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Human Rights Watch (HRW), Reporters Without Borders, and media rights groups have lauded Lebanon’s move to explore prosecuting Israel over an October-13-2023 strike that killed Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah and wounded six others, including journalists from Al Jazeera and AFP.…

Rising Hostility, Legal Pressures, and Burial Rights Disputes Target Muslim Institutions in Europe —————————————————- Recent days have seen a series of incidents in Europe involving mosques and Muslim communities—including hate mail, regulatory crackdowns, and a contentious burial-site proposal in England—that…

Global Shia Campaign Aids Myanmar’s Quake-Hit Religious Centers ……………… The humanitarian campaign “Imam Hussein for All” continues efforts to help rebuild Shia religious centers and Hussainiyas destroyed by a powerful earthquake that struck parts of Myanmar three months ago. The…

Syrian Observatory Urges UN to Inspect Security Branches Over Torture Reports …………….. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has called on United Nations committees to visit detention centers and security branches across Syria following reports of systematic physical and psychological…

UNICEF Warns 2.13 Million Afghan Children, Mostly Girls, Denied Education Amid Unprecedented Crisis ………….. The future of millions of children in Afghanistan is under severe threat, according to a stark warning issued by UNICEF, in reports including one joint publication…

Wave of Arbitrary Arrests in Southern Aleppo: Syrian Youth Fleeing to Lebanon ———————————– Local sources report a rise in arbitrary arrests in the southern countryside of Aleppo, stating that pressure from the security forces of the Al-Joulani regime on residents,…

Post-Assad Syria: Fragile Parliamentary Elections and Minority Restrictions ———————————————- The Syrian parliamentary elections, held under the supervision of the interim government led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, were marked by widespread restrictions on the participation of women and minorities. Several key provinces,…

Pakistan-Taliban Border Tensions Escalate; Islamabad Calls for Afghan People’s Freedom —————————————— Border clashes between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistani forces have intensified, prompting a strongly-worded statement from Islamabad demanding the freedom of the Afghan people and the establishment of a…

Gaza War Formally Ends at Sharm el-Sheikh Summit with Ceasefire and Reconstruction Plan ————————————————— Global leaders have formally declared the end of the Gaza war during a historic summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, signing a comprehensive ceasefire agreement that opens the…

Taliban Government Imposes Tax on Shia Religious Schools in Afghanistan for the First Time ————————————– Sources in Kabul indicate that the Taliban government has recently begun collecting taxes from Shia religious schools (seminaries) in Afghanistan for the first time, a…