Iranian Baha'i leaders hit by 'vindictive' sentence extension

Thursday 31 March 2011 The reimposition of 20-year jail terms on seven leaders of Iran's Baha'i religious minority is “outrageous”, says Amnesty International. The reimposition of 20-year jail terms on seven leaders of Iran's Baha'i religious minority is “outrageous”, Amnesty International said today as it made a renewed call for their immediate release.The seven had previously had their sentences cut from 20 to10 years by an Iranian appeal court, only for the authorities to reverse the decision. "Yet again, the Iranian authorities are manipulating their own justice system to persecute members…

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