A Message on the UK Riots

August 6, 2024

IHRC has been warning about the environment of hate in the UK for 25 years. We are not surprised by what is happening on our streets. Here’s our message

IHRC warns of racial “tipping point” after Southport mob violence

July 31, 2024

Last night’s attack on a Southport mosque by a far right mob intent on weaponising the horrific murder of three children is the latest warning that racialised minorities, especially Muslims, are no longer safe in Britain. No sooner had news broken of the attack on

UK – IHRC demands GM Police investigate systemic culture of abuse

July 25, 2024

Islamophobic violence as evidenced in Manchester airport attacks likely tip of the iceberg IHRC has written to the of Chief Constable Greater Manchester Police Stephen Watson demanding immediate action following the footage from Manchester Airport yesterday showing officers kick and stomp on an arrestee’s head

Alert – Take action against the Tajikistan’s Islamophobic ban on the hijab

July 19, 2024

Summary The Tajikistani government is taking extreme measures to ban the practising of Islam from the country. This includes enforcing a hijab ban. Join us in opposing this. Background On 20th June 2024, the Tajikistani government banned the hijab (headscarf) considered to be a

IHRC writes to Met police chief over Islamophobic attacks on Iranian voters

July 3, 2024

IHRC has written to the head of the Metropolitan Police in London, Sir Mark Rowley, to protest about the force’s failure to adequately police voting by Iranian nationals at the country’s embassy in London. At least two people were physically attacked by an anti-Iranian government

American Imperialism and Eid Book Recommendations

May 27, 2024

Since today is National Memorial Day in the USA and 29 May 2024 is the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, we have prepared a list of recommendations on American imperialism. National Day honours all the US military personnel that died while serving the US

Telling Tales of the ‘British’ Nation: The Michaela School Moment and the End of Minority Rights

May 22, 2024

Arzu Merali looks at how the Michaela School judgment fits into new narratives of nation in the UK, and how it heralds the collapse of minority rights norms. Who gets to explain what Britain is? A country supposedly with some of the highest levels of

Gaza and the Politics of Genocide Recognition

May 22, 2024

Afroze F Zaidi argues that Western countries refusal to use the term genocide to describe events in Gaza is a nod to their complicity not only in the ongoing slaughter but a reminder of its place in the recent histories of colonialism, recompense for which