Shia Rights Watch Defending Justice and Rights

Dear President Obama, This letter is on behalf of Shia Rights Watch, a Washington DC based human rights organization defending the rights of Shia Muslims around the world. As New Year arrives, we all make resolutions and as the president of the United States, your resolutions can make important changes …

A Bahrain citizen was slapped in street while holding his baby. Heidar Abdul-Rasul was sitting in his car with his baby when security forces approached him and asked for his Identification (ID) card. He did not have the ID, so the forces asked him to step out of the car. …

Shia Rights Watch appreciates and acknowledges the smart and right decision of the Ann Clwyd. Ann Clwyd, a Labor MP sitting on the Committee for Foreign Affairs refused a Christmas present from Alice Samaan, Bahrain ambassador to the UK. Clwydsits on committee conducting an inquiry into human rights abuses in …

Bahraini government has arrested and ill-treated many children since the start of Arab Spring. Shia Rights Watch included detailed report about the situation of children in this country in its 2012 Bahrain Report. Now after months the violations continue and no human rights or child’s rights organizations could help the …

سازمان shia rights watch طی بیانیه ای مطالب نقل شده از سوی محمد مرسی رئیس جمهور فعلی مصر درباره ی شیعیان مصر را محکوم کرده، آن را جرمی قانونی می داند که تمام عرف ها و پیمان های حقوق بشریِ تصویب و پذیرفته شده از سوی جامعه ی بین المللی …

As anti- Shi’ism spreads across the globe, discrimination against Shia have reached the educational setting. The Karakoram International University has expelled 16 Shia students for a period of three years and dismissed one Shia student for life. The students are accused of participating in “illegal activities” which in this case …

December 17th has been marked, by the Bahraini people, as “Bahrain’s Martyrs Day” following the extra-judicial killing of two Bahrainis during the 1990’s uprising. Bahrainis use this day to show their support for freedom and democracy. Authorities increased checkpoints and expanded patrols across Manama before demonstrations to mark an annual …

تدين منظمة شيعة رايتس ووتش ما نقل عن الرئيس المصري الحالي محمد مرسي حول الطائفة الشيعية في مصر، معتبرة تلك الاقوال تصل الى مستوى جريمة قانونية تنتهك جميع الاعراف والمواثيق الانسانية التي اقرها المجتمع الدولي، وتعد في حد ذاتها تحريض سافر ضد طائفة اسلامية عريقة داخل وخارج مصر. وتؤكد المنظمة …

Extremists open fire on the car of the custodian of a Shia Mosque in Karachi. In another Shia targeted killing, Syed Bahawal Shah and his nephew Syed Baqar Shah were gunned down while seated in their car in Pakistan. Shia targeted killings in Pakistan have increased: may Shia have lost …

Shia Rights Watch condemns the diminishing and burning of a Shia Mosque in Zarzor village in Syria. Zarzor is a Shia populated village in Syria and the mosque seems to be the only place of worship for the residents of the area. The mosque was surrounded and harnessed by anti-Shia …