Alert: Global – Write letters of support to prisoners this Ramadan

21 August, 2009

IHRC encourages all campaigners to write letters of support to prisoners of faith and political prisoners this Ramadan.

Alert: USA – ACLU files a legal complaint over the detention of an American citizen in a CMU

21 August, 2009

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a legal complaint to the U.S. District Court of Indiana over the detention of an American citizen in Terre Haute’s controversial Communication Management Unit facility.

Forwarded Alert: Global – Cyberspace Research Policy Center surveys religious and cultural needs of Muslims on the internet

20 August, 2009

Forwarded Alert: Global – Cyberspace Research Policy Center surveys religious and cultural needs of Muslims on the internet

Alert: Global – IHRC Shop and Donations

19 August, 2009

Come and visit our online shop and enjoy our extensive range of merchandise and campaign material. Whether you are interested in our research or campaigns or merely looking for a gift we have something for everyone.

Israel says UN covering up Iran’s nuclear arms drive

19 August, 2009

Israel is accusing the UN nuclear weapons watchdog of holding back incriminating evidence of Iran’s drive to obtain nuclear weapons, the Haaretz newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Back-dropped by the golden shrine of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City, former Arkansas governor and US presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is seen during his tour in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al Amud, Monday, Aug. 17, 2009.

Republican Huckabee in Israel slams 2-state option

18 August, 2009

JERUSALEM — Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is pressing on with a provocative tour of Israel and backing Israel’s policies at the heart of increasingly tense U.S.-Israeli relations.

Israel ministers agree to halt settlement tenders

18 August, 2009

JERUSALEM — Israel’s premier agreed on Tuesday not to invite tenders for West Bank settlement building in the coming months so as to advance the peace process, but critics said this fell far short of US demands for a settlement freeze.