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URGENT ALERT: Dubai

Fareed Ahmed Al-Hilalee, a 30 year old Moroccan national who is being held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. In 1998 Mr. Al-Hilalee travelled to Karachi, Pakistan, via Dubai.

PRISONERS OF FAITH CAMPAIGN: Bahrain & Egypt

————————————— Islamic Human Rights Commission ————————————— 15th June 1999 PRISONERS OF FAITH CAMPAIGN FREE SHEIKH AL-JAMRI Prisoner of Faith BAHRAIN Please write to the following calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Sheikh Al-Jamri, the leader Bahrain’s Islamic opposition and all political detainees. The

URGENT ALERT: ACTION ON KOSOVA

It’s not just Kosova. The whole area is full of Muslim and other communities targeted by the Serbs. Muslims from Sanjak are already fleeing.

Media Monitoring & Response: ‘Murder in Purdah’

BBC 2’s series Correspondent broadcast on Saturday 23rd January 1999, was entitled ‘Murder in Purdah.’ IHRC is deeply concerned that it was stereotypical and misleading in its portrayal of matters.

NIGERIA UPDATE & ALERT

IHRC welcomes the announcement by the UN Special Rapporteur for Nigeria, that he will be visiting Mu’allim Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic opposition, who has been imprisoned since September 1996.