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Saudi regime sentences senior religious scholar to 13 years in prison
Aug 10, 2017 14:11A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced distinguished Shia Muslim religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Hussein al-Radhi to 13 years in prison as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown on members of the religious community.
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HRW: 14 Shia Muslims at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia
Aug 10, 2017 08:38Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that 14 Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia are at imminent risk of execution after its Supreme Court upheld their death sentences in mid-July following an “unfair trial” over protest-related allegations.
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Defiant Saudi Arabia defends planned execution of 14 Shia Muslims
Aug 05, 2017 03:16Saudi Arabia has defended the death penalties it has handed down to 14 Shia Muslim nationals amid criticisms that the defendants were tortured into false confessions and convicted in sham trials.
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Teenage boys given electric shocks inside police station in Bahrain
Aug 03, 2017 15:38Two Bahraini teenagers have reportedly been subjected to electric shocks by police during questioning as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime continues to target minors, arrest and expose them to various forms of torture irrespective of international calls to stop the practice.
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Powerful bomb explosion martyrs over 20 Shia Muslims in western Afghanistan
Aug 01, 2017 16:50More than 20 people have been killed and several others injured in a powerful explosion inside a mosque belonging to Shia Muslims in western Afghanistan.
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Shia Muslims told by Saudi regime to leave Awamiyah or die
Jul 29, 2017 08:03Local sources in the al-Awamiyah town in Saudi Arabia’s Shia Muslim populated Eastern Province say the locals have been told to either leave their homes or face death at the hands of security forces.
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Saudi regime using Canadian armored vehicles in crackdown on Shia Muslims: Report
Jul 29, 2017 07:52Ottawa has expressed “deep concerns” over the Saudi Arabia’s apparent use of Canadian military equipment in its growing crackdown against its Shia Musim citizens in the restive Eastern Province.
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Leader performs dust clearing rite at Imam Reza's (AS) shrine
Jul 29, 2017 03:12Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei attended a ceremony at the holy shrine of the Eight Infallible successor of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA), Imam Reza (AS), in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad.
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Seven martyred as Saudi regime forces intensify attacks on besieged Shia Muslim town
Jul 27, 2017 14:57Saudi regime forces have waged a fresh wave of attacks on a besieged town in the kingdom’s Shia Muslim-populated Eastern Province, martyring at least seven people and injuring several others over the past few hours.
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One martyred as Saudi forces shell homes in Shia Muslim town
Jul 26, 2017 16:31Saudi regime forces have launched a fresh wave of shelling attacks against a besieged town in Saudi Arabia’s Shia Muslim-populated Eastern Province, martyring at least one person and damaging several houses.