Lynnwood — Education is Not a Crime, a worldwide campaign drawing attention to the constructive response of the Baha’i community to the Iranian government’s systematic denial of university education to young Baha’is, is gaining momentum as it nears its global day of action, 27 February.
The Education is Not a Crime campaign has been endorsed by many prominent individuals. These include Nobel Peace laureates such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Shirin Ebadi, Tawakkol Karman, Jody Williams, and Mairead Maguire. In addition, it has won the support of a number of other artists and intellectuals including Nazanin Boniadi, Abbas Milani, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Azar Nafisi, Omid Djalili, Eva LaRue, and Mohammad Maleki, former president of the University of Tehran.
A section of the site has been devoted to providing information on how individuals can become involved in the initiative. In addition, numerous videos have been posted, both on the website and the Facebook page of the campaign, by people around the world who have sent messages supporting the right of the Baha’is in Iran to study.
“Education is a basic human right,” says an individual in his video posted on the website. “It’s like…the right to livelihood, safety or work, right to shelter. It’s a basic human right, it’s not a crime. Deprivation of it is a crime.” ( http://news.bahai.org/story/1039)
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