Verdicts are expected today in the trial of 60 demonstrators held by Nigerian authorities since 2019 for their alleged part in protests seeking the release of the founder of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky. The protest in Abuja on 22 July 2019
IHRC is demanding an immediate change in policing policy after the disproportionate arrest of a political activist at Heathrow airport in London for allegedly wearing a top featuring the flag of Palestine. In the incident which occurred on 21 April 2025 the individual was detained,
Sir Mark Rowley Metropolitan Police Commissioner New Scotland Yard 8-10 Broadway London SW1H 0AZ mark.rowley@met.police.uk 8 May 2025 Dear Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, Â We are writing about the shocking arrest and detention on 21 April 2025 of a Palestinian activist at
The murder of Mohammed Saleem twelve years ago today is a potent reminder of the spread of Islamophobia in the UK. Eighty-two year old Mr Saleem was savagely stabbed to death by a white supremacist as he made the regular journey home from his Green
IHRC has written to Keir Starmer asking the British PM to review the array of repressive anti-terrorism legislation in the wake of Jordan’s decision last week to ban the Muslim Brotherhood. The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood has been an integral part of Jordan’s political landscape since
Dear Prime Minister We write to you regarding the banning of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) by the Government of the Kingdom of Jordan. As you will be aware, earlier this week the Jordanian government officially outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood organisation within the country. The Jordanian
IHRC has written to the Nigerian president Bola Tinubu urging him to take immediate action over last month’s massacre by soldiers of demonstrators taking part in an Al-Quds Day protest in the capital Abuja. On March 28, at the end of Ramadan, armed soldiers attacked
HE President Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu Office of the President The Aso Rock Presidential Villa Yakubu Gowon Crescent The Three Arms Zone Asokoro Abuja, FCT Nigeria 10 April 2025 By email: info@statehouse.gov.ng Dear President Bola Tinubu, Assalamu-alaikum, We pray this letter finds you in good
