Shia Activists
More than 20 international organizations call for the release of a Bahraini academic serving a life sentence
NEWS
January 19, 2023
More than 20 international organizations call for the release of a Bahraini academic serving a life sentence
More than 20 international human rights organizations sent a joint letter to the ruler of Bahrain, Hamad Isa Al-Khalifa, and…
Saudi authorities arrest prominent Shia preacher and human rights activist
NEWS
January 19, 2023
Saudi authorities arrest prominent Shia preacher and human rights activist
Activists circulated on Twitter, news of the Saudi regime’s arrest of the most prominent Shia preacher in Qatif, Sheikh Hassan…
Saudi Arabia: Criminal Court sentences Shia women’s rights activist to 34 years over tweets
Saudi
August 16, 2022
Saudi Arabia: Criminal Court sentences Shia women’s rights activist to 34 years over tweets
A Leeds University PhD candidate focused on healthcare and mother of two has been sentenced to 34 years in Saudi…
UN calls again on Saudi authorities to halt executions of two Bahraini men
Bahrain
August 6, 2022
UN calls again on Saudi authorities to halt executions of two Bahraini men
The United Nations has warned Saudi Arabia for the second time in six months that enforcing the death penalty on…
Bahrain: Rights groups criticize treatment of jailed hunger-striking academic
Bahrain
July 9, 2022
Bahrain: Rights groups criticize treatment of jailed hunger-striking academic
Several human rights groups have criticized Bahrain over its treatment of a political prisoner who has refused to take solid…
Saudi authorities arrest four activists from the Shia community of Qatif and Al-Ahsa
Saudi
June 29, 2022
Saudi authorities arrest four activists from the Shia community of Qatif and Al-Ahsa
Saudi authorities have arrested four activists from the Shiw community of Qatif and Al-Ahsa, without knowing the reasons. Sources said…
52 of Diraz protest defendants sentenced to 10 years in jail
Islam World
March 4, 2019
52 of Diraz protest defendants sentenced to 10 years in jail
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that the arbitrary sentences issued after the trial of 171 Bahraini Shia…
Shia activist sentenced to year in prison over charges of inciting hatred against the regime on social media
Islam World
February 25, 2019
Shia activist sentenced to year in prison over charges of inciting hatred against the regime on social media
The fifth Minor Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced a Shia activist to one year in prison after he was accused of sending…
Religious activists visited Grand Jurist’s office in holy Qom
Religious Authority
January 8, 2019
Religious activists visited Grand Jurist’s office in holy Qom
Groups of religious activists, speakers, and clerics from the Najaf Islamic Seminary visited the Grand Shia Jurist Ayatollah Shirazi in…
Bahraini court hands down death sentence to activist, life terms to over dozen dissidents
Islam World
December 29, 2018
Bahraini court hands down death sentence to activist, life terms to over dozen dissidents
An appellate court in Bahrain has sentenced a Shia activist to death and passed life imprisonment against more than a…