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Bahrain court commutes Sheikh Ali Salman’s sentence
Apr 03, 2017 08:19Bahrain’s senior opposition Shia Muslim religious scholar Sheikh Ali Salman has had his prison sentence commuted by five years.
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Pakistan: Bombing blast martyrs 22 Shia Muslims in Parachinar
Mar 31, 2017 08:34A powerful bomb blast near a mosque in Pakistan has left at least 22 people martyred and dozens of others wounded in a Shia Muslim-populated area of the country’s northwestern tribal belt.
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Saudi forces kills child in Eastern region
Mar 11, 2017 12:37Saudi forces have raided residential areas in the eastern, Shia-majority Qatif region, destroying buildings and killing a nine-year-old child.
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Bahrain approves military trials for civilians
Mar 05, 2017 12:56Bahrain has approved trial of civilians at military tribunals in a measure blasted by human rights campaigners as being tantamount to imposition of an undeclared martial law countrywide.
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Bahrain protests escalate ahead of uprising anniversary
Feb 02, 2017 10:27Bahraini protesters have taken to the streets again to condemn violent regime crackdown on political dissent ahead of the sixth anniversary of the country's popular revolution.
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Protesters denounce recent execution of activists in Bahrain
Jan 26, 2017 04:29People have staged separate rallies in Bahrain to express their outrage at the recent execution of three pro-democracy Shia Muslim campaigners at the hands of the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime.
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Nigerian police tear-gas Zakzaky supporters
Jan 26, 2017 04:29Police in Nigeria have used teargas to disperse peaceful protesters demanding the release of the country’s top Shia Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.
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Protest held in Saudi Eastern Province over dissident prisoner’s death
Jan 26, 2017 02:44People have gathered on the streets of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province in protest to the suspicious death of a Shia Muslim political prisoner.
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Fight against terrorism needs all-out global efforts: Iran
Jan 21, 2017 13:05Iran has denounced a terrorist attack on a Shia Muslim-dominated area in Pakistan that killed at least 25 people, urging an all-out international campaign against terrorism.
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Amnesty urges end to ‘unlawful' detention of Nigerian religious scholar Sheikh Zakzaky
Jan 16, 2017 12:12Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian government to comply with a court ruling that calls for an end to the “unlawful” detention of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the country’s top Shia Muslim religious leader.