ZANZIBAR: Launch of Report on Human Rights Abuses

May 18, 2001

Current situation inevitable result of union with Tanganyika

Labour Candidate Apologises to Ombudsman But Not Constituency

May 15, 2001

Paul Daisley has had to apologise to the Local Government Ombudsman, but not to the constituents to whom he had responded.

MEDIA ALERT: BBC Radio 4 ‘World Tonight’ caves in to pro-Israel MP’s pressure against journalist

May 9, 2001

Mike Gapes MP for Ilford South has complained about a piece on Radio 4’s ‘The World Tonight.’ The piece by Faisal Bodi, mentioned the campaign by local Muslims to unseat the MP because of his membership of Labour Friends of Israel.

BBC Launches Anti-Muslim Witch Hunt

May 9, 2001

World Tonight programme discriminates against Muslims

Equal in the Eyes of the Law: Police Brutality and the Abuse of Human Rights in Mauritius

May 1, 2001

IHRC observer, Osama Daneshyar visits Mauritius on a fact-finding mission as to the state of human rights in the justice system. He reports on his trip. Download the report here. Following a one-week fact-finding mission to the Republic of Mauritius, Osama Daneshyar prepared this report

Suppressing Dissent: The Crackdown on Muslims in Zanzibar

May 1, 2001

The lack of international concern over the anti-Muslim attacks in Zanzibar, leave observers worried that another Kosova type situation is waiting to explode in East Africa. Nafeez Ahmed explores the history of the abuses. Download the report here. The island of Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous province

Saddam War Criminal, What About Sharon?

April 26, 2001

New investigation is selective, biased and inconsistent

URGENT ALERT: TURKEY

April 12, 2001

A BBC Monitoring report (p.143 Ceefax) on 9 April 2001 reported that Mustafa Demir, Imam of Mahmutpasa Mosque had been arrested by Turkish security agents, specified by Anatolia News Agency, as being those affiliated with the Security Directorate.