Some cultural bodies and rights activists in Afghanistan want the UN to officially recognize the killing of Shia people in relentless attacks in recent years as genocide.

On different occasion, especially during the holy month of Ramadan or on the martyrdom anniversary of Shia Imams Iranians make a vow with their God to do something for charity. Hence if their needs are met, they donate votive offerings as a public service.

The Saudi regime plans to displace hundreds of families in Saudi Arabia’s Shia-majority Qatif region and raze their houses as part of a crackdown on dissent.

The kingdom's human rights record has come under growing scrutiny after the Biden administration recently declassified an intelligence report.

Saudi regime forces arrest Mohammad Baqir al-Nimr, the brother of executed Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, and the father of Ali al-Nimr, who is serving a jail sentence for allegedly taking part in anti-regime protests when he was 17.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) slams Saudi Arabia for the state-sponsored “hateful” and “intolerant” language against Shia Muslims in its school religion textbooks.

Bahraini regime’s brutal crackdown on dissent violates numerous international laws, an analyst says.

Amnesty says the Nigerian government is desperately attempting to cover up the killing of a dozen citizens during peaceful protests in Nigeria’s biggest city of Lagos last October. 

A court in Saudi Arabia sentences a Shia Muslim eulogist to nine months in prison.

Accidents involving discarded weapons are not uncommon in Pakistan's northwest.