A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a social media activist to more than a dozen years in prison. Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), a US-based rights group created by murdered Saudi dissident and the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi to promote democracy, human rights and the rule …
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Saudi Arabia has partially outsourced the Hajj pilgrimage process to a company with ties to India’s far-right ruling party . Last week, Riyadh announced that potential Hajj pilgrims from Europe, United States, and Australia will now need to apply for visas and permits for the pilgrimage via the online government …
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Rights groups fear Joe Biden’s decision to visit Saudi Arabia will endanger dissidents abroad and restrict civil liberties domestically. Abdullah Alaoudh, of the thinktank Democracy for the Arab World Now and son of jailed cleric Salman Al-Odah, said: “Right before inauguration, he [Biden] said he will be sure to protect …
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet decried the latest record mass execution of 81 people in Saudi Arabia, urging authorities in the ultra-conservative kingdom to bring the country’s counter-terrorism laws fully into line with international standards.
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TEHRAN (FNA)- The International Association of Muslim University Professors has published a new book on extremist cult of Wahhabism which is the ideological background of many extremist and terrorist movements including ISIS and Boko Haram. Wahhabism is written by one of the top scholars and an authority on the topic, …
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Saudi officials arrested Sheikh Hussein al-Nimr, another Shia cleric in the region, in order to target clerics from the Arabian Peninsula, particularly Qatif and al-Ahsa.
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At least three people were injured when an explosive device stuck an international ceremony commemorating the end of World War I at a non-Muslim cemetery in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Hours after the incident, local authorities said a Greek national and a Saudi security officer were wounded in what they described …
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A Yemeni ministry spokesman said in a Twitter post that air strikes by the coalition hit residential houses, killing nine people including two children, Reuters reported. There was no immediate comment from the coalition. Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia has been conducting a bloody military aggression in Yemen with help …
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Al-Sharq Al-Awsat was forced to remove an insulting cartoon of Ayatollah Sistani
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Saree also said that the military used Qassif K2 drones in the operation.
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