ALERT: Nigeria – Release Sheikh Zakzaky, Muallima, other prisoners – Demand Commonwealth’s intervention

June 10, 2020

Demand Commonwealth’s intervention

Nigeria Digest #121

June 10, 2020

Protesters back on streets as lockdown eased

ALERT: Rohingya – Improve the conditions of refugee camps

June 6, 2020

IHRC are deeply concerned that a potential COVID-19 outbreak can cause fatal consequences in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. Home to over a million Rohingyan refugees, Cox’s Bazaar is the world’s largest refugee camp and fears are arising that the overcrowding can exacerbate a COVID-19 outbreak. Background

Things to learn about Systemic Racism in the USA #2 – Online event and reading

June 5, 2020

Please find here, details of our live event, and more suggested reading. In order to discuss and contextualise current events in the USA, IHRC is holding a webinar The event will livestream at 6pm BST (more details below) on www.ihrc.tv, as well as on IHRC’s

Things to learn about Systemic Racism in the USA #1

June 4, 2020

As the world protests the death of George Floyd and the wider issues of systemic racism in the USA, we are sharing a watch list curated by Professor Ramon Grosfoguel, and a short video message from IHRC Chair Massoud Shadjareh. Further posts adding resources to

Nigeria Digest #120

June 1, 2020

Renewed calls of #FreeZakzaky on Eid

A decolonial analysis of Muslims in America – Review of ‘What’s Going on Here?’ by Saied R. Ameli and Saeed A. Khan.

May 30, 2020

These authors have produced a concise report on the Muslim experience in the USA with many interesting facts and a thorough analysis of how to analyze this experience.

Things to do in isolation #12 – watch The Uprising

May 30, 2020

[May 26, 2020] Many of you will remember the screening we held of singer and activist Pravini’s decolonial movie, The Uprising, last year. The Uprising by Pravini can be accessed on YouTube, or watch it below. The Uprising tells the story of resistance against racism