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Amnesty International has welcomed the United States decision to freeze arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), calling on European countries to follow suit and end weapons exports to the two countries involved in the devastating…

The number of Islamophobic incidents in France, home to Western Europe’s largest Muslim community, rose sharply last year amid controversy over the government’s stance toward the religious minority, the head of a monitoring group said Friday.According to the head of…

The Saudi coalition forces launched several air strikes on the provinces of Saada and Al-Hodeidah in Yemen, causing material damage to the property of citizens.A security source confirmed that the coalition warplanes launched 3 raids on Al-Dhahir district and 3…

The Imam Hussein Islamic Center in the Canadian city of Edmonton, will organize a virtual educational course on the teachings of the People of the House, peace be upon them, for children in Canada.The center announced that, in response to…

The National Security Agency in Mosul announced the arrest of 7 ISIS terrorists who were planning to target the province with terrorist attacks.In a statement received by Shiawaves, the agency stated, “Based on information received through the free hotline (131),…

Amnesty International launched a Twitter campaign to demand the immediate release of activists and human rights defenders, who were arbitrarily arrested in Egypt.The organization said, through its Twitter account, “Ten years after the January 25 revolution in Egypt, many activists…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, expressed its strong condemnation of the Israeli campaign of arrests, which affected a number of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank.In a statement, the organization stated that Palestinian human rights sources reported that the…

Several prominent human rights organizations have filed a lawsuit against the French government over racist and discriminatory acts by the police against Muslims and minorities, which recently sparked angry protests across France.“Six NGOs, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International,…

Three people were killed and 13 others were wounded, in two separate explosions in Afghanistan.According to Xinhua, Kabul Police spokesman Firdaus Faramarz said, “An explosive device exploded as an Afghan police truck was passing by in the capital, Kabul, slightly…

Bangladesh will move 2,000-3,000 more Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal this week, a navy officer said on Wednesday, despite complaints by rights groups concerned about the site’s vulnerability to storms and flooding.Bangladesh has…