Civil Rights

Civil Rights

Response to Camila Turner / Daily Telegraph re UK Riots

Camila Turner of The Daily Telegraph contacted IHRC for comment about its letter to the UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper about the recent riots, which included the well documented statement that some of the far-right fomenting the violence are supported by non-UK based pro-Israel /

Response to the Jewish Chronicle’s staggering enquiry

Dear Ms Prinsley Thank you for your enquiry dated 07/08/2024. We note that having emailed our organisation you then promptly went ahead and published your article in under two hours. By any measure, that is an unfair and insufficient amount of time in which to

UK – IHRC demands GM Police investigate systemic culture of abuse

Islamophobic violence as evidenced in Manchester airport attacks likely tip of the iceberg IHRC has written to the of Chief Constable  Greater Manchester Police Stephen Watson demanding immediate action following the footage from Manchester Airport yesterday showing officers kick and stomp on an arrestee’s head

Bring Aafia Siddiqui home now!

Do you know Dr. Aafia Siddiqui? A highly educated academic and mother of three, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui was abducted by the American government in Pakistan and was the first woman subjected to the full rendition to torture programme by the USA. Her children were taken

PODCAST: A Muslim Bloc Vote: A Dream Worth Chasing?

Watch and listen to three special podcasts looking at the UK General Elections and the possibility of a Muslim bloc vote with IHRC media officer and former journalist Faisal Bodi, former IHRC head of research and current co-editor of The Long View, Arzu Merali and

Emancipating the Muslim Mind

Fahad Ansari challenges the institutional mindset amongst UK Muslims regarding the electoral process, in this timely piece.   “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed” Steve Biko “We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery