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The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, called on the United Nations to take its supposed role in resolving international conflicts and take serious action to stop the bloodshed in Yemen and Syria.The organization stated in a statement received by Shiawaves,…

Mark Lowcock, a United Nations aid official, urged Gulf states to take action to prevent widespread “man-made” famine in Yemen, by raising $ 3.85 billion for humanitarian operations.He added, “If the United Nations does not get the funds it needs…

The French newspaper “Le Monde” denounced in an article “France’s fatal support to Saudi Arabia in Yemen,” saying that while the United States and Italy halted arms shipments to Riyadh, Paris remains silent and completely turns a blind eye to…

The SAM Organization for Rights and Freedoms accused Emirati militias of adopting a policy of intimidation and enforced disappearance of civilians in the towns of Al-Hudaydah province, in western Yemen.The organization said that the repeated arrests and summons by Emirati-backed…

Human Rights Watch confirmed Saudi Arabia has taken important steps to eliminate content of hatred from its school religion textbooks, but the current texts maintain language that disparages practices associated with religious minorities.A comprehensive Human Rights Watch review of Education…

Nearly 2.3 million children under the age of five in Yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, four United Nations agencies warned today. Of these, 400,000 are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition and could die…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, has welcomed the decision of the Saudi authorities to release the activist Loujain Al-Hathoul and some prisoners of conscience, calling for all judicial decisions to be dropped for those convicted of human rights cases.The…

The International Shia Rights Watch organization expressed its condemnation of the sectarian rulings recently issued by Saudi courts against a number of young Shias for their participation in peaceful religious events inside the Kingdom.In a statement, the organization calls for…

The Bahraini Ministry of Interior announced that a prisoner in Jaw Central Prison had been infected with the Coronavirus, indicating that it had quarantined those in contact with him.The Ministry said, “The General Administration for Reform and Rehabilitation has taken…

British ministers have refused to join the US in suspending arms sales to Saudi Arabia for offensive use in war-torn Yemen, saying the UK makes its own decisions about selling weapons.On Monday, the UK Foreign Office minister, James Cleverly, said…