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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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US Pulls Out of ’Cesspool’ UN Human Rights Council

US Pulls Out of ’Cesspool’ UN Human Rights Council

Wednesday 20 June 2018
Rights Council (UNHRC), accusing the body of bias against Israeli regime. Alwaght- The US in yet another biased pro-Israeli measure has announced Tuesday it will withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), accusing the body of bias against Israeli regime. The US Ambassador to the United Nati ...
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Jailed Bahraini Activist ‘Considered Suicide’ after Rape, Abuse by Regime

Jailed Bahraini Activist ‘Considered Suicide’ after Rape, Abuse by Regime

Monday 28 October 2019 ،
Rights and Democracy (Bird), said: “As if spending over two years arbitrarily imprisoned was not enough, upon Najah’s release she has faced the further insult of being dismissed from her job. To this day, she has received no redress and there is no indication that Bahrain intends to hold ...
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UN Rights Body Approves Urgent Debate on Racism, Police Brutality

UN Rights Body Approves Urgent Debate on Racism, Police Brutality

Monday 15 June 2020 ،
Rights Council resumed after breaking in March over the coronavirus pandemic, council president Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger proposed to hold the debate on Wednesday. I can see no objections. It is therefore so decided, she said. It is only the fifth time in the council's 14-year history that i ...
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Saudi Arabia Fails to Joining Human Rights Council

Saudi Arabia Fails to Joining Human Rights Council

Wednesday 14 October 2020 ،
Rights Council, winning only 90 votes out of 193 ballots possible to be able to join the 47-nation council. Alwaght- Saudi Arabia has failed in its attempt to join the United Nations Human Rights Council, winning only 90 votes out of 193 ballots possible to be able to join the 47-nation council. Ri ...
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Shocking New Figures Show How Just Much the US Is Fueling the Violence in Yemen

Shocking New Figures Show How Just Much the US Is Fueling the Violence in Yemen

Saturday 21 November 2020 ،
New figures from the UN and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute show that since the war in Yemen began, the US has sold over $13 billion in high-tech weapons to Saudi Arabia, making the Kingdom a cash cow for US weapons makers. New figures from the UN and the Stockholm International ...
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Double Standards: How Is UN Replacing Victim and Criminal in Yemen?

Double Standards: How Is UN Replacing Victim and Criminal in Yemen?

Tuesday 22 June 2021 ،
The UN recently blacklisted Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement as children rights abuser, while Saudi Arabia as the aggressor is not condemned. Alwaght- The UN double standards on human rights violations and war crimes in Yemen war has once again showed itself. On Monday, the UN in a largely weird mov ...
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UK Sold £17bn of Weapons to Rights Abusers: Report

UK Sold £17bn of Weapons to Rights Abusers: Report

Monday 28 June 2021 ،
The UK has sold weapons to two-thirds of countries classified as “not free” because of their dire record on human rights and civil liberties over the past decade, a new report revealed. Alwaght- The UK has sold weapons to two-thirds of countries classified as “not free” because of their ...
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Child Soldiers Blacklisting: Biden Finds New Way to Press Erdogan

Child Soldiers Blacklisting: Biden Finds New Way to Press Erdogan

Monday 5 July 2021 ،
The US added Turkey to the list of those recruiting children for military. The move is thought to be part of new wave of anti-Turkish pressures. Alwaght- The meeting of June 14 between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his American counterpart Joe Biden on the sidelines of the NATO Summit i ...
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Yemen’s Children Victims to Saudi Crimes, West’s  Double Standards

Yemen’s Children Victims to Saudi Crimes, West’s Double Standards

Monday 16 August 2021 ،
Rights from 2015 to 2020 suggest that over 7,221 children were killed and injured in attacks carried out by the Saudis and Emiratis. Moreover, the war, insecurity, and lack of future expectancy have created improper psychological conditions for children frequently at risk of air raids. Another repor ...
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Former Israeli Spies Working in Top Jobs at Google, Facebook, Microsoft

Former Israeli Spies Working in Top Jobs at Google, Facebook, Microsoft

Wednesday 14 December 2022 ،
A MintPress study has found that hundreds of former agents of the notorious Israeli spying organization, Unit 8200, have attained positions of influence in many of the world’s biggest tech companies, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon. A MintPress study has found that hundreds of forme ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies