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The Islamic Human Rights Commission was set up in 1997. We
are an independent, not-for-profit, campaign, research and
advocacy organization based in London, UK. We foster links and
work in partnership with different organizations from Muslim and
non-Muslim backgrounds, to campaign for justice for all peoples
regardless of their racial, confessional or political
background.
Our aims are manifold, and our inspiration derives from the
Qur'anic injunctions that command believers to rise up in
defence of the oppressed. IHRC volunteers and campaigners come
from many different parts of the world and many different
backgrounds to share in the common struggle against injustice
and oppression.
Our work includes submitting reports to governments and
international organizations, writing articles, monitoring the
media, cataloguing war crimes, producing research papers,
organizing vigils, taking on discrimination cases and so on.
Aside from our countries index we have a number of country
specific projects and research areas e.g. Central Asia, Mauritius,
Turkey, Palestine and Nigeria. Our issue related work includes
researching war crimes, campaigning for prisoners of faith and
other prisoners held for their beliefs, campaigning against
religious discrimination and persecution, as well as many other
issues in and across areas as far a field as the UK to China,
Bosnia to Papua New Guinea , Europe to the United States of
America and South Africa.
The IHRC website covers many aspects of our work and provides
general information as well as material for the media, students,
policy makers, lawyers and activists. If you would like more
information please browse our site or contact us directly.
info@ihrc.org
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