
Interview | Hamja Ahsan and Turab Shah: “It is important to remain hopeful”
Hamja Ahsan and Turab Shah: A conversation published in Ceasefire Magazine

Hamja Ahsan and Turab Shah: A conversation published in Ceasefire Magazine

A Muslim woman was barred from serving on a jury yesterday because she refused to remove her veil.

Foreign delegations, especially those from Britain, visit Bahrain to find a way to support the ruling al-Khalifa regime and prevent its collapse, secretary general of Bahrain Freedom Movement Saeed al-Shahabi says.

IHRC is deeply concerned with the APDP (Association of Parents of Disappeared Person) latest report examining the situation of women labelled ‘half widows’ in Indian occupied and administered Kashmir.

A Canadian imam who was arrested during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia three weeks ago says he was beaten and strangled during his 36 hours in confinement.

The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) Thursday expressed concern over the ‘Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry’ (BICI) set up by royal decree in June.

IHRC chair Massoud Shadjareh joins Imam al-Asi to discuss the issue.

In a report entitled “Saudi Arabia’s Political Prisoners: Towards a Third Decade of Silence,” the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) describes political imprisonment in Saudi Arabia as “an epidemic [which] has not spared any sector of Saudi society.”




