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theguardian – The outgoing UN human rights commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, has said that China had committed “serious human rights violations” against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province which may amount to crimes against humanity. Bachelet’s damning report was published with only 11 minutes to go before her term came to an end at midnight Geneva time. Publication was delayed by the eleventh-hour delivery of an …

Al-Monitor – In a meeting with administration officials, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed support for the government’s efforts this past year. Speaking Aug. 30, Khamenei said that that the biggest achievement of the Raisi administration’s first year in office has been “awakening hope and trust within the people.” Khamenei said that people can see this administration is “busy working …

Iranwire – Twenty-one individuals have been sentenced to three years in prison – one of them posthumously – in connection with the collapse of the Metropol building in Abadan. The announcement was made by Masoud Satayshi, a spokesman for the judiciary, at a press conference on Tuesday. Among those convicted, he said, were the city’s current mayor and two former …

Iranwire – The highest level of study at Shia seminaries is known as Kharij-e Fiqh, “Beyond Fiqh”. If successfully understood, it qualifies a person in the eyes of his religious peers to formulate his own independent opinion on Islamic matters. To become a marja, or “source of emulation”, one has to have taught Kharij-e Fiqh for a considerable amount of time, published a collection …

Iranwire – The secretary of Iran’s Headquarters for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice has confirmed that proposals are on the table to use subway cameras to track and identify women wearing “bad hijab”. Mohammad Saleh Golpaygani said in an interview released on Tuesday that as part of the regime’s so-called “Hijab and Chastity Project”, CCTV cameras on the Tehran Metro and subway systems …