wfn.org | Baha'i news: Court date for Baha'i leaders now announced as 10 April

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Court date for Baha'i leaders now announced as 10 April

GENEVA, 22 February (BWNS) - The third court session for seven Baha'i leade rs imprisoned in Iran is scheduled for 10 April, a day earlier than origina lly announced.

Diane Ala'i, representative of the Baha'i International Community to the Un ited Nations in Geneva, said attorneys in Iran have now received written no tice of the court date, confirming it as 10 April, a Saturday. The earlier  notification was oral.

The seven defendants have been imprisoned since 2008 and only last month we re presented with formal charges - including espionage and "corruption on e arth" - which they categorically deny.