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King Charles warned against meeting unrepresentative Muslim leaders

Representatives of a cross-faith Middle East peace initiative have written to the King asking him to be careful about meeting religious representatives who don’t speak for their communities and airbrush Israeli war crimes. The letter from the Convivencia Alliance comes on the back of a

Request for comment from Times and IHRC’s response

On 25 February, The Times published an article in which it promoted the claim that Muslim groups, including IHRC, are using Islamophobia as a tool to silence critics of so-called “grooming gangs”. Below we reproduce its disingenuous request for comment and our response. From: Witherow,

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Release all Tunisian political prisoners now

IHRC condemns the jail sentences handed down to Tunisian opposition leaders yesterday and calls for an immediate end to their persecution by the revanchist deep state. The sentences against Rached El Ghannouchi and Said Ferjani, among others, are further evidence of the authoritarian drift of

Activists demand answers over draconian policing of pro-Palestine march

A coalition of pro-Palestine organisations and activists has written to the Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley to demand urgent answers over the draconian policing of the national demonstration for Palestine that took place in London on 18 January. Police made a total of 77

Letter to Metropolitan police re 18 January pro-Palestine demonstration

Tuesday 4th February 2025 New Scotland Yard, Victoria Embankment, London, SW1A 2JL   Dear Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley   We are writing to draw your attention to the procedural irregularities and the eventual draconian police tactics employed at the pro-Palestine demonstration in central London on

Jewish Chronicle article on IHRC and IHRC’s responses

On 27 January 2025, the Jewish Chronicle published a highly scurrilous attack on the IHRC and its chairman Massoud Shadjareh. The article is libellous and full of fabrications. Prior to the article being published the JC approached IHRC for comment. However it did not publish

Pakistan: IHRC urges President Zardari to protect Parachinar Shia

IHRC has urged the Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari to take immediate action to restore peace and order to the city of Parachinar which has recently the subject of a suffocating blockade and horrific massacres of its citizens. In a letter to the president, IHRC