The annual Genocide Memorial Day (GMD) will take place this Sunday, 19 January amid a raging controversy over the official Holocaust Memorial Day Trusts’ rejection of a call to include Gaza in its commemorations this year. The sixteenth GMD coincides with the beginning of the
Summary IHRC is calling on activists to write to their local councils and organisations taking part in Holocaust Memorial Day, asking them to boycott HMD Trust for their refusal to mention Gaza on their list of genocides. Â Background In November 2024, the IHRC wrote
As a matter of policy, IHRC publishes all media correspondence in full. This ensures there is an accurate public record of the exchange, should our comments be misquoted or omitted entirely. Our Response: Dear Camilla, It’s always a pleasant surprise to hear from you
Britain’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation is being urged to examine the misuse of anti-terrorism legislation to suppress protests and direct action against the genocide in Gaza. IHRC has written to Jonathan Hall KC asking that he urgently looks into the case of the Filton
Jonathan Hall KC Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation 6KBW College Hill 21 College Hill EC4R 2RP 9 January 2025 By email: Jonathan.Hall@6kbw.com Dear Mr Hall, Incarceration of the Filton 10 Activists I am writing to express my profound concern regarding the arrest and detention of
Summary Despite no evidence of any acts of terrorism or connections to proscribed terrorist groups, 10 pro-Palestine activists trying to disrupt the supply of weapons from Britain to Israel were arrested last August under anti-terrorism legislation. They were later charged with aggravated burglary and
IHRC is pleased to announce that its sixteenth annual Genocide Memorial Day will take place on Sunday, 19 January. This year’s theme is ‘Resisting Genocide’. Fifteen months after it started, Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza ploughs forward relentlessly. Despite the ICJ finding a plausible
IHRC held the 11th annual Islamophobia Conference on Saturday, 14 and Sunday, 15 December 2024. Entitled, The Vanishing Public Muslim, the focus of the conference was what it means for Muslims when they exercise their rights, particularly those in the Western hemisphere and claim to
