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‘Five people put to death per week’: Saudi Arabia carries out 100th execution this year

Ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia has one of the world’s highest rates of execution, with suspects convicted of terrorism, homicide, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking facing the death penalty. A Saudi was executed in Riyadh on Monday bringing the number of people put to death in the kingdom so far this year to 100.

Bahraini Rights Critic Imprisoned for Yemen Tweets

This week Saudi Arabia and its allies in Geneva are blustering and threatening other countries to try to defeat a UN Human Rights Council resolution that would set up an independent investigation into war crimes by all parties – including the Saudi-led military coalition – in Yemen.

Suicide ‘shepherd’ kills several in Kabul

A suicide bomber has killed at least five people near a Shia mosque in Kabul ahead of the major religious commemoration of Ashura. The attacker disguised himself as a shepherd in order to approach the mosque, Kabul police’s criminal investigative director told AFP.

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Sokoto Warns Shiite Sect against Conducting Procession

By Mohammed Aminu in Sokoto The Sokoto State Government has warned members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as the Shiite sect to desist from conducting any procession in the state or face the wrath of the law.

Saudi Arabia: Official Hate Speech Targets Minorities

Some Saudi state clerics and institutions incite hatred and discrimination against religious minorities, including the country’s Shia Muslim minority. This hate speech prolongs the systematic discrimination against the Shia minority and – at its worst – is employed by violent groups who attack them.

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See the Youtube video here.

Opinion | N.Y.U. in Abu Dhabi: A Sectarian Bargain

The U.A.E.’s security clearance forms require applicants to list religion and sect, and N.Y.U.’s own written instructions specify that its employees cannot leave those fields blank. University officials recently told me that they’re still working to reverse my security clearance denial. But based on my past experience with the Abu Dhabi project, I have little hope.

Abdulkareem al-Hawaj at Imminent Risk of Execution after Recent Judgment

19 September 2017 – On 11 September, Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Abdulkareem al-Hawaj, leaving him at imminent risk of being executed. With all of his appeals exhausted, al-Hawaj faces execution as soon as King Salman ratifies his sentence, which could happen at any time.

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Cites Bahrain as “Egregious” Perpetrator of Reprisals

22 September 2017 – On 20 September 2017, United Nations (UN) Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour presented the office’s eighth report on reprisals at the 36 th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), raising serious concern over the increased attacks on human rights defenders in Bahrain.

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Washed up: Malaysian launderette refuses non-Muslim customers

“For Muslim customers only. Leave your shoes outside,” The owner of a self-service laundrette in the historic town of Muar in the Malaysian state of Johor likely had little inkling of the hornet’s nest he would stir up by putting up a sign barring non-Muslim from using his services.

See also ‘Malaysian launderette owner stirs Asian hornet’s nest’.

Bahrain’s debt levels and associated costs need a check

Bahrain has the means, stamina and experience in addressing some of the socioeconomic challenges engulfing the smallest state within the Gulf Cooperation Council. On the economic side, problems include the yawning budgetary deficit, growing public debt, poor credit ratings and the disturbing youth unemployment levels.