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Police use live ammunition to disperse Zakzaky supporters in Nigeria capital
Jul 11, 2019 14:49Nigerian police have fired live ammunition and teargas at protesting Shia Muslims as large crowds gathered in the capital city Abuja Thursday to demand the release of ailing cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky.
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Teenager faces death penalty as crackdown widens in Saudi Arabia
Jun 07, 2019 14:28Saudi authorities are likely to execute a teenager who has been held in pre-trial detention for almost four years, as a brutal crackdown led by Heir Apparent Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) against pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals widens in the Arabian Peninsula.
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215 Iranian Sunni clerics condemn beheading of Saudi nationals in letter to UN Chief
May 11, 2019 13:32Over 200 Iranian Sunni clerics in a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres deplored the mass execution of tens of Saudi citizens by Riyadh, calling for independent investigations into the crime to prevent its repetition.
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Bahrain: Aal-e Khalifa forces destroy signs marking martyrdom anniversary of Prophet's daughter
Feb 09, 2019 13:28Security forces of Aal-e Khailfa in Bahrain have destroyed signs marking the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (SA), the daughter of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA).
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Saudi Arabia: Shia Muslim Kid barbarously murdered in Medina before mother’s eyes
Feb 09, 2019 05:33A Shia Muslim little boy, while on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Medina with his mother, has been barbarously killed for unknown reasons, fueling speculations that he could have been a sectarian and hate crime victim.
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Nigerians again wage protest rally to call for Zakzaky's release
Nov 17, 2018 16:17Nigerian Muslims have once again waged protest rally in the capital of Abuja to demand the release of top Muslim religious scholar Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.
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Bahrain: Regime courts issued death sentences for 32 activists since 2011
Nov 14, 2018 15:48The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) has condemned the kingdom’s persistence on passing death sentences against anti-regime activists, calling the practice an “inhuman punishment” as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists.
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Afghanistan sends more forces to Hazara-populated areas amid Taliban violence
Nov 12, 2018 12:02The Afghan government has sent additional forces to the Hazara-populated areas of southeastern Ghazni Province, which has been under attack by the Taliban militant group for several days.
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Riyadh uses death penalty as tool to crush Shia Muslims: Amnesty
Nov 08, 2018 12:01Amnesty International has warned against what appears to be imminent executions of a dozen Shia Muslims on death row in Saudi Arabia, blasting the Riyadh regime for resorting to death sentences as a “tool” to suppress the kingdom’s Shia minorities.
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Nigeria court refuses to release Zakzaky on bail
Nov 08, 2018 06:38A Nigerian court has refused to grant bail to Ayatollah Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, days after more than 40 of his supporters were martyred during protests demanding his release.