Open letters

Open Letters

Letter to Muslim states urging them to stop Gaza genocide

We are writing to urge you in your capacity as the head of an OIC member state to step up and discharge your responsibility to prevent the ongoing genocide in Gaza. By any measure, a mass pogrom of a predominantly Muslim population is taking place

Letter to Home Secretary re arrests of pro-Palestine activists

Yvette Cooper The Home Secretary We are writing to express our deep concern over the recent arrests and prosecution of pro-Palestine journalists and activists. They appear to us to signal the beginning of a targeted campaign of intimidation, harassment and persecution by your government aimed

Response to Camila Turner / Daily Telegraph re UK Riots

Camila Turner of The Daily Telegraph contacted IHRC for comment about its letter to the UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper about the recent riots, which included the well documented statement that some of the far-right fomenting the violence are supported by non-UK based pro-Israel /

IHRC response to The Times re House of Lords allegations

Below is an enquiry from the Times about a complaint made by 50 members of the House of Lords to the Charity Commission alleging anti-Semitism on the part of IHRC.  It is followed by our response. Dear IHRC press office, Hope all is well. I’m

Letter to British prime minister Keir Starmer on position towards Iran

Dear Prime Minister We are writing to you to express our concerns about your response to Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians and its increasingly belligerent actions taking the region to the brink of a major war. Yesterday, in your joint statement with the leaders of

Communication with Andrew Roberts

Following our initial communication with The Times, we engaged in further discussion with Lord Roberts of Belgravia, one of the signatories of the original letter to The Times. Below, we present the full communication, allowing readers to see the types of false arguments used to

Response to the Jewish Chronicle’s staggering enquiry

Dear Ms Prinsley Thank you for your enquiry dated 07/08/2024. We note that having emailed our organisation you then promptly went ahead and published your article in under two hours. By any measure, that is an unfair and insufficient amount of time in which to