IHRC Condemns Attacks; urges for period of calm; asks media to stop talking up blind retribution

IHRC condemns Mary Robinson’s misleading attack on paragraphs 418 and 419 of the NGO Declaration at the World Conference Against Racism.

UN Hight Commissioner Snubs Democracy & Human Rights

IHRC is concerned tonight’s BBC UK Islam contribution ‘Islamophobia’ will not truly highlight the level and extent of the problem as faced by British Muslims.

The Israeli Army announced last Saturday that it has opened offices in nine major cities around the world to recruit dual national Israelis abroad for military service.

Members of the far right-wing organization, the National Front (NF), have been planning to hold a rally in Bradford’s city center today, despite Home Secretary David Blunkett’s ban on the party from marching in the city.

IHRC report launched today, cites the rise in Islamophobia as a main cause of the disturbances in Oldham and Burnley in the last two months.

Media reports the “Butcher of Beirut” Ariel Sharon will meet Tony Blair Sunday 24th June, have prompted human rights activists to organise a vigil outside 10 Downing Street.