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104 Rohingya were rescued by the Sri Lankan navy after their boat ran aground off the Indian Ocean island’s northern coast, an official said on Monday, as members of the Muslim minority continue to flee violence in Myanmar and languish…

On the eighteenth of December, the international body and human rights organizations are busy commemorating the International Day of Migrants, in an expression that includes sympathy and solidarity in order to address the negative aspects of this phenomenon that has…

Last week, the St. Paul school board in Minnesota voted to add Eid al-Fitr to the district’s academic calendar. Students will not have class on any of the dates. Also last week, the Board of Education of Fairfield, Conn., decided…

The European Parliament called on the Bahraini authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, who is sentenced to life imprisonment, and other detained political activists. Al-Khawaja has so far spent 12 years in prison, on the…

An Islamic group, Fityanul Islam of Nigeria has launched a N500 million fund to build an orphanage and skills acquisition center in Zaria, Kaduna state. Speaking at the launch on Thursday in Abuja, the group’s national secretary, Engr. Mansur Salihu…

The UN Security Council has warned that the threat of terrorism has increased and become more diffuse in various regions of the world aided by new technologies. It strongly condemned the flow of weapons, military equipment, drones and explosive devices…

Human rights defenders are seeing a surge in potentially deadly boat journeys by Rohingya refugees as they try to reach countries in Southeast Asia where they can access schools, food and jobs. Many of the stateless people have grown desperate…

The Ahlulbayt Center, peace be upon them, affiliated to Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in Majunga, Madagascar, is preparing to hold the ten-day Fatimid mourning ceremony. The ceremony will begin on 19th December until 27th of the same month.…

Many of the world’s largest car manufacturers may be linked to the forced labor of Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group based in Xinjiang, China, according to new research from Sheffield Hallam University. Tesla, Volkswagen, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, and Stellantis…

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the respect for human rights in China, Chad and Bahrain. In China, MEPs express their support for protesters fighting for fundamental rights who are being persecuted by the Chinese government, notably…