Human Rights Watch (HRW)
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HRW condemns Saudi Arabia for ‘hateful language’ against Shia in textbooks
HRW said in a report the textbooks currently used in Saudi schools continued to portray negatively some practices associated with Shia Islam, even though the language they maintained “does not make direct reference to Shia Islam or use derogatory terms”,
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HRW calls on UN states to vote against Saudi Arabia's bid for rights council
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged world states to vote against Saudi Arabia’s bid to take a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, stating that the ultra-conservative kingdom has committed “massive rights violations” both at home and abroad.
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Grand Imam of Djibo, Burkina Faso: found dead after kidnapped
The kidnapping took place while he was returning from the capital Ouagadougou, along the Namsiguia-Djibo axis where his body was found.
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HRW: Saudi prince held out of touch after enforced disappearance
The New York-based organization quoted a source with ties to the family of Prince Faisal as saying on Saturday that the authorities may have forcibly “disappeared” the son of the late King Abdullah, who formerly served as the president of the Saudi Red Crescent Society, in late March.