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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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Rights Groups Slam Saudi Execution of Shiite Youth

Rights Groups Slam Saudi Execution of Shiite Youth

Wednesday 16 June 2021
Reprieve, said Saudi authorities had not informed Mustafa’s family about his execution and they found out by reading the news online.” Reprieve said the Shiite youth had been placed in solitary confinement and tortured in detention. ‘True face of MBS’ The Saudi regime anno ...
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UK Minister Visits Saudi on Same Day Regime Executes Shiite Youth

UK Minister Visits Saudi on Same Day Regime Executes Shiite Youth

Wednesday 16 June 2021 ،
Reprieve, said, It is not enough for Saudi Arabia’s partners to ‘raise human rights issues', as British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab reportedly did on his recent visit to the Kingdom.” They need to raise specific cases, and make clear that executions for childhood crime ...
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Saudi Regime Plans to Execute over 40 Shiite Teenagers over Participation in Protests

Saudi Regime Plans to Execute over 40 Shiite Teenagers over Participation in Protests

Saturday 19 June 2021 ،
Reprieve and Amnesty International said his confession was obtained under duress and that he recanted his confession, which he said was obtained through torture, in court. Eastern Province has been the scene of peaceful demonstrations since February 2011. Protesters have been demanding reforms, fre ...
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Saudi Regime Execute 81 in Single Day

Saudi Regime Execute 81 in Single Day

Sunday 13 March 2022 ،
Reprieve, an advocacy group that tracks executions in Saudi Arabia, said in a statement on Saturday. Noting that Western countries were looking to Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s largest oil producers, to help make up for the shortfall in oil supplies as many countries shun energy from ...
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UN Rights Chief Condemns Saudi Regime Mass execution of 81 People

UN Rights Chief Condemns Saudi Regime Mass execution of 81 People

Tuesday 15 March 2022 ،
Reprieve, a UK-based non-profit organization, said Saudi Arabia had carried out its 800th execution. The report added that executions had almost doubled in only five years in comparison with the 423 executions conducted in Saudi Arabia from 2009 through 2014.  
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Saudi Execution Rate Almost Doubled under Bin Salman: Report

Saudi Execution Rate Almost Doubled under Bin Salman: Report

Wednesday 1 February 2023 ،
Reprieve and the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR), from 2015 until 2022, there was an average of 129.5 executions per year, while from 2010-2014 there was an average of 70.8 executions per year carried out in the kingdom, that shows  a significant rise of 82 percent in regim ...
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Saudi Regime Sentences 4 Political Prisoners to Death amid Political Crackdown

Saudi Regime Sentences 4 Political Prisoners to Death amid Political Crackdown

Wednesday 8 February 2023 ،
Reprieve and the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR) and published on January 31, at least 1,243 people were executed between 2010 and 2021, and the figure stood at 147 last year. The report revealed that the six bloodiest years of executions in Saudi Arabia’s recent history ...
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Bahraini Rights Activist Arrested at UK Airport after UN Address on Abuses

Bahraini Rights Activist Arrested at UK Airport after UN Address on Abuses

Saturday 30 September 2023 ،
Reprieve, called Alwadaei a “courageous human rights defender and torture survivor” who has been granted asylum by the UK because of violence and persecution by Bahraini authorities. “Sayed’s family have suffered reprisals in Bahrain for his work exposing torture and forced ...
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BBC: UAE has utilized al-Qaeda to conduct assassinations in Yemen

BBC: UAE has utilized al-Qaeda to conduct assassinations in Yemen

Sunday 28 January 2024 ،
Reprieve to investigate over 160 fatalities. Reprieve's investigation revealed that only 23 of the deceased individuals had ties to terrorist organizations. Mohammad Abdul Wadood, a member of this party in Taiz, expressed to Middle East Eye in 2018: The UAE aims to obliterate the entire nation ...
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Saudi Arabia Executes 7 Men, Largest Number since 2022

Saudi Arabia Executes 7 Men, Largest Number since 2022

Wednesday 28 February 2024 ،
Reprieve told Middle East Eye that there were no public records or media reports of any of the cases of the men executed on Tuesday. It appears that these men were tried, convicted, sentenced and executed in complete secrecy, said Jeed Basyouni, who leads Reprieve's work in the Middle East and ...

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