PRESS RELEASE: UK – Government’s social engineering project doomed to fail
24 March, 2009
IHRC condemns the latest government anti-terror proposals, entitled Contest 2, as a dangerous experiment in social engineering.
Statements
Oral Intervention on Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories
23 March, 2009
Islamic Human Rights Commission condemns systematic and grave violations of international humanitarian and human rights law by Israel in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.
Gaza deaths dog Israeli military
20 March, 2009
Reports have surfaced in the Israeli media suggesting that Israeli forces killed Palestinian civilians under what may have been lax rules of engagement during the Gaza offensive.
PRESS RELEASE: UK – Babar Ahmad suing the Metropolitan Police for assault
16 March, 2009
IHRC supports Babar Ahmad’s decision to sue the Metropolitan Police for the brutal assault he sustained during his arrest in December 2003.
FORWARDED PRESS RELEASE: UK – Anti-terror police in court over abuse of British terror suspect
13 March, 2009
Officers allegedly punched, kicked and choked Mr Ahmad during the course of the assault, bringing him to the point of unconsciousness.
PRESS RELEASE: UK/China – ‘Uighurs: China’s forgotten Muslims’ – An exhibition of photos by Per Engström
13 March, 2009
The photo exhibition is aimed at building public awareness for the Uighur Muslim community in China as well as highlighting the injustices and human rights abuses they suffer.
FORWARDED PRESS RELEASE: UK/Guantanamo – Cageprisoners Welcomes The Return of Binyam Mohammed But Others Remain in Guantanamo
24 February, 2009
Cageprisoners today welcomes the return of Binyam Mohammed- a British resident unlawfully detained in Guantanamo Bay for the last seven years
PRESS RELEASE: UK – Police stop 180,000 people under Section 44 but only 255 arrested.
20 February, 2009
Islamic Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned with the recently released statistics regarding stops and searches under s44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. It is clear that there is significant misuse of powers granted to the Police under the Act.
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