
PRESS RELEASE – UK: IHRC endorses UN rapporteur’s view on ‘totalitarian’ Britain
Maina Kiai criticised the ever-widening PREVENT strategy for its Orwellian impact on free speech and its effect on Britain’s Muslim minority

Maina Kiai criticised the ever-widening PREVENT strategy for its Orwellian impact on free speech and its effect on Britain’s Muslim minority

Britain is turning into a ‘Stasi state’ subjecting its Muslims to ever increasing levels of repression, according to a new report to be published next week

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IHRC hosted a rally outside 10 Downing Street 1 November 2015

from key community figures: Arrests at demonstration unacceptable

British Muslims have condemned the Tory government’s new strategy to counter extremism in the country

New policies include creating blacklists of ‘radicals’ and ‘extremist’ groups subject to banning orders.

In the light of recent changes to the law IHRC is asking people to report cases that they think have involved abuses of the government’s PREVENT programme.