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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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Assange Arbitrary Detained, UN Panel Rules

Assange Arbitrary Detained, UN Panel Rules

Thursday 4 February 2016
UN working group on arbitrary detention in 2014, arguing that he was illegally confined to the embassy because he risks arrest if he leaves. former computer hacker who has been holed up in the embassy since June 2012, told the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention that he was a political refugee w ...
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Turkey Failed Coup Inmates Tortured, Sexually Harassed: Amnesty International

Turkey Failed Coup Inmates Tortured, Sexually Harassed: Amnesty International

Monday 25 July 2016 ،
working in Ankara on behalf of the detainees told Amnesty that they had witnessed “senior military officers in detention being raped with a truncheon or finger by police officers.” Amnesty International’s Europe director, John Dalhuisen, voiced serious concern over violations and ...
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Amnesty Explains How Is Bahraini Regime Silencing Dissent?

Amnesty Explains How Is Bahraini Regime Silencing Dissent?

Thursday 1 September 2016 ،
UN experts described the arrest and targeting of Shiite clerics and human rights defenders and the revocations of nationality as “systematic harassment of the Shia population by the authorities”. Bahrain, a close ally of the US in the Persian Gulf region, has seen a wave of anti-regime ...
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China Holds Million Ethnic Uighurs in Secret Camps: UN

China Holds Million Ethnic Uighurs in Secret Camps: UN

Sunday 12 August 2018 ،
working toward equality and solidarity among all ethnic groups. FILE PHOTO: The United Nations emblem is seen in the U.N. General Assembly hall during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo But McDougall ...
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Before Ousting Assange, Moreno Govt Spied on Him for Over a Year

Before Ousting Assange, Moreno Govt Spied on Him for Over a Year

Monday 22 April 2019 ،
working on the development of this spyware.” It took only six days after the report for Lenin to announce that he was shutting down the Seinan and that the government was “working on the appropriate institutional framework to guarantee the country’s security objectives.” This ...
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Dubai Princess Held Hostage in Barricaded Villa, Fears for Her Life

Dubai Princess Held Hostage in Barricaded Villa, Fears for Her Life

Wednesday 17 February 2021 ،
UN to grill UAE about Princess Latifa’s case Reacting to the revelations, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights suggested that it will raise the detention of Princess Latifa with Emirati officials, after the videos prompted global calls for the world body to investigate the ...
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Supporters of Princess Basmah Urge UK to Help Release Her from Saudi Prison

Supporters of Princess Basmah Urge UK to Help Release Her from Saudi Prison

Monday 1 March 2021 ،
working group on arbitrary detentions last year that Princess Basmah “is accused of criminal offences involving attempting to travel outside the kingdom illegally”, and that her daughter Souhoud was arrested for “assaulting an agent while he was carrying out his duties”, as w ...
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Bahrain Rebuffed UN Call to Release 2 Political Activists Facing Death Penalty

Bahrain Rebuffed UN Call to Release 2 Political Activists Facing Death Penalty

Tuesday 22 June 2021 ،
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, in a report, confirmed that the two men had been “tortured during their interrogations and forced to sign confessions.” It also called on Manama to “immediately release” both men as “the appropriate remedy” and “acco ...
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Taliban: 7 Months of Rule, 11 Cases of Violations

Taliban: 7 Months of Rule, 11 Cases of Violations

Tuesday 5 April 2022 ،
working in government offices and schools closed their doors to female students, while the Taliban had earlier vowed that girls would be allowed to continue their education in the new school year. However, on March 24 and after vacations, the girls above sixth degree were told to stay at home until ...

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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