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UNICEF condemns latest Saudi-led airstrike on Yemeni children
August 25, 2018
UNICEF condemns latest Saudi-led airstrike on Yemeni children
The UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has denounced a recent Saudi deadly airstrike in Yemen’s Hudaydah province that killed over two dozen children. The UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has denounced a recent Saudi deadly airstrike…
Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty against female human rights activist
August 23, 2018
Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty against female human rights activist
Saudi Arabian prosecutors are seeking the death sentence for five human rights activists, including a woman who is thought to be the first female campaigner in the country facing execution, rights groups have said. Saudi Arabian prosecutors are…
Islamophobia petition seeks inquiry following reported spike in anti-Muslim hate
August 23, 2018
Islamophobia petition seeks inquiry following reported spike in anti-Muslim hate
A petition demanding an independent inquiry into islamophobia in political parties has gained more than 30,000 signatures in just two days. A petition demanding an independent inquiry into islamophobia in political parties has gained more than 30,000 signatures…
Couple fined in Kazakhstan for teaching Quran
August 23, 2018
Couple fined in Kazakhstan for teaching Quran
After police raided their home in a village in the southern Jambyl Region of Kazakhstan where 48 girls were studying the Quran in the school holidays, a husband and wife have both been fined for illegal religious lessons. …
Saudi warplanes hit Yemen’s Hajjah, Sa’ada
August 23, 2018
Saudi warplanes hit Yemen’s Hajjah, Sa’ada
On another day of the deadly campaign led by the regime in Riyadh against Yemen, Saudi warplanes have conducted airstrikes on the provinces of Hajjah and Sa’ada.. On another day of the deadly campaign led by the regime…
Sedition charge sanction granted after 2 years over Quran desecration in India
August 21, 2018
Sedition charge sanction granted after 2 years over Quran desecration in India
More than two years after the Quran desecration incident in Malerkotla in June 2016, India’s Punjab government has finally granted the mandatory sanction for prosecuting the accused for sedition and outraging religious feelings. More than two years after…
Scholars: UN, Security Council fully responsible for Saudi-led aggression on Yemen
August 20, 2018
Scholars: UN, Security Council fully responsible for Saudi-led aggression on Yemen
Yemeni scholars and religious figures have strongly denounced a recent deadly airstrike by Saudi warplanes on a bus carrying schoolchildren in the country’s northwestern province of Sa’ada, criticizing the silence and inaction of world bodies vis-à-vis the Saudi-led coalition’s crimes…
UNAMA: Facts in the incident in Kabul educational center have now became clear
August 19, 2018
UNAMA: Facts in the incident in Kabul educational center have now became clear
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says the Mission has now verified that 40 students were killed and 67 others were injured, the majority of whom were Shia young women and men, in the deadly attack targeting an…
HRW skeptical of Myanmar inquiry into Rohingya abuses
August 19, 2018
HRW skeptical of Myanmar inquiry into Rohingya abuses
Human Rights Watch has warned that a panel set up by Myanmar to probe atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state does not seem to be performing its task in a “serious and impartial” manner. Human Rights Watch…
Analyst: Saudis killed children to force Yemenis to submit
August 19, 2018
Analyst: Saudis killed children to force Yemenis to submit
The recent Saudi attack on a school bus full of children was an act of terror meant to force the Yemenis into submission, according to a military expert. The recent Saudi attack on a school bus full of…