Shia Rights Watch documents anti-Shia violations in its November report
Shia Rights Watch (HRW), an international organization advocating for Shia rights, has released its November 2024 report, shedding light on numerous human rights violations targeting Shia communities worldwide.
In Iran, the report said that an attack by an armed terrorist group on a security checkpoint in Saravan, Sistan and Baluchestan, resulted in deaths and injuries.
Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, Taliban forces demolished thousands of Shia-owned homes in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul, displacing tens of thousands and killing several civilians, including children, adding that two Shia clerics were arrested in Herat and taken to an undisclosed location.
In Pakistan, SRW reported that a bomb attack in Quetta targeted a medical vaccination team, killing seven people, including children. It added that Parachinar witnessed multiple terrorist assaults that killed and injured dozens, while Shia activist Haider Raza was assassinated in Karachi.
The report also highlighted abuses in Bahrain, where authorities banned unified Shia Friday prayers in Diraz for several weeks and documented mistreatment of detainees at Dry Dock Prison, including denial of basic rights.
In Lebanon, the human rights group highlighted that the ongoing Israeli offensive has left over 3,000 dead and 13,658 injured, according to the Ministry of Health. Similarly, in Syria, Israeli airstrikes in the Sayyidah Zainab area near Damascus caused numerous casualties. Heavy shelling in Nubl and Zahraa led to forced displacement, while mosques in Aleppo were destroyed amid escalating threats.
Further violations were recorded in Saudi Arabia, where a young man from Tarut was arrested during a raid on a local Husseiniyah. In Iraq, an ISIS attack in Muqdadiyah, Diyala province, left one dead and another injured.
Shia Rights Watch reiterated its call to the international community to intensify efforts in protecting Shia communities, stressing that several violations remain undocumented due to insufficient evidence.
