On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police in Ferguson in the United States. His murder sparked an uprising; the now infamous slogan “hands up, dont shoot” and was of the key triggers to the #BlackLivesMatter protest movement. Michael Brown was not
Muslim organisations have been the canary in the coal mine for a vicious brand of cancel politics being waged by the neo-liberal establishment, argues Faisal Bodi Britain’s ranking in the third tier of a global index of freedom of expression by Index on Censorship
As part of its submission to the office of the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, IHRC has compiled this briefing regarding some of the impacts of such laws and policies in the UK,
Background Action required Model Template Recipient contact information Background Islamophobia and Afrophobia run rampant within the Labour Party as has been well documented by the Forde Report and files leaked and released by Al-Jazeera in the Labour Files. Yet still, there is no response
The focus of the British government and security apparatus continues to fall on Muslims. John Holmwood argues that the state’s flagship policy ‘Prevent’, and the narrative of ‘British values’ has imbued policies and laws, particularly in education, that discriminate against all minority faiths and undermine
IHRC hosted an author evening with Dr Rizwaan Sabir on Friday, 12 August, to discuss his book, The Suspect: Counterterrorism, Islam and the Security State. Dr Sabir is a lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University. The Suspect focuses mainly on Dr Sabir’s personal
Join us for an author evening with Rizwaan Sabir to discuss his book, The Suspect: Counterterrorism, Islam and the Security State. Purchase The Suspect from the IHRC Bookshop. WHEN: Friday, 12 August, 2022 TIME: 6.30pm BST (GMT+1) WHERE: IHRC Bookshop (202 Preston Road, Wembley, HA9 8PA),
This page provides the key documents, video and links in the Countering Islamophobic Narratives project (CIK) that was undertaken in 2017 – 2018. The author of research on the UK was Arzu Merali. Watch her present their findings at the European Parliament in September 2018.
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