Civil Rights

Response to Telegraph re support of Palestine Action

Dear IHRC I am writing a story about your links to Palestine Action, which you have publicly supported over their direct action protests. As you are aware, the Government proposes to proscribe them with the order to be laid in Parliament next Monday. I have

David Taylor MP

David Taylor wants to proscribe IHRC

Head of IHRC Advocacy, Abed Choudhury, unpacks the vicious authoritarianism driving UK discourses on proscription of dissenting voices and protest, from Palestine Action to IHRC itself.  The UK government’s use of anti-terror legislation has drifted from authoritarian excess to something closer to farce. What began as

Met Police urged to crack down on anti-Iran violence

IHRC has demanded that the Metropolitan Police crack down on anti-Iran violence by dissidents who have launched a series of attacks against people they perceive to be supporters of the government in Tehran. These individuals have repeatedly gathered outside the Iranian Embassy and attended legitimate

Letter to Met police chief re violent attacks against pro-Iran supporters

Sir Mark Rowley Metropolitan Police Commissioner New Scotland Yard, 8-10, Broadway, London, SW1H 0AZ 20 June 2025     Dear Sir Rowley, Unprovoked and Islamophobic violence and attacks by anti-Iran protestors on Iranian demonstrators We are writing to raise urgent concerns about a series of