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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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Amnesty Rebukes ‘Shameful Year’ of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
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Amnesty Rebukes ‘Shameful Year’ of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia

Wednesday 15 May 2019
Amnesty International slammed as “Shameful Year” Saudi Arabia’s human rights records on the first year since the West-backed regime launched a campaign of suppression against women’s rights activists. Alwaght- Amnesty International slammed as “Shameful Year” Saudi Arabia’s human ri ...
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Saudi Woman Activist Rejects Release Deal tied to Torture Denial
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Saudi Woman Activist Rejects Release Deal tied to Torture Denial

Wednesday 14 August 2019 ،
Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has dismissed a proposal to secure her release from prison in exchange for a video testimony denying that she had been tortured and sexually harassed in custody, her family said on Tuesday. Alwaght- Prominent Saudi women's rights activi ...
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Jailed Saudi Activist Contender for 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
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Jailed Saudi Activist Contender for 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

Wednesday 9 October 2019 ،
Rights groups say at least three of the women, including Hathloul, were held in solitary confinement for months and subjected to abuse including electric shocks, flogging, and sexual assault. In November, Amnesty International reported that several Saudi rights activists had been subjected to tortu ...
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Female Saudi Activist Starts Hunger Strike to Protest Jail Conditions
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Female Saudi Activist Starts Hunger Strike to Protest Jail Conditions

Wednesday 28 October 2020 ،
Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, who has been jailed in the kingdom since 2018, has launched an indefinite hunger strike in protest at her detention conditions, her sister said on Tuesday. Alwaght- Prominent Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, who has b ...
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Activists Call for Boycott of Saudi Dakar Rally While Women’s Right to Drive Activist in Prison
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Activists Call for Boycott of Saudi Dakar Rally While Women’s Right to Drive Activist in Prison

Tuesday 5 January 2021 ،
Human rights activists have called for a boycott of the Saudi Dakar Rally 2021, saying the off-road competition is “sportswashing” the reputation of the Riyadh that has imprisoned Loujain al-Hathloul, women’s rights activist who campaigned for women’s right to drive in Saudi Arabia. Alwaght- Human r ...
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Saudi Regime Cracking down on Women despite Claims of Reforms: Rights Group
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Saudi Regime Cracking down on Women despite Claims of Reforms: Rights Group

Wednesday 10 March 2021 ،
Rights (ESOHR) published a report on March 8, marking the International Women’s Day. It explained that the Saudi regime has in the recent years expanded the repression of women and treated them boldly “in horrible ways” in a campaign that has seen the use of brutal tortu ...
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Saudi Regime Arbitrarily Arrested Dozen Women Rights Activists in 2021: Rights Group
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Saudi Regime Arbitrarily Arrested Dozen Women Rights Activists in 2021: Rights Group

Sunday 26 December 2021 ،
Rights Defenders Day, reiterated their call for Saudi authorities “to immediately and unconditionally free all women targeted for their human rights activism.” While all of the women activists arrested during a sweeping crackdown in 2018 have now been released from prison, the camp ...
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Israeli Pegasus Spyware Found on Phones of Bahraini, Jordanian Women’s Rights Activists
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Israeli Pegasus Spyware Found on Phones of Bahraini, Jordanian Women’s Rights Activists

Tuesday 18 January 2022 ،
The phones of two prominent women’s rights campaigners in Bahrain and Jordan have been infected by Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli offensive cyber firm NSO Group. Alwaght- The phones of two prominent women’s rights campaigners in Bahrain and Jordan have been infected by Pega ...
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Finnish Women to Sue UAE Government over Torture, Ordeal in Prison
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Finnish Women to Sue UAE Government over Torture, Ordeal in Prison

Monday 3 October 2022 ،
A Finnish women’s rights activist has recounted her suffering during her detention in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), saying she will take legal actions against the Emirati government for her imprisonment and torture. A Finnish women's rights activist has recounted her suffering during her deten ...
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Iran Leader Denounced as ‘Absolute Brazenness’ West’s Fake Advocacy for Women’s Rights
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Iran Leader Denounced as ‘Absolute Brazenness’ West’s Fake Advocacy for Women’s Rights

Wednesday 4 January 2023 ،
Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran rebuked on Wednesday the Western governments’ fake advocacy for women’s rights, stressing that fake gestures come despite the fact that women and girls are subjected to different forms of abuse in the West. Alwaght- Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran rebuke ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.