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‘”Bring them to safety”: Desperate pleas from Afghan Australians
Australian government urged to expedite partner and family visas and launch rescue mission out of Kabul.’
Al-Jazeera
16 August, 2021

See also:
‘Hobart’s Hazara community terrified about a return to Taliban held homeland’
ABC Radio Hobart
16 August 2021

‘Taliban captures key northern Afghan city Mazar-i-Sharif
Major blow for Afghan gov’t as Taliban seizes Mazar-i-Sharif, giving group control over all of northern Afghanistan.’
Al-Jazeera
14.8.21

‘Life or death for Hazaras: Australia has a moral obligation to act, now’
Sitarah Mohammadi and Sajjad Askary
The Guardian, 19 July 2021

‘Taliban surge in north Afghanistan sends thousands fleeing’
Associated Press, 13.7.21

‘UAE: Arbitrary Targeting of Pakistani Shia Residents
Enforced Disappearances, Incommunicado Detention, Groundless Deportation’
Human Rights Watch, June 22, 2021

‘US-funded media spreads bizarre conspiracy theory about Shi’a Muslims
The charges against the al-Khoe’i Foundation were so wild that the State Department had to step in and disavow the story.’

Responsible Statecraft, June 14, 2021

‘Saudi Arabia has executed a young man who was convicted on charges stemming from his participation in an anti-government rebellion by minority Shia Muslims. A leading rights group said his trial was “deeply flawed”.’
The Guardian, June 15 2021
See also Amnesty International

‘Kabul neighbourhood, home to Hazaras, stunned by wave of attacks
Once considered a safe haven for Hazara Shia Muslims, Dasht-e-Barchi has come under increased attacks in recent years.’
AlJazeera, 13 June

‘Seven killed in twin van bomb blasts in Afghanistan’s Kabul
Six others wounded in bombings that struck western Kabul neighbourhood largely populated by members of the the ethnic Hazara minority.’
AlJazeera, 12 June

‘Hundreds have held a rare protest in Bahrain over the death of a vaccinated prisoner from the coronavirus held by the island kingdom’
The Independent, June 10