Open letters

Open letters
Open Letters

A Declaration to the Conscience of Humanity

To the peoples of the world, to thinkers, to scholars, and to those who believe in justice: A specter now haunts the conscience of humanity – the return of predatory power – and it shall no longer go unchallenged. For 249 years – spanning the entirety

Response to Request for comment from The Times: charity profile

Hi Lara, Thanks for reaching out.  You don’t give us much time to respond.  Given that we are a human rights organisation working in a time of genocidal violence and terror being inflicted primarily by the US and Israel on Gaza, Lebanon, Iran and various

Response to Al-Quds Day article from the Times

Hi Geri, Thanks for reaching out. A number of the points you have listed are factually incorrect, we cannot list all of them. We trust you will quote in full our response: The Al-Quds Day march and rally held in the UK for nearly 40

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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

Letter to Home Secretary re handling of violent anti-Iran protests

The Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood Dear Ms Mahmood, We are writing to seek urgent rectification of your government’s handling of violent protests claiming to be against the Iranian government yet are in fact targeting Muslim community institutions and Iranian restaurants and businesses across the UK.

Letter to Lord Walney

Walneyoffice@parliament.uk 19 January 2026 Dear Mr Woodcock, We write in response to your letter dated 12 January 2026. You are doubtless aware that IHRC is a human rights organisation that works for human dignity for all peoples regardless of their background. We are part of

Attacks on Bookshop & Gallery: Response to MLA Alex Wilson

Renewed attacks by pro-Israeli figures on IHRC, have seen this last two weeks, attacks on its  bookshop and gallery around the artwork ‘Kuffiyeh Resistance’ by artist Intifada Street.  A brief summary posted on X can be found first after our response to the Reform UK