PRESS RELEASE – The global fight against the Coronavirus risks being undermined if US sanctions against Iran aren’t lifted. In a letter to the UN Secretary General, IHRC has called on António Guterres to bring international pressure to bear on Washington to temporarily
Islamic Human Rights CommissionPO Box 598, Wembley, London, United Kingdom, HA9 7XHTel: (+44) 20 8904 4222E-mail: info@ihrc.org Web: www.ihrc.org H.E. António GuterresSecretary-GeneralUnited Nations Secretariat BuildingNew YorkNY 10017, USA27 February 2020Dear Secretary-General,RE: Sanctions against IranI am writing to you as a matter of urgency to
PRESS RELEASE: IHRC welcomes the decision by a court in Nigeria today ordering the release of the last remaining Islamic Movement members detained following a government massacre of the group’s supporters in 2015. 87 members of the movement were acquitted and discharged by the Kaduna
PRESS RELEASE: IHRC is calling on the Nigerian authorities to free the imprisoned leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky, and his spouse ahead of their appearance in court this Thursday 6 Feb in a politically motivated trial. The pair face charges
PRESS RELEASE: IHRC has written to the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari urging him to release the imprisoned leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenah al-Zakzaky. The letter is the latest in a long line correspondence with Buhari and
Dear President I am writing to once again draw your urgent attention to the ongoing case of Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife Mallimah Zeenah. They must be immediately released. Further to our previous correspondence with yourself and other Nigerian officials we remain concerned that
PRESS RELEASE: IHRC has written to the Kosovan ambassador in London to expressing deep concern over the unlawful arrest, detention and mistreatment of Ikballe Berisha Huduti by the Kosovan authorities on 7 January 2020 after a comment she posted on social media about the extra-judicial
PRESS RELEASE: IHRC cautiously welcomes today’s ruling by the International Court of Justice ordering the government of Myanmar to prevent genocidal violence against its Rohingya Muslim minority and preserve any evidence of past crimes. We are pleased that the decision in the United Nations’ highest
