GMD Schools: Resources for Assemblies and Lessons

January 15, 2020

Those of you commemorating genocides past and present in the coming weeks may find the following resources useful. A full set of resources can be found on our site here. All our lesson plans are available under the Genocide Memorial Day author account on the TES resources

Write to leaders of key Muslim countries to demand end of Uighur persecution

January 15, 2020

Summary Background Action Summary New campaign details below. IHRC is calling on campaigners to demand key Muslim countries to demand China ends its persecution of the Uighurs. Many Muslim and non-aligned countries have key or growing economic ties with China. Please make clear that the

ICCPR UK 2020

January 14, 2020

IHRC’s latest submission to the Committee on Civil and Political Rights looks at the UK over the last few years. [Uploaded 14 January 2020] Download the report here. The last four years have seen a marked deterioration in racial/religious equality in Britain. A lurch to

Iran doesn't want Trump's 'deal of the century' — and its revenge tactics go far beyond official warfare

January 9, 2020

Read Faisal Bodi’s latest piece on recent events in The Independent. With last weekend’s assassination of the head of Iran‘s Revolutionary Guard, President Trump has torn up the rulebook governing the managed conflict that has characterised relations between Tehran and Washington. Since the Islamic Revolution in

Sheikh Zakzaky on US extrajudicial killings

January 8, 2020

This short clip is reportedly taken from Sheikh’s speech during Shabaniyah celebrations in June 2014.

Alert: Write your own message of support to Sheikh Zakzaky and Muallima Zeenah in prison

January 7, 2020

Background Requested Action Recipient address Background [6 January 2020] On 5 December 2019 a Kaduna High Court Judge ordered that Sheikh and Mallima be moved from their place of detention to Kaduna Central Prison. Not only is their continued detention illegal and immoral, both are

The Soleimani Assassination: Are We Heading Towards a New War in the Middle East?

January 4, 2020

[4 January 2020]Massoud Shadjareh joins an expert panel to discuss recent events. Listen to the discussion below or on the Sputnik website. Also joining him to discuss this issue on Sputnik’s Loud & Clear hosted by John Kiriakou, Brian Becker were Mohammad Marandi, an expert on

US: Statement on Extrajudicial Killings of Soleimani and Mohandis

January 3, 2020

Today’s assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at the hands of the US in Iraq today is the final test for international institutions world-wide.