As Muharram is approaching, Shia Rights Watch writes to embassies to ask for protection of Shia Muslims during their Ashura gatherings. Muharram is the first month of Islamic year when many celebrate New Year and many others postpone their celebrations in order to commemorate the death of a peacekeeper, Husain. …
Read More »Incidents of Anti-Shiism in August, 2016
Incidents of Anti-Shiism in August, 2016 This monthly report will analyze the data compiled on Shia deaths, injuries, and arrests that occurred between August 1st and 31st, 2016. This month there were 334 deaths, and 67 wounded in the Shia community. Also 47 to 50 cases of arrest were reported. …
Read More »Interactive dialogue with Item 3- Clustered ID with the Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
Shia Rights in Azerbaijan Greetings esteemed colleagues and member states, Despite recent efforts to improve intercultural awareness and promote equality for all, there has been regions of the world with deteriorating quality of life for minority populations. One such nation is Azerbaijan. Although Shia Muslims are not minority in this …
Read More »Ramadan
As the month of Ramadan nears, Shia Rights Watch would like to congratulate every muslim on this joyous month. With this month comes faith, love, reflection of the past, and resolution for the future. In the not so far past, Shia muslims were a population not only ostracized, but prosecuted …
Read More »Incidents of Anti-Shiism in March, 2016
Overview: This report will analyze the data compiled on Shia deaths, injuries, and arrests that occurred between March 1st and March 31st, 2016. This month there were 466 deaths within the Shia community. Also 15 cases of arrest were reported. Anti-Shia violations were reported in seven countries during March 2016. As …
Read More »Shia Rights Watch issues its 2015 Annual Report
SRW annual Casualty Report, depicting cases of anti-Shiism throughout the past year including cases of arrest, injury, murder, and detainment. Based on in depth research of SRW, an average of, twenty-nine to thirty Shia Muslims were killed, arrested, or wounded on a daily basis in 2015. “2015” reports 5093 Shia …
Read More »Shia Rights Watch issues its 2015 Annual Report
Washington, D.C. – Shia Rights Watch is releasing its 2015 Annual Report at the Human Rights Council 31st Session, Geneva. SRW annual Casualty Report, depicting cases of anti-Shiism throughout the past year including cases of arrest, injury, murder, and detainment. Based on in depth research of SRW, an average of, …
Read More »Shia News Wire #52
01/23 to 01/29/16 Saudi Arabia On Friday January 29th, a Shia mosque was targeted by two gunmen wearing suicide belts in yet another anti-Shia rampage. Early reports are confirming at least two people were killed and seven injured at the Imam Rida mosque in Mahasen, Saudi Arabia, however this number …
Read More »دیدبان حقوق شیعیان، اقدامات دولت آذربایجان در پی کشتار شیعیان و بی حرمتی به زیارتگاه های مقدس را محکوم کرد
سازمان جهانی دیدبان حقوق شیعیان با صدور بیانیه ای حرمت شکنی های خطرناک و گسترده ی دولت جمهوری آذربایجان علیه مسلمانانِ شیعه مذهب را محکوم کرده، طی آن از جامعه ی جهانی خواسته است برای جلوگیری از دامن زدن بی سابقه به رواسازی خون شیعیان در آن کشور و دیگر …
Read More »كانون الأوّل / ديسمبر
3/12السلطات الامنية تستبيح مزار شيعي مقدس مخلفة قتلى وجرحى: حاصرت قوات الأمن الاذرية احدى القرى الشيعية التي يوجد بها حرم السيدة رحيمة في محافظة باكو عاصمة أذربيجان، حيث قامت القوات بقطع الإمدادات الغذائية والكهرباء والغاز والماء والغذاء عن اهالي القرية، فضلا عن قطع جميع الاتصالات السلكية واللاسلكية. كما قامت القوات …
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