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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) stated that due to a combination of the bitterly cold weather this winter and illnesses, hundreds of children have passed away this January, as per its official Twitter account. The tweet brings up that…

For years, this dystopian system of governance has been a reality in China’s far western Xinjiang region, where authorities have built a vast surveillance apparatus designed to detain, monitor and silence its population of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities. Now,…

The International Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim) denounced violations committed by the Tunisian authorities aimed at silencing and restricting freedom of speech, guaranteed by local and international laws. In a statement received by Shia Waves Agency the Organization said that, “Recurrent…

Record numbers of pilgrims, from various Iraqi provinces, have arrived in holy city of Al-Kadhimiya in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, to commemorate the painful tragedy of the martyrdom of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (peace be upon him). Correspondents of Shia Waves…

The death toll for the Turkey/Syria earthquakes has gone past 37,000, Turkish authorities officially say 31,974 people have been killed in the country, whilst more than 5,800 people are dead in Syria. However more than 8,000 people have been pulled…

A prominent rights group in Pakistan has expressed “considerable alarm” over the state of religious freedom in the country. In its report titled A Breach of Faith: Freedom of Religion or Belief in 2021-22 released on Tuesday, the Human Rights…

Human Rights Watch issued, Feb. 13th, a joint statement (signed by 23 other organizations) expressing their concerns about Saudi citizen Hassan al-Rabea who faces a death penalty if returned back to Saudi Arabia. “Returning him to Saudi Arabia would be…

In cooperation with the IHC organization (Imam Hussein Charity), the Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development, affiliated with the Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Al-Husseini Al-Shirazi, distributed firewood to the poor and needy families…

Millions of mourners are preparing to gather at the Holy al-Kazimiya Shrine to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Musa al-Kazim (AS), martyred on the 25th of Rajab in the Islamic calendar. According to historical accounts, Imam Musa al-Kazim (AS)…

Iraq’s Ministry of Transportation announced that 11 trains and 200 buses began transporting pilgrims to Holy Kadhimiya to commemorate martyrdom anniversary of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, peace be upon him. Media director of the Ministry of Transport, Hussein Al-Khafaji, said that…