bahá'í community, continued to face charges of facilitating illegal migration to the country by advising Iranians wishing to settle in Armenia.
He had been arrested and charged in 2017 and held under pretrial detention for eight months before the trial court judge released him on bail in July 2018.
Local NGOs and human rights lawyers shared concerns about the surveillance of Bahá'í community members preceding Manasyan’s arrest, which they believed was approved in violation of the law because it violated lawyer-client privilege.
In April the Bahá'í community filed a countersuit against the NSS with the Court of Appeals, stating the National Security Service (NSS) illegally used wiretaps to surveil a Bahá'í community member and the community’s office and used the information gathered as the basis to charge Manasyan. According to the documents provided to the Bahá'í community, the surveillance authorizations were approved based on the assertion that Manasyan was the head of a “religious-sectarian” organization and was “soul-hunting,” but no charges were proffered on these grounds. [Armenia 2019 International Religious Freedom Report from the US Embassy] |
Armenia |
Persecution, Armenia |
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- Bahá'ís of the Caucasus, The, by Bayram Balci and Azer Jafarov, in Caucaz Europe News (2007). Three short articles: "Who are the Baha’is of the Caucasus?," "From Russian Tolerance to Soviet Repression," and "An Independent Azerbaijan." [about]
- Die deutsche Auswanderung 1816/1817 in den Kaukasus und ihre millenaristischen Hintergründe, by Kamran Ekbal, in Beiträge des 'Irfán-Kolloqiums, 3 (2006). The phenomenon of emigration from Germany to the Caucasus, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan around 1816-1817, and its messianic background. [about]
- Les Bahaïs du Caucase: b.a.-ba d'une communauté méconnue, by Azer Jafarov and Bayram Balci, in Religion et politique dans le Caucase post-soviétique (2007). Chapter on "the Bahá'ís of the Caucasus, the basics [lit. the ABCs] of an unknown community." [about]
- References to the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S. State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, by United States Department of State (1991). Excerpts from the State Department's annual compilation of Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on discrimination against the Bahá'í Faith and persecution of its adherents in twenty countries. [about]
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