Stop and search powers illegal, European court rules
January 12, 2010
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Judges in Strasbourg say UK powers under Terrorism Act 2000 violate convention on human rights.
Civil Rights
Forwarded Alert: UK – Monday 11 January, Bring Home Shaker Aamer, the last British Resident in Guantanamo
January 7, 2010
Shaker Aamer has been held illegally without charge or trial at Guantanamo bay for eight years.
Forwarded Action Alert: Help buy a prosthetic limb for former Uighur Guantanamo prisoner, Ahmad Abdulahad.
December 15, 2009
Donate so that Ahmad can return to enjoying some normality in his life after his traumatic experience.
German banker rapped over headscarf remark
December 14, 2009
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Amid a rising tide of Islamophobia in Europe, a former finance senator in Germany has been strongly criticized for his racist, anti-Islam comments.
PRESS RELEASE: UK – DNA sample database creates surveillance society; Police abuse of powers detrimental to community relations
November 25, 2009
IHRC shares the widespread concern that the encouragement of police officers to collect DNA samples would create a surveillance society.
PRESS RELEASE: USA – IHRC applauds the decision by the Italian judge to convict 23 former CIA agents
November 5, 2009
Islamic Human Rights Commission applauds the decision by the Italian judge to convict 23 former CIA agent.
PRESS RELEASE: New Briefing – IHRC response to the Prevent Violent Extremism strategy
October 19, 2009
The briefing argues that if the inherent flaws of the Preventing Violent Extremism strategy are not considered then the project will fail.
Preventing Violent Extremism; Response by the Islamic Human Rights Commission To UK Government Consultation
October 19, 2009
The Prevent strategy is doomed to fail in its objectives of preventing violent extremism unless and until it solves a number of inherent flaws.
