In this series of podcasts, activist and thinker Sandew Hira of the Decolonial International Network Foundation talks with Arzu Merali of his experiences of trying to set up a Truth & Reconciliation project in Suriname to deal with the legacy of the 8 December 1982
Faisal Bodi sees the passing of Islamophobia Awareness Month an opportune time to reflect on the alarming rise of this divisive bigotry on our shores. Almost ten years have passed since then chairwoman of the Conservative Party Baroness Warsi opined that hostility to Muslims has
On 11 and 12 December 2021, IHRC’s annual Islamophobia conference will address the questions posed by Muslim participation in civic and political life in the so-called ‘West,’ including countries like the UK, the US, the European Union, Australia and Canada**. WHEN: Saturday 11 and Sunday 12
PRESS RELEASE – IHRC has written to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick over calls from government ministers for the police to investigate university students demonstrating against the presence of Israeli ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, at a university event in London on Tuesday
Dear Commissioner, I am writing about the calls from government ministers for the police to investigate university students demonstrating against the presence of Israeli ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, at a university event in London on Tuesday 9 November. The calls are being led
Dates: 11 & 12 December Venue: Online ihrc.tv and YouTube and Facebook For press enquiries and to organise interviews please email media[AT]ihrc.org or call / message +447958607475. The annual Islamophobia conference takes place across 11 and 12 December 2021. Co-organised by Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), Scotland Against Criminalising Communities (SACC) and the Decolonial
Israel’s recent classification of six Palestinian NGO’s as “terrorist” has shone the spotlight on the Zionist state’s unrelenting drive to delegitimise opposition to its human rights abuses.[i] Al-Haq, Addameer, the Bisan Center for Research and Development, the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, Defense for Children
Today the hearing resumes of an Israeli conscientious objector appealing a decision to deny him asylum in Britain. Here, in his own words, is why he cannot go back to Israel. Throughout my life, I have struggled with my identity as a Jew with my
