When it is said to them: “Make not mischief on the earth,” they say: “Why, we only want to make peace!” Unquestionably, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realise (it) not. (Quran 2:11-12) IHRC is calling on the UK and the
IHRC has written to the British Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, warning of the chilling implications of the government’s purge on pro-Palestine activists and journalists. Referring to the recent arrests/charging of Craig Murray, Richard Barnard, a co-founder of Palestine Action, Sarah Wilkinson, and fellow journalist cum
The success of the AfD in regional state elections in Germany has shown again that the far-right is no longer an outlier in European politics. Their progress is in large part due to the mainstreaming of racist narratives by various governments and opposition parties and
IHRC is extremely concerned about the fate of scores of marchers attacked and/or arrested by police in Nigeria as they took part in Arba’een commemorations in the capital Abuja. Police opened fire at the marchers on Sunday 25 March without warning or provocation as they
IHRC has written to the PM to express our concerns about the government’s 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 a joint statement with the leaders of France
IHRC has urged the government and the criminal justice system to do more to tackle the xenophobic ideology driving far right violence on our streets. In a letter today to the Home Secretary and the 44 police forces in England and Wales, we warn them
Last night’s attack on a Southport mosque by a far right mob intent on weaponising the horrific murder of three children is the latest warning that racialised minorities, especially Muslims, are no longer safe in Britain. No sooner had news broken of the attack on
IHRC has launched a new campaign to apply public pressure on the British and foreign governments to help secure the freedom of political prisoners currently being held by the Tunisian regime. In 2021 Kais Saied, the president of Tunisia suspended and dissolved parliament in order
