The demonisation of Muslims is now embedded in the various discourses of the nation, argues Arzu Merali. Originally written in 2017, this piece tackles the institutionalised narratives of hate – often dressed up as concerns for security or rights –and argues that countering them needs to
With the British state and its population intensifying racist violence on racialised people, Sukant Chandan looks at the strategies employed by the state to keep targeted communities disunited and confused about the situation and the possible solutions required to ameliorate them. *** Introduction: A
Recent events in the UK have underscored a disturbing erosion of the rule of law, an erosion that threatens not only lawyers and judges, but the fundamental rights of all. Last week this formed part of the IHRC panel at the United Nations in Geneva,
Another racist murder in Norway exposes the failures of its institutions to tackle rising hatred in the Scandanavian nation says Iffit Qureshi. Last week in Oslo, Tamima Nibras Juhar, a 34-year-old Norwegian Ethiopian Muslim woman, was murdered in Kampen, Oslo by an 18-year-old right-wing
The UK’s latest Casey review, this time into group-based sexual exploitation and abuse has missed an opportunity to tackle a longstanding, appalling culture of crime. Instead it has simply scapegoated Pakistani Muslim men and amplified Islamophobic rhetoric, argues Saqib Deshmukh. I remember a few years
IHRC Head of Advocacy Abed Choudhury looks at how political language has been rendered meaningless by a cynical political class in the UK, and how this augurs ill for what was once considered a democracy. There’s been a lot of reflection on the 20
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
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
