Children have been targeted in schools for expressing solidarity with the people of Palestine. Several schoolteachers as well as some headteachers have threatened to discipline children if they continue to express that solidarity in any way. Chaired by Mick Napier (Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign), IHRC
IHRC’s advocacy section is supporting children who have been disciplined or threatened with disciplinary action by their school or college for expressing support for Palestine, this includes things like organising demonstrations at school, flying the flag of Palestine or even just speaking out. Please email advocacy@ihrc.org
IHRC’s European launch of the book ‘Environment of Hate: the New Normal for Muslims in the UK and Europe’ based on its seminal research, took place on Tuesday, 27 September 2016 at the European Parliament in Brussels. The event was addressed by report co-author Arzu
IHRC has been empowering the community to know their rights since 1997. We have done this by distributing rights information leaflets and other literature, doing casework and delivering workshops up and down the country. Find the latest leaflets regarding your rights in the UK on
Join IHRC for an author evening with Aaron Winter and Aurelien Mondon on 18 January 2021.
Watch Sadek Hamid and Tahir Abbas talk about their book Political Muslims: Understanding Youth Resistance in a Global Context with Ahmed Uddin, on Thursday 25 April. The discussion began around the relationship with Britain and its former colonies throughout the Muslim world and the history
The report’s publication was timely as just weeks earlier IHRC published a briefing analysing how the label “extremism” was being used to elbow Muslim organisations out of policymaking.
The British state displaces its pro-Israel commitments onto ‘the Jewish community’, constructed as Zionist and thus vulnerable to antisemitism. This provides a convenient shield for the state’s partnership with the Zionist colonisation project. This agenda aggravates societal divisions – frightening Jews and dividing them from each other, while also separating them from the Left and Muslims.
