Crimes Against Humanity

Crimes Against Humanity

Ayatollah Khamenei died standing on the right side of history

IHRC condemns the cowardly, treacherous and illegal assassination by Israel yesterday of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei. The spiritual head of Iran’s government was killed even as Iranian officials were locked in negotiations with the United States in a bid to avert military

IHRC Response to Telegraph Enquiry

Camilla Turner, political editor of the UK’s The Telegraph has written to IHRC again.  See our response, and her enquiry below.     IHRC Response     Camilla, Re: your enquiry of 28 February 2026 It appears we have been asked the same question about

HANDS OFF IRAN – FLASH PROTEST TODAY 10 DOWNING STREET

An emergency protest will take place outside 10 Downing Street today Saturday 28 Feb calling for an end to western aggression against Iran. The demonstration, organised by a huge anti-war coalition, comes after Israeli and US forces launched a fresh attack on Iran overnight in

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Letter to UN urging it to rein in rapacious USA

To: His Excellency Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations   CC: Relevant UN institutions   Re:  The UN mandate must be enforced against the most rapacious power today, the USA   Dear Sir,   We the undersigned, write to demand the United Nations

10 years on, justice still eludes Zaria massacre victims

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Zaria massacre, a slaughter of at least 1000 innocent civilians by Nigerian security forces. The massacre occurred when over the course of three days  starting Dev 12, 2015, soldiers attacked civilians and property connected to the Islamic Movement

Defending Lawyers

Defending Lawyers is Defending Rights

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,

We Don’t Need White Tears When Racism Kills

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

Response to Damien Egan comments in The Jewish News

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