Thousands of protestors are expected to descend on London from all over the country on April 5 for this year’s Al-Quds Day rally.

The turnout could be the biggest to date in the long history of the event, in view of the rising death toll and atrocities in the Israeli invasion of Gaza,

The date has been set in coordination with other pro-Palestinian groups for the last Friday in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the day traditionally set aside for the international commemoration.

This year’s event looks set to take place amid an ongoing genocide in Gaza which has so seen Israeli forces slaughter 32,000 civilians in Gaza, most of them women and children. At the same time armed colonial settlers and troops are running rampage in the occupied West Bank, invading, looting and attacking Palestinian towns and villages.

The Al-Quds Day demo has taken place peacefully in London for over 40 years without a single arrest. One of its attractions has always been its inclusiveness with demonstrators coming from all walks of life. Jews, Christians and Muslims, and people of other faiths and none all march in common cause side by side. The event also attracts many women and children.

This year, participants will gather at the Home Office in central London at 3pm before marching to Downing Street.

Al-Quds Day is being supported by the following organisations:

Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission, Ahlulbayt Sisters Association, Black Lives Matter Coalition UK, CAMPAIN, Convivencia Alliance, Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!, Hands Off Uhuru Hands Off Africa, InMinds Human Rights Group, Islamic Human Rights Commission, Jewish Network for Palestine, Leeds University Palestine Solidarity Group, Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK, Neturei Karta, No2NATO, Palestine Pulse, Peacekeeper Trust, & Scotland Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Further details are available here.

IHRC is also continuing with the #FlyTheFlag and #boycottapartheid campaign which proved highly successful during the pandemic. This calls on freedom seeking people from around the world to raise the flag for Palestine from 1st April. People can fly the flag and promote #boycottapartheid outside their home, workplace, on their car, or wherever they find suitable. More information is available here.

For more information or comment please contact the Press Office on (+44) 208 904 0222  or (+44) 7958 522196 or email media@ihrc.org [ENDS]