Faisal Bodi

Letter to Holocaust Memorial Day Trust re Gaza genocide

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust PO Box 61074 London SE1P 5BX   27 November 2024   Dear Sir or Madam, Absence of the ongoing genocide in Gaza from the list of genocides mentioned by HMD The front page of the official Holocaust Memorial Day website describes

Islamophobia conference to discuss crackdown on Muslim expression

A stellar panel of speakers is lined up to present papers at the annual Islamophobia Conference this weekend. Among the luminaries are the acclaimed anti-Zionist historian, Prof. Ilan Pappé, former Bristol University academic Prof. David Miller, decolonial thinker Prof. Ramon Grosfoguel and Imam Dawud Walid

Syria statement

The Islamic Human Rights Commission affirms the fundamental right of both the Syrian and Palestinian people to resist oppression and tyranny and live a dignified existence. Justice and moral consistency demand that we cannot trade one people’s rights away to secure another’s.  Yet once more

PM Starmer must commit now to arresting Israeli leaders

The arrest warrants issued today by the International Criminal Court against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and erstwhile Yoav Gallant defence minister are long overdue. Usually, better late than never might be a justified reaction but in this instance it is more a case of too

IHRC demands end to unlawful arrests of pro-Palestine protestors

IHRC has written to the Metropolitan Police Chief, Sir Mark Rowley, protesting the continuing arrests of pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the capital. The letter addresses the latest arrest, which took place at Trafalgar Square on 6 October 2024, in which a protestor was arrested for chanting

Letter to Met police chief over arrest of pro-Palestine demonstrator

Sir Mark Rowley Metropolitan Police Commissioner New Scotland Yard 8-10 Broadway London SW1H 0AZ     28 October 2024   Dear Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley,   We are writing to address the arrest of a protestor at a Pro-Palestinian demonstration at Trafalgar Square on 6