January 23, 2019

We wanted to send you an update on the school resources section of the Genocide Memorial Day website, update you regarding the winners of the GMD poetry competition and give details of this year’s competition. New lesson plans and resources We have added a further 13 lesson plans this month, including a

Free Marzieh Hashemi

January 20, 2019

Join the campaign to free Marzieh, the US journalist imprisoned in Washington DC without charge. [19 January 2019] Press TV journalist and US Citizen Marzieh Hashemi who had been traveling within the United States to visit with her ill brother and other relatives was detained in

URGENT ALERT: USA – Demand the release of Marzieh Hashemi now

January 16, 2019

Take a few minutes to support the Press TV journalist and anchor who is detained without charge in the USA. Background Action Required Model Letter Background Press TV journalist and US Citizen Marzieh Hashemi who had been traveling within the United States to visit

Subverting Sanctions: How Human Rights and International Law have been Violated

January 14, 2019

Saied Reza Ameli and Mohsen Ahoeei look at the devastating effects of sanctions, used not for the promotion of human rights but a tool of war. Publication date: 14 January 2019 ISBN: 9781903718384 (Soft copy only) Authors: Saied Reza Ameli, Mohsen Ahoeei with a foreword by

UK Event: Genocide Memorial Day 2019 – “Genocide as a tool for Colonialism”

January 12, 2019

This is our tenth annual event and we can’t wait for you to join us in person or on-line (www.ihrc.tv or on Facebook). WHEN: Sunday, 20th January 2019 from 12pm – 4pm (programme begins with lunch) WHERE: P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, Kings Cross, London, NW1 1JD Lunch

Defining extremism: What does 2019 hold for British Muslims?

January 9, 2019

Institutionalised Islamophobia has contributed to hate crimes, discrimination and the exclusion of Muslims from political spaces, argues Arzu Merali Where to start or finish a year’s overview of Islamophobia in the UK? We can focus on the comments of various public figures, not least

The day the police were consistent: It really was one rule for us and Anna Soubry

January 9, 2019

Anna Soubury’s experiences at the hands of the far-right is the lived and normalised experience of the minoritised, says Arzu Merali. Year in year, for a good ten years or more, all sorts of far-right and a motley band of Zionists, congregate to counter the

Report: British Muslim organisations being “marginalised”

January 9, 2019

Press TV’s Robert Carter discusses the latest briefing from IHRC on the restrictions being placed on, and marginalisation of civil society organisations in the UK. Read IHRC’s briefing here, and watch the 3 minute report below.