Chairman: “IHRC has continued to receive widespread recognition for its work this year and to end on a positive note, I am pleased to announce that in July 2007 Islamic Human Rights Commission received Special Consultative status with the United Nations.”
In this ‘What’s New’ a series of Alerts outlining recent human rights issues in UK, Nigeria, Libya, Sudan, US, Trinidad and Tobago. We also have a Press Release on IHRC’s Oral Intervention at UN on the extension of pre-trial detention in UK.
Hicham Yezza’s scheduled deportation for 1 June 2008 was cancelled and his immigration case is now with the Home Office’s legal advisers.
Hicham Yezza, a former PhD student and current member of staff at the University of Nottingham faces deportation to Algeria on 1 June 2008.
IHRC has received reports that a refugee detained at Misratah detention facility in Libya has died due to negligence by the Libyan authorities.
OPPOSE THE COUNTER-TERRORISM BILL AND EXTENSION OF DETENTION WITHOUT CHARGE.
Hundreds of Eritrean refugees in Libya, who fled their country to escape oppression, are currently detained in Libya in various detention facilities. They now face deportation to Eritrea and the possibility of ill treatment and torture.
