Tag Archives: Pakistan

October 31, 2014 SRW video on ISIS in Iraq This week Shia Rights Watch released a nine minute video outlining some of the atrocities that have occurred at the hands of ISIS in Iraq. In conjunction with Imam Hussain TV and Laaya Productions, several interviews were conducted with victims of …

Gunmen attacked a passenger bus carrying members of Pakistan’s Shia minority community in the city of Quetta Thursday, killing at least eight people, local officials said. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

October 16, 2014 Ezidi Leader Thanks Shia Muslims for their Support Anawr Muawiyah, the leader of Ezidi community in Germany thanked Shia Muslims for their support. In his interview with Alarabiya TV stated Sunni and ISIS killed our men, kidnapped our children and sold our women but Shia businessmen bought …

Shia of Pakistan had bloody Eid al-Adha as 11 Shia Muslims killed and 47 wounded in different explosions. Explosions took place in busy markets places in Hazara Town as people were shopping for Eid celebrations. Number of vihicles and shops were damaged as the result. Shia targeted killings have long …

At least 10 Pakistani Shia Muslims have been killed and dozens injured in two explosions in the Balochistan, police reports. The first explosion took place in the Hazara Town area, close to a girl’s high school in the city of Quetta, leaving five Shias dead. According to police officials, at …

A suicide attacker has blown himself up in a Shia neighborhood in southwestern Pakistan, in the Hazara Town neighborhood in the city of Quetta, killing at least 3 people and wounding 17 on October 4th. The police chief says the bomber detonated his explosives when he was stopped by a …

September 17, 2014 ISIS Demands Capital of Shia and Christian in Mosul ISIS announced all businessmen in Mosul must turn in any properties and capital that belongs to Shia and Christians immediately. Local Sunni businessmen reported they have been threatened that their found and capital will be seized if they …

Shia Rights Watch has renewed its calls for the United States to add Pakistan to its list of “Countries of Particular Concern” after the murder of two Shia Muslims in a barbershop in Karachi on August 5, 2014. These two men were shot by gunmen on a motorcycle who are …

More Shia Muslims killed as Shia targeted killings continue in Pakistan. On Wednesday, July 23rd, four Shia were killed in Karachi. Mubarak Raza Kazmi, a Shia lawyer, was shot and killed. Also Huma Hussain, a Shia woman, was killed. The attackers also injured her husband Bilal Hussain. According to some …

August 12, 2014 Another Success: Shafi Sultan Mohammed al-Ajmi Under US Sanctions SRW is grateful to all Shia rights activists who helped this organization and others in pressuring governments and agencies to recognize Shafi Sultan Mohammed al-Ajmi, a Kuwaiti cleric, as a Shia rights violator who passports and funds terrorist …