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Two shia scholars taken into illegal custody in Punjab, Pakistan
July 16, 2017
Two shia scholars taken into illegal custody in Punjab, Pakistan
Two Shia brothers studying in Iran and Iraq, respectively, were taken into illegal custody from their house in a locality in Kabirwala where they had returned to get medical treatment and marriage. Two Shia brothers studying in Iran and…
U.N. calls on Bahrain to release Shia rights activist
July 16, 2017
U.N. calls on Bahrain to release Shia rights activist
The U.N. human rights office called on Bahrain on Friday to “unconditionally and immediately” release a rights campaigner, who was sentenced to two years in jail this week. The U.N. human rights office called on Bahrain on Friday to…
Saudi forces kill Three Shia Muslims in Qatif
July 16, 2017
Saudi forces kill Three Shia Muslims in Qatif
Saudi security forces have reportedly killed three people during a raid on a Shia-populated region in the country’s east. Saudi security forces have reportedly killed three people during a raid on a Shia-populated region in the country’s east. The…
Fu’aa and Kafriya hold sit-in due to constant siege
July 16, 2017
Fu’aa and Kafriya hold sit-in due to constant siege
The people from the towns of Kafriya and Fu’aa, which are inhabited by Shiite people in the north-eastern countryside of Idlib, held a sit-in and raised slogans, calling for “lifting the siege of the two towns”, and denounced the “inaction…
WHO: Cholera outbreak in Yemen poses risk to Hajj pilgrims
July 16, 2017
WHO: Cholera outbreak in Yemen poses risk to Hajj pilgrims
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the cholera outbreak in Yemen could spread during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in September. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the cholera outbreak in Yemen could…
FAJ: Over 100 Iraqi journalists killed, injured covering Mosul battle
July 16, 2017
FAJ: Over 100 Iraqi journalists killed, injured covering Mosul battle
The Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) has announced that more than 100 Iraqi journalists have lost their lives and sustained injuries while covering fierce battles between Iraqi government forces and Takfiri Daesh terrorists in the run-up to the liberation of…
Afghan official: Gunmen abduct, kill 7 civilians from a bus
July 13, 2017
Afghan official: Gunmen abduct, kill 7 civilians from a bus
An Afghan official says gunmen snatched seven civilians off a bus in the western Farah province and shot and killed them. An Afghan official says gunmen snatched seven civilians off a bus in the western Farah province and…
Saudi Arabia executes four in Qatif over terror allegations
July 13, 2017
Saudi Arabia executes four in Qatif over terror allegations
Saudi Arabia has executed four people in the kingdom’s oil-rich Eastern Province over allegations of conducting terrorist activities, the Saudi Interior Ministry says. Saudi Arabia has executed four people in the kingdom’s oil-rich Eastern Province over allegations of conducting…
Nineveh local source: Daesh declares its ringleader dead
July 13, 2017
Nineveh local source: Daesh declares its ringleader dead
After its collapse in Mosul, Daesh has announced that the Takfiri terror group’s leader Ibrahim al-Samarrai, aka Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, “has been killed,” a local source in Iraq’s Nineveh province says. After its collapse in Mosul, Daesh has announced…
SRW: Shias in Pakistan are subjected to organized violence
July 13, 2017
SRW: Shias in Pakistan are subjected to organized violence
A recent 18-page report titled “Statistics and Analysis of Information on Organized Violence, Terrorism and Intimidation Against Shias in Pakistan,” was published by Shia Rights Watch International Organization. A recent 18-page report titled “Statistics and Analysis of Information on…