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Statement on Palestine Action

It is disturbing to see pro-Palestine organisations being banned. While Palestine Action may be proscribed, action in support of Palestinians has not been criminalised. Actions opposing apartheid have not been criminalised. Actions opposing occupation have not been criminalised. It is our moral duty, now more

Response to Damien Egan comments in The Jewish News

Damien Egan MP has taken to the pages of The Jewish News today 2nd July 2025 to demand restrictions for various organisations in the wake of the Palestine Action proscription debacle.  This list includes IHRC, based  on spurious claims.    Introduction   As this is

Response to Walney (Woodcock) Comments on IHRC in The Times

More on Walney’s words of demonisation against IHRC   Introduction In a comment piece in The Times (UK), the unelected peer Lord Walney (John Woodcock) has continued making spurious claims about IHRC, demanding that the latest draconian security measure – the Foreign Influence Registration scheme

2005 Warnings

IHRC as Nostradamus: 2005 Warnings Coming True

Re-reading IHRC’s 2005 report on the culture of ‘anti-terrorism’ in the UK, Abed Choudhury argues that its warnings about the criminalisation of lawful dissent and the expansion of authoritarian legal tools have now materialised, and shows how the UK’s legal and political climate has moved

Response to Times re support of Palestine Action

From: Dathan, Matthew Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 5:23 PM To: IHRC Media Subject: Palestine Action   Hi there, we’re writing a story about the links between your organisation and Palestine Action, soon to become a proscribed organisation by the Home Office. We have been told that

Response to Telegraph re support of Palestine Action

Dear IHRC I am writing a story about your links to Palestine Action, which you have publicly supported over their direct action protests. As you are aware, the Government proposes to proscribe them with the order to be laid in Parliament next Monday. I have

David Taylor MP

David Taylor wants to proscribe IHRC

Head of IHRC Advocacy, Abed Choudhury, unpacks the vicious authoritarianism driving UK discourses on proscription of dissenting voices and protest, from Palestine Action to IHRC itself.  The UK government’s use of anti-terror legislation has drifted from authoritarian excess to something closer to farce. What began as

By attacking Iran, US is helping Israel finish its genocide

This morning’s bombing of alleged Iranian nuclear sites by the US is the natural outcome of a trajectory of genocidal violence inflicted by the collective West on the beleaguered Palestinians. Ever since Israel started its genocide in Gaza in October 2023, it has enjoyed the