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A Uyghur student is set to go on trial for “separatism” in the city of Urumqi on Tuesday in what appears to be the latest example of the Chinese government’s strategy to unlawfully imprison Muslims in the country’s Xinjiang region,…

The UN human rights office said on Tuesday that 306,887 civilians had been killed in Syria during the conflict since March 2011 in what it said was the highest estimate yet. UN human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet said this analysis…

Amnesty International has accused Lithuanian authorities of arbitrarily detaining thousands of migrants in military centers, subjecting them to “inhumane treatment” and torturing them. Amnesty International released a report detailing how refugees and migrants have been held for months in prison-like…

Campus housing for Shia university students was recently opened in the city of Majunga in the Republic of Madagascar. The aforementioned housing was built by the Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi,…

Extremist Christian hate preacher Dillon Awes has declared that every homosexual in America “should be lined up against the wall and shot in the back of the head”. The comments were made during Pride Month by Dillon Awes of Steadfast…

Local media sources in Afghanistan revealed the theft of a manuscript copy of the Holy Quran attributed to Imam Hassan Al-Mujtaba, peace be upon him, from the National Archives. “The Afghan National Archives is the most important center for preserving…

The Hajj Mission of His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi visited the Hajj Missions of Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Bashir al-Najafi and Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Ishaq al-Fayyadh in Medina. In a statement received by Shia Waves News Agency, the…

The daily scientific session of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, was held in his honorable house in the holy city of Qom, on Monday, 27 Dhu al-Qa’dah 1443 AH (06/27/2022 AD), in the…

Internally displaced people (IDPs) in camps across South Sudan are demanding more food aid to address unprecedented levels of hunger after the UN World Food Program (WFP) suspended assistance due to critical funding shortages. According to the latest report by…

The United Nations rights envoy in Afghanistan said on Thursday the country faces “severe” human rights challenges and called on Taliban to reverse growing restrictions on women and investigate attacks against religious minorities. Richard Bennett, UN special rapporteur for human…