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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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UN Concerned Over Bahraini Political Prisoners
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UN Concerned Over Bahraini Political Prisoners

Friday 1 February 2019
OHCHR), said in an e-mailed statement on Friday, Reuters reported. Salman has been in custody in Bahrain since 2015. Sultan and Alaswad have been tried in absentia. There are also serious doubts concerning whether the court proceedings respected the right to a fair trial,” Hurtado said. Qat ...
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Bin Salman Tacitly Warns Turkey against Exploitation of Khashoggi Murder
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Bin Salman Tacitly Warns Turkey against Exploitation of Khashoggi Murder

Monday 17 June 2019 ،
OHCHR) said it could not assess the fairness of a trial underway in Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi’s murder. In response to a question about the Saudi prosecutor's demand for the suspects' death penalty, the OHCHR Spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said the office calls for an independent inv ...
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Gaza: Disabled or Dead, Many Young Victims of Israeli Strikes Won’t Return to School
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Gaza: Disabled or Dead, Many Young Victims of Israeli Strikes Won’t Return to School

Monday 30 August 2021 ،
OHCHR, 66 children and 40 women were among the 256 Palestinians killed during Israel’s 11-day attack on the blockaded land. Of the children killed, 51 were school-age students. Around 470 other children were injured in the attacks. More than 50 educational facilities were damaged in the bomba ...
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Yemen Condemns Executions of 10 Prisoners by Saudi Mercenaries as War Crime
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Yemen Condemns Executions of 10 Prisoners by Saudi Mercenaries as War Crime

Tuesday 16 November 2021 ،
OHCHR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and human rights organizations across the globe to break their “shameful” silence and condemn the outrageous crime against humanity. Additionally, the political bureau of Yemen’s popular Ansarullah resistance m ...
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Israel ‘Persecuting’ Palestinian People: UN Rapporteur
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Israel ‘Persecuting’ Palestinian People: UN Rapporteur

Wednesday 19 October 2022 ،
OHCHR) to release an updated database of businesses involved in Israeli settlements. Albanese further urged all countries to demand an immediate end to Israel’s illegal occupation of the West Bank and a return of all land and resources from and of which the Palestinian people have been displa ...
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UN Rights Office Censures Saudi Regime over Surge in Executions
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UN Rights Office Censures Saudi Regime over Surge in Executions

Wednesday 23 November 2022 ،
OHCHR) announced on Tuesday that 17 men have been executed for drug and contraband offenses across Saudi Arabia since November 10, with the latest three executions having taken place a day earlier. Those executed to date are four Syrians, three Pakistanis, three Jordanians, and seven Saudis, OHCHR& ...
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UN Accuses Iraqi Troops of Sexually Abusing Palestinian Women and Girls
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UN Accuses Iraqi Troops of Sexually Abusing Palestinian Women and Girls

Monday 19 February 2024 ،
OHCHR) has said that the Israeli troops abuse the Palestinian girls and women sexually in the war on Gaza and West Bank.  UN experts have raised alarm over credible allegations of egregious human rights violations committed by Israeli forces, including multiple forms of sexual assault and rape ...
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Iran criticizes the lack of response to crackdowns on US campuses
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Iran criticizes the lack of response to crackdowns on US campuses

Tuesday 30 April 2024 ،
OHCHR) remains silent on the developments in US university campuses, while it has issued statements regarding alleged rights violations in Iran during the same timeframe. On Monday, Gharibabadi stated, 'While the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights remains oblivious ...
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Trump Lifts Sanctions on Settlers as Israeli Attacks Rise in West Bank
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Trump Lifts Sanctions on Settlers as Israeli Attacks Rise in West Bank

Tuesday 21 January 2025 ،
OHCHR) expressed concern over the increasing settler violence in the West Bank, particularly following the ceasefire in Gaza. The OHCHR also noted the tightening of Israeli restrictions on Palestinian movement, further exacerbating the difficult living conditions of Palestinians under occupation.
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Amid Gaza Aid Massacres, UN Criticizes Israel’s Use of Food as a Weapon
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Amid Gaza Aid Massacres, UN Criticizes Israel’s Use of Food as a Weapon

Monday 2 June 2025 ،
OHCHR condemned Israel for massacring aid recipients at humanitarian sites in Rafah and the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza ALWAGHT- The OHCHR condemned Israel for massacring aid recipients at humanitarian sites in Rafah and the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza, amid a deadly Israeli attack on an ...

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