Shrinking Spaces

Shrinking Spaces

PODCAST: A Muslim Bloc Vote: A Dream Worth Chasing?

Watch and listen to three special podcasts looking at the UK General Elections and the possibility of a Muslim bloc vote with IHRC media officer and former journalist Faisal Bodi, former IHRC head of research and current co-editor of The Long View, Arzu Merali and

Emancipating the Muslim Mind

Fahad Ansari challenges the institutional mindset amongst UK Muslims regarding the electoral process, in this timely piece.   “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed” Steve Biko “We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery

UN Side Panel on the Palestine Movement Crackdown

Join the IHRC’s UN team for the UN side panel on the Palestine Movement Crackdown DATE: 24 June 2024 TIME: 11.00 am CEST. Venue: Online IHRC TV or YouTube  – in person Room XXV, UN Buildings, Geneva Download the 2023 Report here    At this event, the SR Rapporteurs

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Extremism definition is anti-democratic, divisive and Islamophobic

Today’s announcement by Michael Gove that the government is widening the definition of extremism to catch mostly mainstream Muslim organisations is the latest in a series of Islamophobic measures seeking to exclude Muslims from public life. The blackballing of Muslim groups as a threat to

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IHRC welcomes UN statement on protecting right to protest and dissent

IHRC welcomes the statement of the United Nations calling on states to respect and enable the rights of everyone to freedom of peaceful assembly, association and expression. The statement is a direct response to the alarming level of repression by many state authorities of the

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Complaint to Charity Commission re UK Toremet

IHRC wrote to the Charity Commission on 19 January 2024 regarding fundraising for the Israeli Defense Forces being facilitated by a UK based charity, UK Toremet (charity registration number 1140972). The text of the letter is pasted below. We are compelled to write to you