Omid Seioshanseian
Omid Seioshanseian | |
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| Counsellor | Asia 2005 - Present |
Omid Seioshanseian is a Baháʼí currently serving as a Continental Counsellor for Asia.
Background[edit]
Seioshansian was born in Qatar into a family which has resided in the country for generations. He was appointed as a Counsellor in 2005 and in 2013 he represented the Universal House of Justice at the Kadugannawa Youth Conference in Sri Lanka.[1]
In August 2021 Seioshansian was forced to leave Qatar and moved to India.[2] He was banned from entering the country based on unspecified criminal and national security charges with no evidence being submitted prompting the Bahá’í International Community to raise concerns.[3] In December 2024 he was arrested while in Egypt and detained for thirteen hours at Cairo International Airport during which he was physically mistreated, interrogated, and threatened.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://news.bahai.org/community-news/youth-conferences/kadugannawa.html
- ↑ UNITED STATES COMMISSION on INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, Increasing Religious Freedom Restrictions on Baha'is in Qatar, June 2022
- ↑ https://www.bic.org/news/qatar-expelling-and-blacklisting-bahais-could-indicate-pattern-religious-cleansing
- ↑ https://x.com/BahaiBIC_Rights/status/1867173936087073060
